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I had The Best of Parliament - Give Up The Funk & Tear The Roof Off (1974 - 1980) [2 cd set] for years and eventually upgraded (IMO) to Funked Up: The Very Best of Parliament and Gold [2 cd set]. The sound quality is amazing on these recordings. Now much more on par with the quality of the music itself.

Same great music but the sound is better than ever. This is the perfect amount of Parliament for the car! And I'm glad I made the upgrade in cd's. While I loved the previous originals, these two albums in their most recent form are the best for me.

Every song from Funked Up - The Very Best of Parliament can be found on Gold in one version or anther. But Gold easily beats Funk Up for sure amount of music. In most cases extended or album tracks are used instead of the singles. You want the original singles? Get Funked Up. It has plenty! And it's condensed down to 1 cd just like Give Up The Funk was. I'm keeping both just to have a wide-variety of singles, album cuts, and sometimes alternate versions.

They make a point of not taking themselves too seriously because they know how polished they are - Greg Tate calls Parliament the chrome on a Rolls Royce as compared to the dirt bike fender of Funkadelic.
Extras include twelve-inch versions of hits and the live "Dr. Funkenstein's Supergroovalistic-Prosifunkstication Medley: Let's Take it to the Stage/Take Your Dead Ass Home (Say Som'n Nasty)." A Funkencyclo-P-Dia is included for the funk-impaired. There's also a vision of a better world, such as "Chocolate City"'s prediction of Muhammad Ali in the White House, Richard Pryor as Minister of Education, and Stevie Wonder as Secretary of Fine Arts....

There is absoulutely no going wrong with this two disc set.Every great Parliament song you could possibly want is included.Any true funk lover must have this set,bottom line.

I reviewed other critiques of this Cd and I have to agree that this Cd has great sound quality and an excellent track selection....

A must-have for any George Clinton/P-Funk maniac! This 2-CD set has almost every hit imaginable except 'One Nation Under a Groove'. Still definitely necessary for any funk lover's collection.

Some real gems on this Parliament Gold collection. "Testify", "Mr Wiggles" and "Agony of DeFeet" really stand out for me, but I suppose the classic hits "Flashlight", "P-Funk", "Give up the funk" and "Funkin for fun" are the tracks that most people know. The major track that is missing has to be "Getting to know you", although this was never released as a single it is a P-Funk killer!!!!!

All I can say is this Parliament 2-disc set brings back so many memories from back in the day!!! This is a supber collection and I'm very glad I found it.