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Artist:	HAZEL, EDDIE
Title:	Jams From The Heart
Label:	JDC RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	JDC 3452LP

Originally issued on CD in 1994, this is a collection of previously unreleased material from 1975 recorded in the studio during the sessions leading up to the release of 1977's classic Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs. Joined by Buddy Miles on drums, legendary Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel "opens his heart and just lets the music flow," notably cutting loose on extended 10+ minute jams like "Lampoc Boogie" and "From The Bottom Of My Soul."
"Overnight something happened. I started stretching out, grabbing new ideas. Suddenly I was capable of soloing in ways I'd only dreamed before. It was unbelievable what that guitar did to me. It gave me such a vision. It talked back to me. I could feel it, just like I feel my heart pulse." -- Eddie Hazel

Artist:	HAZEL, EDDIE
Title:	Maggot Brain/California Dreamin'/From The Bottom Of My Soul
Label:	SLOW TO SPEAK
Format:	12"
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	PRO 056EP

"Undeniably one of the most brilliant songs ever created, 'Maggot Brain' has rightfully achieved a place of eternal reverence in the history of modern music. Recorded in 1971 as Funkadelic was really coming into it's own, the track features the inestimable talents of then 21 year-old guitarist Eddie 'Smeero' Hazel. The original guitarist for the Parliaments and Funkadelic, Hazel recorded the breathtakingly mournful guitar solo featured in 'Maggot Brain' during a time when the aesthetic of P-Funk was really being mapped out and formulated proper. 'Maggot Brain' conjures up the same sensation each time its heard, regardless of what listener: the feeling that this song encapsulates all of the wallowing misery and deepest sorrow the universe over, as Hazel's guitar pours out his unparalleled expression of universal despair with such natural propensity it would appear the young man literally carried the entire world's sadness on his shoulders alone. Hazel was one of the few musicians that lived his instrument, capable not only of expressing himself through its medium, but the whole of universal spirit, a portal to the soul that only he seemed capable of unlocking through his invigorating delivery and range. In a way, Hazel's cover of 'California Dreamin' is the essence of his sound, as without effort Hazel morphs the restrained depression of this former pop hit into all-out, exposed despair, unafraid to confront his listener with the hardships of the human condition without concealment or dumbing aversion. The gorgeous, heart wrenching 'From The Bottom Of My Soul' leaves no doubt to the pain Hazel must have endured daily for reasons unknown to us. What we know with complete certainty is that his music speaks to us, manages to reflect back to us our own hardships in an act of grace, and continues to take our sorrow, perhaps unexpressed or concealed previously, and bare the burden of its oppression, to free us for that small moment of blissful relief as we drift into Hazel's uncontested domain of expressivity." Deleted, last coies.

Artist:	HAZEL, EDDIE
Title:	Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs
Label:	WARNER BROTHERS
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BS 3058HLP

180 gram vinyl reissue, manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1977. "Game offers none of the thematic storylines or compelling characters of other P-Funk releases. Its intention is to simply spotlight Eddie's skills, making this perhaps the most purely 'musical' album in the P-Funk canon. The record's centerpieces are two of the unlikeliest covers you will hear: 'California Dreaming' and 'I Want You (She's So Heavy).' With able assistance from a cast that includes Bootsy Collins, the Brides of Funkenstein, Jerome Brailey, and Bernie Worrell, Hazel just goes off and takes these numbers to another plane, especially on 'I Want You,' which is transformed into an apex of funk ecstasy.... If you consider yourself a deep P-Funk fan, you have to own this album." -- All Things Deep

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