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Artist:	BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND
Title:	Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Label:	WARNER BROTHERS
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BS 2972HLP

Exact repro reissue of Bootsy's all-time classic 1977 album on 180 gram vinyl, manufactured by Rhino. Gatefold sleeve. "Most P-funk addicts consider this 1977 LP essential listening, and it isn't hard to see why they feel that way. Everything on the album is excellent; that is true of up-tempo smokers like 'The Pinocchio Theory' and the title song as well as slow, moody, eerie offerings such as 'What's a Telephone Bill?' and 'Munchies for Your Love.' The lyrics are consistently humorous and clever, the grooves are consistently infectious. You can think of Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! as a meeting of the funk minds -- Collins produced this record with his mentor, George Clinton, who co-wrote all of the material. So Clinton has a lot of input and gives Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! the distinctive P-funk sound that Parliament/Funkadelic was known for. But at the same time, he encourages Collins' originality -- Bootsy's Rubber Band sounds like a Parliament/Funkadelic spin-off (which is exactly what it was), but not a Parliament/Funkadelic clone. Without question, Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! is essential listening for lovers of hard 1970s funk." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND
Title:	This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N
Label:	WARNER BROTHERS
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	BSK 3295HLP

180 gram vinyl reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1979. Warning on back cover states "The Surgeon General has determined that listening to this album may cause high butt pleasures." "Following three straight masterworks that balanced hard funk workouts with laid-back bedroom jams, This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N ditched the balancing act, offering up straight, relentless hard funk. This is great for those who just want the sweaty workouts Bootsy Collins had proven himself well capable of delivering on his own as well as with Parliament-Funkadelic. In fact, if that's what you're looking for -- hard-hitting, unrelenting funk -- look no further, for This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N is absolutely teeming with it." -- All Music Guide

Artist:	BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND
Title:	Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Label:	WARNER BROTHERS
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	R1 76445HLP

180 gram exact repro reissue, manufactured by Rhino. William "Bootsy" Collins' amazing 1976 debut. "...the Rubber Band are -- by modern standards -- nothing short of an ensemble of A-list P-Funk all-stars featuring Gary 'Mudbone' Cooper (vocals), Robert 'P-Nut' Johnson (vocals), Phelps 'Catfish' Collins (guitar), Gary Shider (guitar), Michael Hampton (guitar), Frankie 'Kash' Waddy (drums), Mudbone Cooper (drums), Bernie Worrell (keyboards), and other former James Brown bandmates Maceo Parker (sax) and Fred Wesley (trombone). When you tie the whole thing up with none other than George Clinton as producer, the remarkable potential of Bootsy's Rubber Band soon becomes clear. As early as this initial offering, Collins' output served up one side of upbeat numbers perfect for getting jiggy. Then the mood of the music begins to turn incrementally more intimate, so that by the conclusion of the second side, if circumstances warranted, you could end up with an appropriately sexy ballad as a sonic night cap of sorts. That certainly is the case on Stretchin' Out as the title track is thrust forward 'on the one' by Collins' pulsating bass. Listeners are also introduced to the various inhabitants of the Rubber Band, such as Bootsy's 'Casper' character -- who alternates between being the 'holy' and the 'funky' ghost. The concept of P-Funk babies [read: think Muppet Babies concept applied to the world of the P-Funk mob] comes to life on the bouncy 'Psychoticbumpschool' before getting mellow with Leslyn Bailey (vocals) lending her voice to the down and funky 'Love Vibes' and the slinky soulful 'Physical Love.' Hardcore Funkadelic fans should ready themselves for some stunningly tasteful fretwork from an uncredited Eddie Hazel on the languid closer 'Vanish in Our Sleep' and the previously mentioned 'Physical Love.'" -- All Music Guide

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