The Fuzztones – Monster A-Go-Go
Really, I should be a big Fuzztones fan. They’re right in my wheelhouse — American garage rock with its tongue in its cheek. A lot like The Cramps, but I think it’s more obvious...
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Funkadelic – Uncle Jam Wants You
This was a 1979 release – there were three other albums between “Let’s Take It to the Stage” and this, but I don’t have any of them, yet. Of all my Funkadelic records, this...
Funkadelic — Let’s Take It To the Stage
I’ve written before about how, when Funkadelic was creating the world of ’70s funk, I was not the teen who was ready for what they were putting down. I was told to like John...
Funkadelic – Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Back in April, when I was in the C’s and it looked like we were going to be in quarantine for a while (hoo boy), I was forced to admit that I was a...
Funkadelic — Cosmic Slop
1973’s Cosmic Slop brings us a Funkadelic without Eddie Hazel, but with some more traditional song structures. If my 13-year-old brain had encountered this album when it came out, I would at least have...
Funkadelic — Free Your Mind … And Your Ass Will Follow
What to do when you’ve put out an absolutely groundbreaking record? Five months later, put out another. If you’re Funkadelic. No kidding – Funkadelic was released February 1970, and “Free Your Mind” was released...
Funkadelic — Funkadelic
I’m right here admitting that for many years, my record collection was unfunky. Funkless. Free of the funk. An old Ohio Players record and George Clinton’s “R&B Skeletons in the Closet,” and neither one...
The Bobby Fuller Four — Best of The Bobby Fuller Four
When I bought this album in 1981, the only thing I knew about The Bobby Fuller Four was the same thing anyone knew about them: They were the ones who made a hit of...
The Fugs — Tenderness Junction
If you know anything about The Fugs at all, it’s probable that you know them for one of the greatest anti-war “protests” ever — the time they were part of an effort to levitate...
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