Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan - 12 Sept, 1971 [Import]

Funkadelic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Westbound UK
• ASIN: B000006YV7
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #457,106 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alice in My Fantasies [#]

2. Maggot Brain [#]

3. I Call My Baby Pussycat [Fast Version][#]

4. I Call My Baby Pussycat [#]

5. Good Old Music [#]

6. I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing

7. All Your Goodies Are Gone (The Loser's Seat) [#]

8. I'll Bet You [#]

9. You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks

10. Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow [Instrumental]

Editorial Reviews

Archive live release from the Funk legends containing 10 previously unreleased tracks from their September12, 1971 show at Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan. Includes a rousing 14+ minute version of 'Maggot Brain', 'I Call My Baby Pussycat', 'Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow' and 'Alice In My Fantasies'. Westbound. 2009.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK But Not Great, December 16, 2002

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Tom (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan - 12 Sept, 1971 (Audio CD)

Any live tape of Funkadelic at the peak of their reign as the greatest black rock 'n' roll band ever (the Jimi Hendrix Experience was only one-third black, while the Band of Gypsies didn't hang round long enough) is bound to be worth a listen. The problem with this album, as explained in the excellent sleevenotes, is that rhythm guitarist Tawl Ross had just gone on one acid trip too many and was (permanently it seems) out of commission while the brilliant Tiki Fulwood had just vacated the drum stool - and this was probably the first gig for their respective replacements, Harold Beane and Tyrone Lampkin.

Nonetheless, Beane (from the Isaac Hayes band) acquits himself well enough, but as bassist Billy Nelson takes great pains to point out, Lampkin is all over the place. Maybe he was trying too hard to impress his new employers but Lampkin overplays to an alarming degree, he seems to forget he's playing for Funkadelic not the Mahavishnu Orchestra!

Nonetheless, the version of "Maggot Brain" is pretty good, even if Bernie Worrell debunks the seriousness of the track somewhat by tootling away in an entirely different key at the end of the track (deliberately of course). Talking of Worrell, he runs the late great guitar-god Eddie Hazel pretty close on this album, his playing is amazing: funky as hell one minute, coming on like Mike Ratledge of Soft Machine. And suddenly breaking into Johann Sebastian Bach in the midst of the mantra-like "I Got A Thing" is sheer genius. The vocal performances are a little on the ragged side but given that the most of the band were high as kites that's maybe not surprising. In the end I have to dock a point because the sound quality isn't quite up to par. But, having said all that, if you loved Funkadelic when they were more of a rock band than a funk band - buy this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cosmic Funk with Attitude, December 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan - 12 Sept, 1971 (Audio CD)

This is an amazing time capsule of raw acid funk. Just listenig to George Clinton's blurbs between tracks makes this cd worth the money. The cd was recorded by Westbound engineers and literally warehoused in someone's basement for over 20 years. This cd is a must for any true Funkateers. It is essentially the only known live Funkadelic recording released.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible, mind-blowing performance, November 15, 1999

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A funkateer (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan - 12 Sept, 1971 (Audio CD)

The most important P-Funk release in many many years. This offers an amazing glimpse into the world of early original Funkadelic before the rise of Parliament and the influence of Bootsy. It's a glorious, deep, messy, raunchy, freak out. Try not to miss the whole point of the band. Maybe it wasn't the band's best performance, but it's a Holy Grail none the less. One listen to this and you'll wonder why everyone made such a big deal about punk--this is the hardest music you'll ever hear.