other titles...
- P. FUNK (WANTS TO GET FUNKED UP)
- MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION (STAR CHILD)
- UNFUNKY UFO
- SUPERGROOVALISTICPROSIFUNKSTICATION
- HANDCUFFS
- GIVE UP THE FUNK (TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER)
- NIGHT OF THE THUMPASORUS PEOPLES
Parliament
MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION (2023 reissue)
bgp
Featuring a galactic line-up that included Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, Fred Welsey, Gary Shiner, Glen Goins and even the Brecker Bothers on horns, this album kicks funky butt from the opening blast of ‘P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)’ right to the very last drop of ‘Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples’.
It’s a joyous album and as well as spawning the ‘Star Child’ character on the title track saw the band start to tour with a spaceship as a stage prop paid for by record label Casablanca. “Mothership Connection” went top 20 and platinum stateside. Three singles were taken from the album including an edit of ‘Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off That Sucker)’