Ok
so i LOVE funk music, but i have like NO catalogue of it, i just like grooving to it whenever it's on

so i want to begin with Funkadelic, or the Parliament, or whatever

I know it's a long and crazy story where the bands are concerned, but I'd like to find, or know the best discography there is that encompases both Funkadelic and the Parliament (aren't they technically the same band?)

i feel like such a tool for posting this but I need help, and I know there are a lot of you know it all like the back of your hands...

PLEASE

SAMMI WANTS THE FUNK!!!!

funkpill said:

I NEED THE FUNK.
can u help my dear?

sammij said:

Start with these albums for groove purposes..











Airbody has been asking for some funk lately


[Edited 2/9/08 14:55pm]

Hey SammiJ
I think you should start with "Parliament"'s "Mothership connection"
from 1975.

A timeless classic with no fillers.Just straight classics the whole album thru.
There are lot's of other stuff but try this first
/peace Manki

Then get these

manki said:

agree

the ultimate

A few more heah Sammi







Hope this helps dear

Thanks!

ok but what i REALLY want is the FULL discography, from beginning till now
I'll make sure to highlight the greats but i hate when i get into an artist without hearing the first of their catalogue...

any help with that?

yo,
this thread is funkier that the breaths of two girls with one cup put together.

TheMightyCelestial said:

help me!
FULL discography! my Amazon wish list is looking a little empty!

sammij said:

Parliament

1970 Osmium Invictus


1974 Up for the Down Stroke Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Up for the Down Stroke, Testify, Whatever Makes Baby Feel Good

1975 Chocolate City Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Chocolate City, Let Me Be, If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)

1976 Mothership Connection Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), Mothership Connection (Star Child), Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

1976 The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Gamin' on Ya!, Dr. Funkenstein, Everything Is on the One, I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body)

1977 Live: P-Funk Earth Tour Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), Mothership Connection (Star Child), Dr. Funkenstein, Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

1977 Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Bop Gun (Endangered Species), Funkentelechy, Flash Light



1978 Motor Booty Affair Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop), Motor-Booty Affair

1979 Gloryhallastoopid Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Big Bang Theory, Theme from the Black Hole

1980 Trombipulation Casablanca
AMG Track Picks
Agony of Defeet, Let's Play House







[Edited 2/9/08 15:22pm]

funkpill said:

THAAAANK YOU!!!!





now, to get the money to buy it all

Funkadelic

1970 Funkadelic Westbound
AMG Track Picks
Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?, I Bet You, I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing


1970 Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow Westbound
AMG Track Picks
Friday Night, August 14th, Funky Dollar Bill


1971 Maggot Brain Westbound
AMG Track Picks
Maggot Brain, Can You Get to That, You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks

1972 America Eats Its Young Westbound
AMG Track Picks
You Hit the Nail on the Head, If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause, Loose Booty

1973 Cosmic Slop Westbound
AMG Track Picks
Nappy Dugout, Cosmic Slop, No Compute

1974 Standing on the Verge of Getting It On Westbound
AMG Track Picks
Red Hot Mama, Sexy Ways, Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

1975 Let's Take It to the Stage Westbound
AMG Track Picks
No Head, No Backstage Pass, Let's Take It to the Stage, Atmosphere

1976 Tales of Kidd Funkadelic Westbound
AMG Track Picks
Undisco Kidd, Take Your Dead Ass Home, How Do Yeaw View You?


1976 Hardcore Jollies Priority
AMG Track Picks
Comin' Round the Mountain, Hardcore Jollies, Cosmic Slop


1978 One Nation Under a Groove Priority
AMG Track Picks
One Nation Under a Groove, Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!, Cholly (Funk Gettin Ready to Roll)

1979 Uncle Jam Wants You Priority
AMG Track Picks
Freak of the Week, (Not Just) Knee Deep


1981 The Electric Spanking of War Babies Priority
AMG Track Picks
Electric Spanking of War Babies, Icka Prick





[Edited 2/10/08 20:14pm]

funkpill said:

Damn.
thank you!

:copy+paste:

Oh!!! And here's some Bootsy





1976 Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band Warner Bros.
AMG Track Picks
Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band), I'd Rather Be with You

1977 Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Warner Bros.
AMG Track Picks
Pinocchio Theory, Munchies for Your Love

1978 Bootsy? Player of the Year Warner Bros.
AMG Track Picks
Bootzilla, Hollywood Squares, Roto-Rooter

1979 This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N MVP
AMG Track Picks
Bootsy Get Live, Jam Fan (Hot)

1980 Ultra Wave Warner Bros.
AMG Track Picks
Mug Push, F-Encounter

1982 The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away Warner Bros.
AMG Track Picks
Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping), Landshark (Just When You Thought It Was Safe), Countracula (This On'es for You)




His best stuff

FUNKPILL you ROCK my SOCKS.


thank you
[Edited 2/9/08 15:47pm]

sammij said:

you're quite welcome my dear

You really need this.

http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/pfunk.html

PFunkjazz said:

oooh, thank you
it's been bookmarked!

I luvs me some Cosmic Slop.

sammij said:

and this too...

www.onenationboardroom.com

lawd i'm short circuiting
this is awesome, thank yall

sammij said:

And, for the future....

www.allmusic.com is your ultimate reference source for questions like this....

Even information that wasn't true before it was put on allmusic, is now true. It's just the allmusic law.

After you're done with Parliament/Funkadelic & Bootsy's Rubber Band,
you should consider getting some stuff by,
Slave
The Ohio Players
The first four albums by The Brothers Johnson
The 70's and early 80's albums by Cameo
The Commodores
Graham Central Station
The Bar-Kays
Kool & The Gang
Rick James
The Meters
Sly & The Family Stone

Dear Sammi,

Next time, next to posting here, go to www.allmusic.com and type in the band name.

Click discography and there; a list you can use.

I love that site.

They do not have EVERYTHING, but most stuff is on there, with handy quicklinks on the artists' main page; directing you to this artists/band's influences, who they in their turn influenced, comparible bands etc.

It's fun. They also have pages with genres, like FUNK. Go play!

Thanks all
tho i'm starting to get the feeling that my posting here wasn't really wanted

sammij said:

Oh please. We LOVE that you did! You got some good pointers there.

Also; while yer at it; try to find, from the Mastercuts series, the P-Funk album.

See my Xavier Work That Sucker To Death post.

Start from the beginning with this Funkadelic compilation Music For Your Mother. it doesn't have everything, but there are some choice cuts on here and the linear notes are nice too.

and in case you didn't know the difference, Funkadelic was had more guitars and is more funk-rock oriented and Parliament is more disco and pure funk. Also, Bootsy didn't appear until Parliament.

I would get the greatest hits first..then star going from which singles u like the most.

My first album was "One Nation Under A Groove". And I broke out from there.