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Keepin Dah Funk Alive

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This was bootsy live in Japan a treat for all bootsyfans out there plus if you miss Bernie Worrell's wizardy you get him along with Mudbone and Frank waddy and a guitarist that took serious notes from Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel. Not only do you get classic Rubber Band material but ya get Parliament-Funkadelic classics like Flashlight, p-funk, and one nation. This is a must have a pfunk party if there was ever one.

If you are looking forward to hearing the 70's bass thumping of Bootsy Collins in this recording don't even think about buying it. The space bass we all have come to love can barely be heard and Bootsy seems not be the center of the action. Now if you want to hear some of the P-Funk hits live and get down to some P-Funk you should but this album. The album is a mixture of Bootsy songs and Parliament songs. The band includes Bernie worrell which is an added plus on Flashlight and One Nation Uner a Groove. If you are a die-hard P-Funk fan and know your funk buy this album, but if you are looking for some good Bootsy and the Space Bass, don't buy it, instead get Bootsy live in Louisville 78. That cd will not dissapoint at all.

A couple of reviewers had some negative responses on the sound quality of the live music on this CD. I think these negative responses are overly exaggerated. I've heard worse live recordings and this isn't one of them and what did you expect anyways, the music was recorded live, this isn't a studio recorded CD! What I like about this CD is that Bootsy and his Rubber band incorporated a hard rock edge to their nasty funk sound with the wailing and screeching guitar sounds. Love to always hear Comic Slop live and love the tribute they paid to Eddie Hazel who was very underrated if you ask me. This CD smokes from beginning to end. Don't let the negative reviews fool you! They don't know what the funk they are talking about! Keep the Funk Alive! A true hardcore funkateer would love this CD!

After being a rubberfan for many years, i can say this is one of my favorite "bootsyshows". The energy is great, the "rubberband" is as tight as ever, the music still sounds great, and "casper"! can i even mention him? since he's not really here", is keeping the grooves FUNKY.
It was so cool to here Bootsy doing so many P-funk songs that he wrote with George and the Mob. The japanese audience was all into it.
One word of caution, if you listen to your music piped into your head from a computer, mp3 player or cell phone, this is not the music for you. This was made to be listened to on 1000 watts of floor speakered power, cranked up to annoyingly high volumns.
Keep da funk alive....

Love it! Classic Funk! Classic Bootsy!
Will be buying all that I had on LP's...

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Let me start by saying I love Bootsy to death, he's one of my favorites from the cool funk era. This two-CD, apparently rushed, live recording degeneration really slams down his talent. There are great songs on the CD, but the reproduction seemed extremely poor. Your best bet is to buy the two CDs that precede it - "Ahhh ... The Name is Bootsy, Baby and "Bootsy? Player of the Year" or "Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy" and those from Parliament-Funkadelic containing the original hits ... in a nutshell, anything containing the LP or album recordings. Buy this one if you're collecting, not for listening pleasure ... unless you love live recordings of moderate to poor quality.

I don't know what took me so long to dig this set. I have long been under the impression that the best P-Funk days were in the 1970s. But my dear Funkateers, let me say: this is the best live P-Funk performance on wax and CD.

I have the P-Funk Mothership Connection DVD (1976) concert, I've had the Live in Beverly Hills recording, and I've heard the P-Funk Earth Tour which are all stellar. But to me, this is the most cohesive concert with dynamic performances with Bootsy songs and Parliament classics. The power but nuances placed in the performances is funk at its finest.

Please check this out for yourself and tell me if I'm wrong! I will be proved right over time... So let it be written, so let it be done!

DISC 1
INTRO
AHH...THE NAME IS BOOTSY,BABY
BOOTSY?(WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS TOWN)
PSYCHOTICBUMPSCHOOL
THE PINOCCHIO THEORY
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
BERNIE SOLO
ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE
P-FUNK(WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP)
COSMIC SLOP
FLASH LIGHT
BOOTZILLA

DISC 2
I'D RATHER BE WITH YOU
A SACRED PLACE(RIP)
MELEY:STRETCHIN'OUT,TOUCH SOMEBODY
NIGHT OF THE THUMPASORUS PEOPLES
KEEPIN' DAH FUNK ALIVE 4-1995

Bootsy's New Rubber Band:
Bootsy Collins (vocals, guitar, bass)
Mudbone Cooper, Henry Benifield, Michael Gaitheright (vocals)
Flip Cornett (guitar, bass)
Gary "Dirty Mugg" James (guitar)
Vince Calloway, Reggie Calloway, Larry Hatcher, Don Bynum, Rick Gardner (horns)
Bernie Worrell, Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson, Greg "Daffy Ducking" Fitz (keyboards)
Frankie "Kash" Waddy (drums).

Recorded live at the Jungle Club, Tokyo, Japan on June 24-25, 1994.

I really enjoyed this disk. I've had a hard time getting it out of my CD player since I dropped it in the pocket. It sounds like a live album and it does a great job of putting the listener in a concert that they never got to see. Flashlight is an absolute jam and The name is Bootsy sounds like a steam train pulling out of the station. It sets up the groove that pulls you through the rest of the album. If you don't know your funk then this album won't do anything for you. If however, you know the P-Funk universe then this will do you just fine.

This has to be the worst CD of all time. The recording is tinny and distant, the band cannot be heard for the crowd noise, and what can be heard of the band is atrocious and very amaturish. The quality of the horn section is foretold in the liner notes (the "on three days rehearsal horn section"). The band sounds like they have only been playing thier instruments for 3 days max! I have heard better bootleg recordings. Don't buy this one!!!!!!! You have been warned!!!!!