Funkadelic – Funkadelic (45 RPM Edition) – Double Vinyl Records

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Funkadelic – Funkadelic (45 RPM Edition) – Double Vinyl Records

Funkadelic’s self-titled debut is the sound of several musical languages colliding before anyone had agreed on a name for the result. Released in 1970, the album combines doo-wop vocal roots, Motown discipline, blues, gospel, hard rock, and psychedelic improvisation under George Clinton’s increasingly radical direction. The band does not treat funk as a tidy genre. Rhythm is the foundation, but guitars distort, voices preach and joke, and songs stretch into collective experiences that feel equally suited to a basement party, a political rally, or a trip through amplified space.

“Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic?” opens with a question and answers it through nearly nine minutes of groove, character, and invitation. Rather than provide a definition, the track demonstrates a new identity forming in real time. “I Bet You” tightens the songwriting without losing the loose ensemble feel, and “Music for My Mother” connects the band’s future-facing sound to older blues and rural imagery. Clinton’s concepts are vivid, but the record’s authority comes from musicians listening and reacting inside the groove.

Eddie Hazel’s guitar is central to the album’s atmosphere, pushing acid-rock vocabulary into music built around bass and drums. “I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody’s Got a Thing” turns communal difference into an ecstatic refrain, while “Good Old Music” makes tradition feel physical rather than nostalgic. “Qualify & Satisfy” moves through bluesy tension, and “What Is Soul” closes with another deliberately unstable definition. The humor never weakens the music’s seriousness; it creates room for freedom inside it.

This edition uses a 2025 remaster and cuts the seven-track album at 45 RPM across two vinyl records. The faster speed and expanded side space are intended to improve groove geometry and playback detail compared with a conventional single 33 RPM disc. That configuration also gives the longer tracks more room, an important consideration for music whose impact depends on low-end weight, guitar texture, and the relationship between repeated rhythm and gradual change. Correct turntable speed should be selected before playback.

UPC 711574967216 identifies this exact 45 RPM double-vinyl edition. It contains the complete original album sequence with all tracks presented in their 2025-remastered form. This is not a compilation of later P-Funk hits; it is the foundational Westbound-era debut where the group’s vocabulary first became clear. For listeners exploring George Clinton’s wider universe, it is an essential starting point. For established collectors, the two-record 45 RPM cut offers a deliberately audiophile-minded physical presentation of a record whose roughness and invention remain inseparable.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic

Track Listing

1. Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? (2025 Remastered)
2. I Bet You (2025 Remastered)
3. Music for My Mother (2025 Remastered)
4. I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody’s Got a Thing (2025 Remastered)
5. Good Old Music (2025 Remastered)
6. Qualify & Satisfy (2025 Remastered)
7. What Is Soul (2025 Remastered)
8. Two vinyl records cut at 45 RPM