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Thread started 08/24/18 10:53am

NorthC	Parliament's Newburgh sessions I must have overlooked this release. Some online surfing revealed that there is a vinyl version of this rehearsal from 1976. I'm sure the funkateers here know more about this! Looks like something worth getting... [Edited 8/24/18 13:59pm]
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Reply #1 posted 08/24/18 1:30pm

SoulAlive	This is a widely circulating P-Funk bootleg. It was recorded in Hangar E at Stewart Airfield in Newburgh, New York on September 26, 1976 during the rehearsals for the P-Funk Earth Tour.There are several CD and vinyl copies available.
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Reply #2 posted 08/24/18 1:34pm

SoulAlive	Last year,a new Parliament Funkadelic bootleg appeared.It is mislabled as "Live....Madison Square Garden 1977".It's really just the Newburg Session.Available on CD and vinyl. [Edited 8/25/18 7:57am]
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Reply #3 posted 08/24/18 1:38pm

SoulAlive	Mothership Connection (Star Child)-- Dr. Funkenstein-- Do That Stuff --Standing on the Verge of Getting It On / Undisco Kidd-- Getting To Know You --Comin' Round The Mountain-- Maggot Brain / Good To Your Earhole
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Reply #4 posted 08/24/18 1:42pm

SoulAlive	this is the vinyl version that I bought last year.Comes with a gatefold and is on white vinyl.
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Reply #5 posted 08/24/18 1:58pm

NorthC	Yeah, that's the one I mean. Looks and sounds pretty cool.
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Reply #6 posted 08/24/18 2:02pm

SoulAlive	this is an excellent rehearsal....a must-have if you're a P-Funk fan.
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Reply #7 posted 08/24/18 3:26pm

SPYZFAN1	^^^What Soul said^^^
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Reply #8 posted 08/25/18 5:48am

mrwiggles	Oh Gawd yes you have got to get this. I sure would like that vinyl.
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Reply #9 posted 08/25/18 7:06am

NorthC	Just ordered it. Also on white vinyl, like the one posted by SoulAlive. It's on this Dutch record label: www.funktothemaxrecords.com. But strangely enough, it seems like you can't buy this album on their website. [Edited 8/25/18 7:17am] [Edited 8/25/18 7:21am] [Edited 8/25/18 7:28am]
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Reply #10 posted 08/25/18 10:41pm

SoulAlive	NorthC said: Just ordered it. Also on white vinyl, like the one posted by SoulAlive. it's a very nice release.The packaging is superb.
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Reply #11 posted 08/26/18 4:26am

mrwiggles	SoulAlive said: NorthC said: Just ordered it. Also on white vinyl, like the one posted by SoulAlive. it's a very nice release.The packaging is superb. What I always found significant about the recording is it’s the only live version I know of that includes one of my most fave songs Gettin To Know You. The way Boogie is popping the bass on that one is pure bottom.
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Reply #12 posted 08/26/18 8:38am

NorthC	That's one of the reasons I wanted to buy it. Gettin to Know You is a favourite of mine too. George and the boys are always funking so hard that you tend to forget that they also can write great pop/soul songs. I'm Never Gonna Tell It is another example of this. There's a dvd called Live In France 2005 that has a performance of this song with violinist Lili Haydn. Great stuff!
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Reply #13 posted 08/26/18 9:57am

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NorthC said:

That's one of the reasons I wanted to buy it. Gettin to Know You is a favourite of mine too. George and the boys are always funking so hard that you tend to forget that they also can write great pop/soul songs. I'm Never Gonna Tell It is another example of this. There's a dvd called Live In France 2005 that has a performance of this song with violinist Lili Haydn. Great stuff!

Man don’t you just love that extended jam on Never Gonna Tell It? Lili is the perfect collaborator on that and takes things to a whole nother level. I would love to see her back onstage with him before he sits down.

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Reply #14 posted 08/26/18 10:51am

NorthC	It's pretty fuckin' great especially because you don't really expect a violin on pop/soul music. Sly had Sid Page on his Small Talk album, Bob Dylan (another favourite of mine) had Scarlet Rivera on his Desire album, which included Hurricane. But still, a violin with a rock/funk band is unusual and it opens up your ears.
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Reply #15 posted 08/26/18 8:10pm

SoulAlive	mrwiggles said: What I always found significant about the recording is it’s the only live version I know of that includes one of my most fave songs Gettin To Know You. yeah,that's one of my favorite songs too.I don't think it was performed regularly on that 1976/77 tour,so it's nice to have a (very good) rehearsal version of it.
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Reply #16 posted 08/28/18 2:15pm

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I'm only aware/in possession of the 1995 P-Vine release that (somewhat oddly) also contained 2 tracks from 1993. Has there been any official rerelease since?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothership_Connection_Newberg_Session

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