Parliament - Chocolate City LP **SEALED** 1975 ORIGINAL NBLP 7014 Bootsy PFunk
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Description
From my private collection: Super RARE SEALED copy of one of the funkiest records ever. EVER.
This is a Never opened / First Edition Original 1975 release on Casablanca [Catalog # NBLP 7014]
Chocolate City is the third album by the funk band Parliament, released in 1975. It was a "tribute to Washington D.C.",[9] where the group had been particularly popular. The album's cover includes images of the United States Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial in the form of a chocolate medallion, as well as sticker labeled "Washington DC". The album was very popular in that city, selling 150,000 copies there.
Track listing
Side One
- "Chocolate City" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) – 5:37 (released as a single-Casablanca 831)
- "Ride On" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) – 3:34 (released as a single-Casablanca 843)
- "Together" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) – 4:07
- "Side Effects" (Clinton, Collins, Ahneua Hilson) – 3:13
- "What Comes Funky" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell) – 2:23
Side Two
- "Let Me Be" (Clinton, Vivian Lewis) – 5:37
- "If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)" (Clinton, Gary Shider, Worrell) – 2:07
- "I Misjudged You" (Clinton, Ernie Harris, Fuzzy Haskins) – 5:14
- "Big Footin'" (Clinton, Haskins, Shider) – 4:50 (released as the B-side to "Ride On")
Personnel
- Jim Callon – Engineer
- George Clinton – Arrangements, vocals, production
- Bootsy Collins – Bass, guitar, Arrangements, drums
- Raymond Davis – Vocals
- Ramon Tiki Fulwood – Drums
- Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins – Vocals
- Eddie Hazel – Guitar, vocals (Lead Vocal on "Let Me Be"
- Prakash John – Bass
- Tyrone Lampkin – Drums
- Man In The Box – Drums
- Cordell Mosson – Bass, guitar
- Billy "Bass" Nelson – Bass
- Lucius Tawl Ross – Rhythm guitar
- Gary Shider – Rhythm guitar, vocals
- Calvin Simon – Vocals
- Grady Thomas – Vocals
- Jim Vitti – Engineer
- Bernie Worrell – Synthesizer, arrangements, keyboards
- Mallia Franklin- vocals
- Gary “Mudbone” Cooper - Vocals
Music
Chocolate City features the classic P-Funk lineup with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, and Eddie Hazel. The Brecker Brothers, Michael and Randy, joined the band as did vocalist Glenn Goins. Prakash John plays bass on several tracks. This album also marks the beginning of the pivotal songwriting team of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Bernie Worrell, a partnership that would last until the 1978 release Motor Booty Affair.
The album is full of the uptempo funk that the band would be known for as well as the vocal harmonies of The Parliaments. "Let Me Be" draws on jazz as well as gospel influences. "Together" is a remake of "Together in Heaven" by Bootsy, Phelps, and Gary. Glen Goins makes his debut P. Funk performance on "Big Footin'".
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