Parliament - Mothership Connection ( HIQLP 122 )

· Back in 1975 Parliament found the perfect groove releasing two seminal albums in the same year. First up was “Chocolate City” that celebrated the love of the band generated by Washington DC and this was followed up by “Mothership Connection”, widely considered to be the perfect example of P-Funk. George Clinton led his Funkadelic/Parliament troops into the galaxy long before Star Wars came along to join in on the fun. · Featuring a galactic line-up that included Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, Fred Welsey, Gary Shiner, Glen Goins and even the Brecker Bothers on horns this album kicks funky butt from the opening blast of ‘P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)’ right to the very last drop of ‘Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples’. · It’s a joyous album and as well as spawning the ‘Star Child’ character on the title track saw the band start to tour with a spaceship as a stage prop paid for by record label Casablanca. “Mothership Connection” went top 20 and platinum stateside. Three singles were taken from the album including an edit of ‘Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off That Sucker)’ that sold a million copies. · As time has passed and the legend of Funkadelic, Parliament, George Clinton and the entire P-Funk stable has grown new generations of fans and musicians have bought, enjoyed and sampled “Mothership Connection”. Today it is seen as a classic and essential album. · Ace are delighted to have been able to licence this beauty and are proud to serve this classic on 180gm vinyl. Be warned, once you drop the needle you’ll want to wear this sucker out. track listing SIDE ONE1. P. FUNK (WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP) 2. MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION (STAR CHILD) 3. UNFUNKY UFO SIDE TWO1. SUPERGROOVALISTICPROSIFUNKSTICATION 2. HANDCUFFS 3. GIVE UP THE FUNK (TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER) 4. NIGHT OF THE THUMPASORUS PEOPLES reissues direct is a mail order company specialising in the supply of reissue CDs and vinyl. Unlike most online sellers who list millions of items and have to source them from a third-party after you have placed your order, we actually hold stock on all items at our premises in Northwest London. Because of this, if you place your order before 2:00pm we will get it into the post to you on the same day (excluding weekends and bank holidays). As we are solely focused on sourcing and selling reissued music we are also able to offer rare and deleted items which are unavailable elsewhere. Please take the time to bookmark our shop and check out the titles we have on offer.