Track Listing:
Live Up (To What She Thinks Of Me) {G Clinton} 6:33
Secrets {Sidney Barnes} 6:04
She Never Do's Things {Tracey Lewis, Andre Williams} 5:26
Take My Love {Gary Cooper} 3:51
Just For Play {Ron Ford} 5:55
Off The Wall {Walter Morrison} 4:35
Get It On {Jimmy Giles} 4:25
Triune {W Morrison} 4:06
Superstar Madness {Muruga Booker} 4:43
I Angle {R Ford, Lige Curry, Tony Thomas, David Spradley, G Clinton} 9:54
Twenty Bucks {Ron Dunbar} 4:43
To Care {R Dunbar} 4:22
Comin' Down From Your Love {Nick Diunti, Peter Madaray} 4:18
Interview
Personnel:
"Live Up"
Artist: Parliament (1975) Producer: George Clinton
Drums: Tiki Fulwood
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Guitar: Michael Hampton, Gary Shider
Keyboard: Bernie Worrell
Background Vocals: Brandy (Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent)
Horns: Horny Horns
Vocals: Parliament, Glen Goins
"Secrets"
Artist: Sidney Barnes (1980) Producer: Sidney Barnes
Drums: Kenny Colton
Bass: Donny Sterling
Guitar: Michael Hampton, Tony Thomas
Keyboard: Nestro Wilson
Vocals: Sidney Barnes
"She Never Do's Things"
Artist: TreyLewd (1978) Producer: Garry Shider
Drums: Tony Davis
Bass: Stevie Pannall
Guitar: Gary Shider, Andre Williams
Keyboard: David Spradley
Background Vocals: Brides, Parlet, Funkadelic, Parliament
"Take My Love"
Artist: Brides (1977) Producer: George Clinton
Drums: Tiki Fulwood
Bass: Bill Nelson
Guitar: Gary Cooper
Keyboard: Bernie Worrell
Vocals: Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva
"Just For Play"
Artist: Brides (1980) Producer: Ron Ford, George Clinton
Drums: Kenny Colton
Bass: Jimmy Ali
Guitar: Jerome Ali
Keyboard: Nestro Wilson
Vocals: Brides
"Off The Wall"
Artist: Jessica Cleaves (1978) Producer: Walter Morrison
All Instruments: Walter "Junie" Morrison
Vocals: Jessica Cleaves
Background Vocals: Junie Morrison
"Get It On"
Artist: Jimmy G (1981) Producer: Ron Ford
Drums: Dean Ragland
Bass: Jimmy Giles
Guitar: Ron Ford
Keyboard: David Lee Chong
"Triune"
Artist: Junie (1978) Producer: Walter Morrison
All Instruments: Walter "Junie" Morrison
Vocals: Junie Morrison
"Superstar Madness"
Artist: Muruga (1980) Producer: Robert Dennis
Drums: Muruga
Percussion: Muruga
Bass: Sly Stone
Bells: Louie Kabbabie
Guitar: Pat Larose, Muruga
Keyboard: Muruga
Vocals: Muruga, Shock-T
"I Angle"
Artist: Funkadelic (1980) Producer: Ron Ford, George Clinton
Drums: Bootsy Collins
Bass: Ron Ford
Guitar: Tony Thomas, Eddie Hazel
Keyboard: David Lee Chong
"Twenty Bucks"
Artist: Brides (1980) Producer: Ron Dunbar
Strings/Horns: Wade Marcus
"To Care"
Artist: Four Tops (1978) Producer: Ron Dunbar
Drums: Jerry Jones
Bass: Rodrick Chandler
Guitar: Eddie Willis
Keyboard: Rudi Robinson
"Comin' Down From Your Love"
Artist: Nick Savannah and Dwarf (1981) Producer: Garry Shider
Drums: Merce
Bass: Peter Madaray
Guitar: Nick Savannah, Mike Tinn
Vocals: Brides, Dwarf
"Interview"
George Clinton
Rating: RC: ***
Comments:RC: This volume of the Family Series features some of the very best and very worst songs. The absolute winner starts off the album, "Live Up". A cover of a song that Clinton produced ten years earlier for the Fantastic Four, it features the vocal greatness of Glen Goins. Recorded at around the time of Mothership Connection, it could easily fit on there. The lead vocals, bass playing, horns and vocal hooks are all impeccable. "Secrets" is a Sidney Barnes song that sounds a bit hollow, and the singing is marginal. "She Never Do's Things" is another excellent TreyLewd song, featuring the twisted vocals of Tracey Lewis. "Take My Love" is a disco-ish Brides song, surprising because of its great musical lineup. "Just For Play" is another Brides-led song that is slightly more interesting musically. "Off The Wall" is a Junie-written Jessica Cleaves song that shows what she can do when put against a funky background. "Get It On" is a spirited Jimmy G funker, again with excellent bass playing. "Triune" is another bizarre Junie spiritual exploration with a quirky but engaging keyboard line. "Superstar Madness" dips into percussionist Maruga Booker's New Wave world, a fluffy soulless tune about vegetables. "I Angle" is another superb Electric Spanking outtake, a sci-fi/Bermuda Triangle song that features Eddie Hazel going wild and fuzz bass from Ron Ford. "Twenty Bucks" is a funky Brides tune with a catchy guitar riff and strings used to good effect. "To Care" is a Four Tops song that Ron Dunbar produced, which is mostly disco-ish. "Coming Down..." is another bit of filler, a Garry Shider production that sounds like a standard rock ballad. The singer sounds not unlike David Bowie! The interview has George talking about Sidney Barnes, Glen Goins, the Brides, Jessica Cleaves, Junie, and the Four Tops.