Testify: Best of the Early Years [Import]

Parliaments, Parliament | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Connoisseur
• ASIN: B00004SV7H
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #596,568 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (I Wanna ) Testify

2. I Can Feel The Ice Melting

3. All Your Goodies Are Gone

4. Don't Be Sore At Me

5. Little Man

6. Goose That Laid The Golden Egg

7. Look At What I Almost Missed

8. What You Been Growing

9. Good Old Music

10. Time

11. New Day Begins

12. I'll Wait

13. I'll Wait (Instumental)

14. All Your Goodies Are Gone (Instumental)

15. Baby I Owe You Something (Instrumental)

16. Let's Make It Last - The Fellows

17. She's Always There - The Fellows

18. Heart Trouble

19. That Was My Girl

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of pre-Funkadelic Parliaments!!!, December 5, 2004

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PFunkster - See all my reviews

This review is from: Testify: Best of the Early Years (Audio CD)

The Parliaments, which later evolved into Funkadelic and Parliament, consisted of George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Ray Davis, Grady Thomas and Calvin Simon. This is one of the few compilations of their work. Funkier and more polished versions of (I Wanna) Testify, All Your Goodies Are Gone, The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg, Good Old Music, Baby I Owe You Something Good and That Was My Girl would eventually be recorded by Funkadelic and/or Parliament. However, there is something very special about the rawer Temptations-like versions of these songs and the other songs on this CD. It captures an era and it provides PFunk fans a listen to the early stages of George Clinton's incredibly diverse and ever evolving music. If you are a PFunk fan, this CD is a must have for your collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Throw your hands up and TESTIFY!!!, October 9, 2000

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Jeremy Wylie (Fayetteville, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Testify: Best of the Early Years (Audio CD)

Before George Clinton and his "Funkateers" sent the world on a spacey all nite groove extravaganza, his group, the Parliaments, were letting their soul-glo during the mid-sixties. This group was straight and polished from head-to-toe. Complete with matching polyester suits, these guys were making soul music with a church revival type feel. "Testify", the hit single off the disc topped the Billboard R&B charts at number three in 1967. This album is a must have for any fan of George Clinton, but don't expect to hear the familiar looped synthesizers or fuzzy bass beats. Testify! the best of the Early years, is an honest make you feel good type album. You'll be glad you bought it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good album, but a killer, all-time great single!!, May 30, 2007

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Tom Munroe "deckard_2019" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Testify: Best of the Early Years (Audio CD)

The album itself is very good, but everyone should buy this primarily for "Testify", THE great "lost" funk/soul single of all time. What a fantastic song, and rightfully kicked off the Parliament/Funkadelic empire. That this song is not regularly featured on oldies radio is an absolute mystery to me, but maybe that makes it even better each time you listen to it.