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Music for Your Mother
If your taste for funk leans to the obscure and the profound, go no further than this retrospective 2 CD set of Funkadelic's singles from their formative days on Detroit's Westbound label. It's basically a compendium of every Funkadelic single and B-side released from 1968-1976. None of these singles nicked the R&B Top 10--in fact, Funkadelic was so far ahead of its time, most of these tracks never charted at radio, but became staples of the group's live show. Sound quality is raw on a program including slices of acid-crazed black psychedelia, including some stellar gems. Original single edits of "Cosmic Slop," "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On," and "Red Hot Mama" will make you long for the extended album versions. Yet as an overview of this groundbreaking band, this is a great place to start. --Tom Vickers more
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- Posted: Sep-06-2006
Wonderful Collection For a Funkhead
This compilation is great! When I purchaed this CD, I just listened over and over and....This is a good CD to have in you collection when you just want to "Funkout" and not jump up and change from CD to Cd. This is good for the novice of funk who wants to get funked but too afraid to go deep. One...
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- Posted: Dec-02-2004
Would give it 6 stars if I could...
There's so many great tracks on "Music for Your Mother" that you're father might kick the cat across the room.The holiest of grails for anyone who digs on psychedelic funk music. In many ways, George, Eddie, Bootsy, Bernie and the boys created the blueprint for this indulgent sub-genre in the...
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- Posted: Jul-06-2004
Not for the Casual/New Listener, but overall still Essential
There are a great many albums out there by one of the 70's finest funk bands "Funkadelic", but for those maybe looking to pick up a 'Best of', or a compilation to easily summarise the band, there are a bewildering array of compilations & best of's.....for this band, that will leave all but the...
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- Posted: Jun-29-2003
Primer for new Funkateers
If your P-Funk knowledge starts somewhere around "Atomic Dog" and you want to learn more, this collection is an excellent start. A collection of singles from the band's early years on Westbound Records, these are 33 tracks of hardcore, unadulterated funk. "Cosmic Slop" is filled with gloomy...
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- Posted: May-09-2003
Remember These were all SINGLES
Don't buy this as a best of....it's all the westbound singles (a 7" vinyl boxset would be nice) so some tracks are edited from the LP version. And then there's the non LP tracks like the amazing "Fish Chips and Sweat", and unreleased "...Can't shake loose" and its brilliant B-side instrumental. I...
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- Posted: Nov-04-2001
interesting.
one complaint should have been the longer versions, not bad, this was funkadelic at it's best this double cd includes all elements of funk, gospel,rock, soul, blues, funk, and heavy metal and rap starts here,enough of the songs everyuone talks about i'll discuss the lesser known one's l.ike open...
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- Posted: May-26-2001
Music for everyone!
I must say, when I first heard this I thought it was no good. But then, understanding the context of the songs, and the condition of the artists' psyches, I came to see the light/darkness. This is creativity of the finest quality, giving no quarter to the commercial market; enduring,...
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- Posted: Dec-16-2000
Great collection of classics and rarities!!!
Music For Your Mother is a compilation of the 45's that Funkadelic released while they were recording with Westbound Records. Unfortunately, the 45's didn't have the full length versions of the songs so several songs leaving you wishing for more. However, the flip side to that is that there...
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- Posted: Feb-23-2000
Indespensible
It's a shame there isn't a single-disc compilation of Westbound-era Funkadelic available, but this collection of all their A & B sides is a marvelous thing. A little filler (a couple of B sides) can't be avoided, but all the classics are here :"I'll Bet You", "I Got a Thing...", "Music for My...
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- Posted: Jan-13-2000
An Ultra-rare Cosmic Slop Experience....
...would you like to dance wit me?Embyronic funky psychedelica at its best. Wuz the world ready for Clinton, Hazel, Hampton, Tiki Fulwood, Gary Shieder and them when they came out with "Maggot Brain"?--I don't think so. Seem as if the world will never catch up. This is one of my prized CDs, hands...
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