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Includes liner notes by Tom Vickers (former P-Funk Minister Of Imformation).

Parliament was one arm in George Clinton's funk army during the 70s, a large conglomeration of groups and musicians (including Bootsy's Rubber Band, Funkadelic, The Horny Horns and others) dedicated to rewriting the rules of funk, soul and rock. Clinton's bands sounded like James Brown gone mad, partly because of the inclusion of former JB sidemen Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, but mostly because of the alternate universe they inhabited--a sort of drugged-out traveling sci-fi soul revue.

MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION shows why Clinton's formula for funk domination of the free world worked so well. The music is tight and groovy, with heavy bass lines, precise horn runs and ultra-electronic keyboards (provided by Bernie Worrell). The lyrics are often no more than spaced-out spoken word excursions, sounding like Sly Stone reciting Isaac Asimov. And the whole concept and presentation was so totally freaked out that it would catch people off-guard, letting Clinton's teachings and philosophies seep into the unconscious. The most traditionally structured song is a love and bondage number called "Handcuffs," which shows how far Clinton and his P-Funkers had brought funk from the halcyon days of Otis Redding and James Brown. Songs like "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" and "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker," with their extended interplay and dazed vocals, helped pave the way for the rise of hip hop as a commercial vehicle.

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Recorded at Limited Sound, Detroit, Michigan and Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, California.

Parliament: Bootsie Collins (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion); Gary Shider, Glen Goins (vocals, guitar); George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas (vocals); Michael Hampton (guitar); Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Boom, Joe Farrell (horns); Bernie Worrell (keyboards, synthesizer); Cordell Mosson (bass); Tiki Fullwood, Jerome Brailey (drums, percussion); Gary Cooper (drums, percussion, background vocals); Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Archie Ivy, Bryna Chimenti, Rasputin Boutte, Pam Vincent, Debra Wright, Sidney Barnes.

Rolling Stone (5/1/03, p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The masterpiece, the slang creator, the icon builder, the master narrative--or 'the bomb,' as Clinton succinctly put it before anyone else..."
Vibe (2/02, p.87) - Included in Vibe's "Essential Black Rock Recordings".
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Soul/R&B, Urban Soundtrack, Funk
Label Mercury
Orig Year 1975
All Time Sales Rank   4331  
CD Universe Part number 5739699
Catalog number 077032
Discs 1
Release Date Apr 08, 2003
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer George Clinton
Personnel Michael Brecker
Randy Brecker
Bernie Worrell - keyboards, synthesizer
Joe Farrell - horns
Maceo Parker
George Clinton
Fred Wesley
Calvin Simon
Grady Thomas - vocals
Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - drums, percussion, background vocals

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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Handcuffs   (MP3)$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)   (MP3)$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples   (MP3)$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media8.Mothership Connection (Star Child) - (promo radio version, bonus track)

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Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars Funk as its Best
This is one funky CD! Unfunky UFO and Mothership Connection are my jams.
Submitted by wdupar20 (Beaumont, TX) Verified Buyer
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3 stars "hancuffs"
Do I have to put my handcuffs on ya mamma....do I have to keep you under lock and key...that's my favorite verse, this is feel good funk music, best Parliment did in my humblest opinion eventhough I like all their sounds...whether a new school(er) all in the "ketchup" you will be feelin' this old school mustard, just like the condiment, Parliment goes with everything....Must Have!
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5 stars Funk Master
No true music collection is complete without Parliament. And if your iPod has a playlist called “Old School” without the master of funk, then delete that playlist.
Submitted by 314blackknight (El Toro, CA) Verified Buyer
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5 stars You need some Funk Connections
Following Sly Stone,there was no one on the horizon in Funkland to take that next step into Immortalty. Then the Parlifunkadelicment Thang under the guidance of the earthbound yet universe spanning Star Child George Clinton. The Mothership Connection caught an unwary yet hungering world like a combination volcano,comet impact. Funk,soul,gospel,rock,combined into a cosmic gumbo sloppin on a defunkifying world-the vomit that was "classic Disco"was one negative reaction the rise of hiphop another. If you're a complete type get "Get it up for the Downstroke" first but if you have the courage and the hunger then get Funked Up on the De Clinton Code!!
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