Track Listing:
May Day (S.O.S.) {Garry Shider, Linda Shider} 5:36
Funkin' For My Mama's Rent {Gary Sinkow, Lige Curry} 5:58
Booty Body Ready For the Plush Funk {Donnie Sterling, Ron Dunbar} 6:47
I Really Envy the Sunshine {G Clinton} 6:32
Lickety Split {Fred Wesley} 5:44
Common Law Wife {G Clinton}
Superspirit {Walter Morrison} 5:20
Love Don't Come Easy {R Dunbar} 5:56
I Can't Stand It {Andre Williams, Tracey Lewis, G Shider} 6:51
Monster Dance {Ron Ford} 2:57
We're Just Funkers {D Sterling, R Dunbar} 6:36
Interview
Personnel:
"May Day"
Artist: Funkadelic (1981) Producer: George Clinton, Garry Shider
Drums: Ty Lampkin
Bass: Rodney "Skeet" Curtis
Guitar: Gary Shider, Michael Hampton, Cordell Mosson
Keyboards: David Spradley
Vocals: Funkadelic, Brides, Parlet, TreyLewd
"Funkin' For..."
Artist: Gary Fabulous and Black Slack (1980-81)
Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
Percussion/Drums: William Payne
Bass: Lige Curry
Guitar: Michael Hampton, Andre Foxxe
Keyboard: David Spradley
Lead Vocals: Gary Fabulous
Background Vocals: Parliament, Funkadelic, Sterling Silver Starship
"Booty Body..."
Artist: Sterling Silver Starship (1980) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
Drums & Bass: Donnie Sterling
Piano: David Spradley
Guitar: Tony Thomas, Rodney Crutcher
Vocals: Donnie Sterling, Ron Dunbar, Parlet, Brides
"I Really Envy the Sunshine"
Artist: Jessica Cleaves (1980) Producer: George Clinton
Drums: Ty Lampkin
Bass: Cordell Mosson
Piano: David Spradley
Horns: Horny Horns, Brecker Brothers
Guitar: Brim & Blackbyrd McKnight
Vocals: Jessica Cleaves, Brandye (Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent)
"Lickety Split"
Artist: Horny Horns (1979)
Producer: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley
Drums: Ty Lampkin
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Percussion: Larry Fratangelo
Clavinet: Bernie Worrell
Fender Rhodes, Sax: Maceo Parker
Guitar: Michael Hampton
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Trumpet: Rick Gardner, Richard "Kush" Griffith
"Common Law Wife"
Artist: Flo (1972) Producer: George Clinton
Drums: Ty Lampkin
Bass: Cordell "Boogie" Mosson
Guitar: Gary Shider, Bootsy Collins
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Horns: Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells, Robert "Chopper" McCullough, Randy Wallace
"Superspirit"
Arist: Junie (1978) Producer: George Clinton, Walter Morrison
Drums, Bass, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Moog Synth: Walter "Junie" Morrison
Vocals: Junie Morrison
"Love Don't Come Easy"
Artist: Brides (1980) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
Drums, Bass: Donnie Sterling
Guitar: Tony Thomas, Gordon Carlton
Keyboard: David Spradley
Percussion: Larry Fratangelo
Strings, Horns: David Van De Pitte
Vocals: Brides
"I Can't Stand It"
Artist: Tracey Lewis & Andre Foxxe (TreyLewd) & Flastic Brain Flam (1981)
Producer: George Clinton, Garry Shider
Drums: Tony Davis
Bass: Stevie Pannall
Guitar: Andre "Foxxe" Williams
Keyboard: David Spradley
Background Vocals: Parliament, Funkadelic, Brides, TreyLewd,
P.Funk All-Stars
"Monster Dance"
Artist: Ron Ford (1980) Producer: Ron Ford
Drums: Kenny Colton
Bass: Jimmy Ali
Guitar: Jerome Ali
Keyboard: David Spradley
Background Vocals: Parlet, Brides, Parliament, Funkadelic
"We're Just Funkers"
Artist: Michael Hampton (1980) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
Drums, Bass: Donnie Sterling
Keyboard, Piano: David Spradley
Rhythm Guitar: Tony Thomas
Lead Guitar: Michael Hampton
"Interview"
George Clinton
Rating: RC: ***1/2
Comments:TK: This album was originally released as volume II in Europe and Japan. Check here for the differing track listings.
RC: More outtakes from the P.Funk vaults. "May Day" is a song originally meant for Electric Spanking, a fine Funkadelic dance track. "Funkin' For..." is an odd track that combines old school rap with dance-funk, complete with hand-clap percussion. "Plush Funk" is a Donnie Sterling led Sterling Silver Starship cut that has an amusing spoken opening and a moderately engaging groove. "I Envy The Sunshine" is a better than average Jessica Cleaves tune, thanks mostly to the horns and Boogie Mosson's bass playing. "Lickety Split" is an excellent Horny Horns tune that also appears on The Final Blow. With Bootsy on bass and funky clavinets and Rhodes driving the song, it becomes a fine instrumental. "Common Law Wife" is perhaps the best song on the album. Combining members of the JB's and Funkadelic, the result is a dirty, funky track for an artist named Flo. "Super Spirit" is an odd Junie track that muses about god. His bass playing is especially sharp here. "Love Don't Come Easy" is an overproduced Brides tune, done in by strings. "I Can't Stand It" is a TreyLewd tune that sounds more like a Funkadelic dance number than one of his own, weird tunes. Still, it is appropriately chaotic sounding. "Monster Dance" is a standard Ron Ford dance funker. "We're Just Funkers" is a Michael Hampton guitar solo with some basic accompaniment; it's a good workout. The interview features George talking about meeting Michael Hampton and his development as a guitar player, freaking out Jessica Cleaves, writing and arranging "Knee Deep" with Junie Morrison, and working with Fred Wesley, Donnie Sterling, and Trey Lewd.