Parliament - P Funk Earth Tour (1977) @320

Parliament - P Funk Earth Tour (1977)

75:38 | mp3@320cbr | 181mb | re-issued 1991








The only officially released in-concert Parliament-Funkadelic album, "Live: P-Funk Earth Tour" captures George Clinton and company at their peak in 1977, compiling recordings of a couple shows (January 19 at the Los Angeles Forum and January 21 at the Oakland Coliseum).

The album can't do justice to the group's extravagant theatrics, most memorably the landing of the mothership, but it's a wonderful showcase for their musical ability and their catalog of great songs, most of which come from the 1976 albums Mothership Connection and The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein.


No performance was ever the same for these guys, and that's a major aspect of this album's entertainment value, for it's interesting to compare these live performances to their studio counterparts. Of particular note are the 15-minute extended performance of "Dr. Funkenstein" and the three-minute montage "Landing (Of the Holy Mothership)".



Track Listing:


01 - P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) {Clinton, Collins, Worrell} 6:13
02 - Dr. Funkenstein's Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Medley 4:58
03 - Do That Stuff {Clinton, Shider, Worrell} 5:14
04 - The Landing (Of the Holy Mothership) 3:04
05 - Undisco Kidd {Clinton, Collins, Worrell} 7:02
06 - Children of Productions {Clinton, Collins, Worrell} 2:50
07 - Mothership Connection (Star Child) {Clinton, Collins, Worrell} 5:53
08 - Swing Down Sweet Chariot 5:06
09 - This Is the Way We Funk With You 5:03
10 - Dr. Funkenstein {Clinton, Collins, Worrell} 15:07
11 - Gamin' on Ya! {Clinton, Collins, Worrell} 4:09
12 - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) {Brailey, Clinton, Collins} 4:57
13 - Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples {Clinton, Collins, Shider} 6:13



Core Personnel:

George Clinton - Arranger, Vocals, Producer

Raymond Davis - Vocals
Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins - Vocals
Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - Vocals
Calvin Simon - Vocals
Grady Thomas - Vocals
Jeanette "Baby" Washington - Vocals
Debbie Wright - Vocals
Lynn Mabry - Vocals
Dawn Silva - Vocals

Bootsy Collins - Bass, Arranger
Cordell Mosson - Bass

Eddie Hazel - Guitar
Gary Shider - Guitar, Vocals
Michael Hampton - Guitar
Glen Goins - Guitar, Vocals

Bernie Worrell - Synthesizer, Keyboards

Jerome Brailey - Percussion, Drums

Fred Wesley - Horn, Horn Arrangements
Maceo Parker - Horn
Richard "Kush" Griffith - Horn
Rick Gardner - Horn