商品詳細情報

In 1972 as the line-up of Funkadelic that had made the first three albums, "Funkadelic", "Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow" and "Maggot Brain" - collapsed in on themselves under the pressures of touring and nefarious substances, some members shuttled back and forth between Detroit and Toronto and kept recording. One of the projects that was embarked upon was an LP by a group called U.S. A single 'Baby I Owe You Something Good' b/w 'I Miss My Baby' appeared that year credited to U.S. music with Funkadelic. An album reached test-pressing stage, but until now no more has been heard of it.

U.S. (which stood for United Soul) were from George Clinton's home town of Plainfield, New Jersey and included future Funkadelic members Gary Shider, Cordell and Larry Mosson. They recorded in Detroit and Toronto and the album was produced by Bernie Worrell, Ray Davies and Fuzzy Haskins; it featured many Funkadelic musicians.

The original album of five tracks includes some prime era Funkadelic grooves including the outrageous 'Rat Kiss The Cat On The Navel' and 'Be What You Is' which are both uptempo psychedelic funk, as well as the wonderful gospel-imbued vocals of Shider on 'I Miss My Baby' and the opener 'This Broken Heart'. When the LP wasn't issued the group split up and Funkadelic co-opted some of their members.

This release is part of our Westbound 40th Aniversary celebrations. A truly historic lost album it is the first off-shoot from the Parliafunkadelicment Thang, that became a whole industry in itself.