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Mothership Connection.
Artist: Parliament
Title: Mothership Connection
Year: 1975
Label: Casablanca
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 4.0/5.0
Review
I grew up on Parliament, my father just-so-happened to be a major collector of their music, so I inherited the complete stash of Parliament, and Funkadelic records. That’s a lot of great music! But here I chose to highlight one of my favorites, Mothership Connection. This is pure funk at its finest, interpreted and delivered THOROUGHLY by George Clinton and his band, Parliament. I would have to say that this is one of their most consistent and conceptual LP’s. Creative lyrics (as always), but also a very crisp and considered sound, bottom line this record is funky. PERIOD.
Check out the sound!
Mothership Connection
Give Up The Funk
P Funk
Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples
Design
Absolutely love this cover, two thumbs up! This is a concept album, and the cover works well with the whole idea. The Parliament logo owns the top of the space, and it’s a nice logo, so the designer used that to their advantage to ground the composition. Then the addition of George Clinton himself, riding on the Mothership in space is just the icing on the cake, as corny as it may look to some, most have to appreciate this dope iconic graphic centering the cover. Classic, another favorite…
Video
This is a video of one of the most landmark Parliament concerts of ALL-TIME, their live concert in Houston back in 1976. They later used this concert to release the classic Parliament Live LP. George Clinton actually landed the mothership at this show, that had to be INCREDIBLE to witness! I respect these muscians, their showmanship was as great as their music. I repeat, this dude LANDED THE MOTHERSHIP, watch the whole vid.
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