Showing posts with label P-Funk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label P-Funk. Show all posts

Friday, 10 October 2008

Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jungle Bass 1990

4th & Broadway Records BRECD 550


One for the Funky People out there, I know there are a few. William Bootsy Collins was one of James Brown's regular band, The JB's, in the late 1960s before joining forces with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic cartel in the '70s, Collins' driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. His signature instrument is a custom-built star-shaped bass guitar he calls the Space Bass. Collins was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.



Check the names on this list of credits, a veritable 'Who's Who' in the Funk business.






In 1990 Bootsy collaborated with Deee-Lite on their massive hit Groove Is In The Heart where he contributed additional vocals along with Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. Although he also appeared in the music video playing the bass, the bassline in the song is actually a sample of a Herbie Hancock song called Bring Out The Birds, Bootsy's Rubber Band did become the backing musicians for Deee-Lite during their world tour though. Despite being thoroughly busy they still had time to produce this wonderful bit of experimental music. 30 minutes of cyberfunk!


  • Jungle Bass (Jungle One/Long Form)
  • Disciples Of Funk (Return Of The Funkateers)
  • Jungle Bass (House Of Bass Mix)
  • Interzone (Silent Hush-Hush Mix/Cyberfunk)
The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Jungle Bass CDS.rar Filesize: 46.5 MB

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Xavier - Work That Sucker To Death 1982

Liberty Records 12UP 651


Xavier were an 8 piece group formed by Ernest 'Xavier' Smith (guitar/bass & vocals), Ayanna Little (vocals), Tim Williams (drums), Ralph Hunt Jnr (bass), Jeffrey Mitchell (guitar), Lyburn Downing (percussion), Emonie Branch and Chuck Hughes (vocals). Smith had played with The Coasters in the mid 60s as bass player prior to joining Wilson Pickett's Midnight Movers. He later worked with Isaac Hayes and the Temptations. In the late 70s he joined Shades Of Directions and turned them into Xavier and LUV (Life's Universal Vibration). The group joined Liberty Records, shortened their name and released this single. Produced and arranged by Rahni Harris (Six Million Steps 1978) this double A Sided single features the funky Work That Sucker To Death and the beautiful 80's Groove dancer Love Is On The One.

Taken from the album Point Of Pleasure, which narrowly missed the Top 100, Work That Sucker To Death featured Smith's old friend Bootsy Collins, and George Clinton (the credits only give special thanks George, no mention of him actually performing?) The record went into the R&B Top 10 and made the UK charts in 1982.


  • Work That Sucker To Death
  • Love Is On The One
The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Xavier.rar Filesize: 23.97 MB