Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic | ||||
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Studio album by Funkadelic | ||||
Released | September 21, 1976 | |||
Genre | Funk | |||
Length | 39:49 | |||
Label | Westbound | |||
Producer | George Clinton | |||
Funkadelic chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blender | [2] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
Rolling Stone | favorable (1976)[4] (2004)[5] |
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic is the eighth studio album by the band Funkadelic, released in September 1976. It was their final album on the Westbound record label. The tracks were recorded during the same sessions as their first release for Warner Bros. Records, Hardcore Jollies; which was released a month later. Two tracks from Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, the single “Undisco Kidd” and the party anthem “Take Your Dead Ass Home!” have been staples in the band’s live performances since the album’s 1976 release, and can be heard on the 1977 Parliament concert album Live: P-Funk Earth Tour. The album opener “Butt-To-Buttresuscitation” and the song “I’m Never Gonna Tell It” were included in the band’s live shows during the early 2000s. The song "Let's Take It to the People" has been sampled by hip-hop band A Tribe Called Quest for their song "Everything Is Fair", on their album The Low End Theory.
Kidd Funkadelic was/is the nickname for guitarist Michael Hampton.
Track listing
Side One
- "Butt-to-Butt Resuscitation" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Bernie Worrell, Michael Hampton) - 3:53
- "Let's Take It to the People" (Clinton, Hazel, Garry Shider) - 1:50
- "Undisco Kidd" (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Worrell) (released as a single-Westbound 5029) - 6:34
- "Take Your Dead Ass Home! (Say Som'n Nasty)" (Clinton, Glenn Goins, Shider, Worrell) - 7:18
Side Two
- "I'm Never Gonna Tell It" (Clinton, Worrell) - 3:41
- "Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (Opusdelite Years)" (Clinton, Worrell) - 12:56
- "How Do Yeaw View You?" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) (released as the B-side to "Undisco Kidd) - 3:39
Funkadelic Main Invasion Force (Personnel)
- Guitars: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins
- Keyboards, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
- Bass: Cordell "Boogie" Mosson
- Drums: Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey
- Percussion: Calvin Simon
- Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Glen Goins, Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Grady Thomas
- Maggotusi Vocal Choir (Backup Vocals): Jessica Cleaves, Cynthia Davis, Donna Davis, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Pamela Vincent, Debbie Wright, Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
Spastic Funkadelic Alumni
- Eddie Hazel: Guitar
- Billy "Bass" Nelson: Bass guitar
- William "Bootsy" Collins: Bass guitar
- Ron Bykowski: Lead guitar
References
- ^ Tales of Kidd Funkadelic at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Tales of Kidd Funkadelic". Blender. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Funkadelic".
- ^ Rollingstone
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. ISBN 9780743201698.
External links
- Tales of Kidd Funkadelic at Discogs
- The Motherpage
- v
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- George Clinton
- Ray Davis
- Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins
- Calvin Simon
- Billy Bass Nelson
- Eddie Hazel
- Tawl Ross
- Tiki Fulwood
- Mickey Atkins
- Bernie Worrell
- Grady Thomas
- Harold Beane
- Garry Shider
- Bootsy Collins
- Catfish Collins
- Cordell "Boogie" Mosson
- Prakash John
- Tyrone Lampkin
- Ron Bykowski
- Leon Patillo
- Jimmy Calhoun
- Gary Bronson
- Michael Hampton
- Glenn Goins
- Jerome Brailey
- Dawn Silva
- Walter Morrison
- Rodney Curtis
- Mallia Franklin
- Larry Fratangelo
- DeWayne McKnight
- David Spradley
- Funkadelic
- Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow
- Maggot Brain
- America Eats Its Young
- Cosmic Slop
- Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
- Let's Take It to the Stage
- Hardcore Jollies
- One Nation Under a Groove
- Uncle Jam Wants You
- The Electric Spanking of War Babies
- By Way of the Drum
- First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate
- Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan – 12th September 1971
- Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
- Music for Your Mother: Funkadelic 45s
- Motor City Madness: The Ultimate Funkadelic Westbound Compilation
- The Whole Funk & Nothing but the Funk: Definitive Funkadelic 1976–1981
- Toys
- "Get Off Your Ass and Jam"
- "One Nation Under a Groove"
- "(Not Just) Knee Deep"
- "The Electric Spanking of War Babies"
- Discography
- "Let's Take It to the Stage"
- Connections & Disconnections