The Archival Album List

This section of the discography concentrates on archival material - albums containing old material previously unavailable. The principle members of this list are the George Clinton Family Series discs and related compilations. Also described here are the four-disc live compilations (U.S., European, and Japanese versions) covering Funkadelic, Parliament, George Clinton, and the P-Funk All Stars from 1972 through 1993. Finally, the Sample Some Of Disc... series, which provide snippets of P-Funk material to facilitate sampling, are described here.

These albums are arranged in chronological order based on release date. Each album has a "detailed info" link which will provide you such items as track listings and timings, personnel, ratings by various reviewers, and additional comments.

If the album is composed at least in part of tracks which are not duplicated on earlier albums, a link to the lyrics for the songs on that album will be provided as well. Meanwhile, in the track listings, links to the lyrics for each individual song are provided.

Reviews and comments for these albums are provided by:

RC = Rob Clough (administrator of The Motherpage)

MW = Melissa Weber

TK = Tim Kinley

JB = Jon Brode

JJ = Jay Julian

GZ = George Zipperlen (creator of the original template for this discography, with time breakdown and rating system)

The ratings given for each album are 'within P-Funk,' and on the 1 to 5 star scale.

*****   Essential, not allowed on the Mothership without it
****    Mostly excellent cuts
***     A few weak tracks, or a concept which doesn't hold up
**      One or two good tracks
*       Relatively weak

GZ: Note that the lower rated albums, still rate high compared to unfunk!

RC : A note on writing credits. For each particular album, I will list the first and last name of the writer only when it is their first appearance on that album. Thus, Garry Shider's first appearance on an album will earn him that full listing, but he will be listed as G Shider if he has any other songs on that particular album. There are three notable exceptions: George Clinton, William "Bootsy" Collins, and Bernie Worrell, who will be listed as G Clinton, W (or B) Collins, and B Worrell, respectively, for every album's track listing. The reason is because those three wrote the bulk of the P.Funk catalog. If a writer's full name is not listed, it's probably because I don't know it, in which case I would appreciate being given that information.

Additional comments:

Note that the European versions of the Family Series discs are somewhat different from the U.S. versions. Typically, the tracks are allocated to different discs than they are for the U.S. versions, and the cover art is different. For track listings for the European versions, look here.