FUNKADELIC Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow - TEST PRESSING WB 2001 NM
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Description
ORIGINAL WESTBOUND TEST PRESSING FROM 1970
WB 2001 ~~ 'Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow'
N/MINT-OR-EX++(+) VINYL ONLY DISTRIBUTED IN PLAIN SLEEVE
Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow
is the second studio album by American funk band Funkadelic
released in July 1970 by Westbound Record
N/MINT-OR-EX++(+) VINYL ONLY DISTRIBUTED IN PLAIN SLEEVE
This Is The Original Test Pressing From 1970
these were distributed without regular 'free your mind' covers
this is the opportunity to own a TRUE funkadelic rarity that is GENUINE
matrix info is correct WB 2001 A & WB 2001 B with
plain white 'label' and tracks are correct side #1 and side #2
See Photos and engage the enlarge feature to see
Track listing
Side one- "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow" (George Clinton (lead vocals), Ray Davis, Eddie Hazel) - 10:04
- "Friday Night, August 14th" (Clinton, Hazel, Billy Bass Nelson (lead vocals)) - 5:21
- ""Funky Dollar Bill" (Clinton, Davis, Hazel, Tawl Ross (lead vocals)) - 3:15 (released as a single-Westbound 175)
- "I Wanna Know If It's Good to You?" (Clinton, Clarence Haskins, Hazel (lead vocals), Nelson (also lead vocals)) 5:59 (released as a single-Westbound 167)
- "Some More" (Clinton, Ernie Harris, Hazel (lead vocals)) - 2:56
- "Eulogy and Light" (Clinton (lead vocals), Harris) - 3:31
Background
The album was recorded at United Sound Studios, Audio Graphic Services, and G-M Recording Studios in Detroit.[4]The inspiration for this album was, according to George Clinton, an attempt to "see if we can cut a whole album while we're all tripping on acid."[3]
The album's gatefold cover forms something of a visual pun, echoing the sentiments of the album title. The sight of a woman holding her arms towards heaven in an ecstatic pose is subverted upon opening the sleeve to find that she is nude.[citation needed]
Music and lyrics
The album and its title track, a feedback-drenched number taking a third of the album's length, introduces the subversion of Christian themes explored on later songs, describing a mystical approach to salvation in which "the Kingdom of Heaven is within" and achievable through freeing one's mind, after which one's ass will follow. Many of the songs (such as the title track and "Eulogy and Light") subvert Christian themes, including the Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm.[3]
