Let's Take It to the Stage is the seventh album by American funk/soul/rock band Funkadelic. It was released in April 1975 on Westbound Records (see 1975 in music). Compared to most of the group's albums it features more short and to-the-point songs and fewer extended jam sessions. The "G. Cook" songwriting credited was used by guitarist Eddie Hazel for contractual reasons (the pseudonym reflects his mother's name). The album is also notable for featuring the debut of Bootsy Collins's trademark Hendrix-inspired vocals on the track "Be My Beach". Some lyrics from "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" have been used in a remix of Lil Jon's "Get Low", by the Ying Yang Twins.
[edit] Track listing
- "Good To Your Earhole" (George Clinton, Grace Cook, Fuzzy Haskins)
- "Better By The Pound" (Clinton, Cook) (released as a single-Westbound 5014)
- "Be My Beach" (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)
- "No Head No Backstage Pass" (Clinton, Ron Bykowski)
- "Let's Take It to the Stage" (Clinton, Collins, Garry Shider) (released as a single-Westbound 5026)
- "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" (Clinton)
- "Baby I Owe You Something Good" (Clinton)
- "Stuffs And Things" (Clinton, Cook) (released as the B-side of "Better By The Pound")
- "The Song Is Familiar" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
- "Atmosphere" (Clinton, Shider, Worrell)
[edit] Personnel
- Vocals: 'Cool' Cal Simon, 'Bad Bosco' Bernie Worrell, C 'Boogie' Mosson, Garry 'Dowop' Shider
- Bass Vocals: 'Sting' Ray Davis
- Genie Vocals: 'Shady' Grady Thomas
- Werewolf Vocals: Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins
- Maggot Overlord: George Clinton
- Congas: Calvin Simon
- Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
- Bass: C Boogie Mosson
- Percussion: R Tiki Fulwood
- Guitar: Eddie Hazel, Michael Hampton, Garry Shider
- Alumni Funkadelic: Bootsy Collins (vocals), Billy Bass, Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski
- Guest Funkadelic: Paul Warren, Reggie McBride, Frosty, Mello Garcia, Honeys, Denise Hurd, Delores whats-her-name, Gary Cooper, Parliament
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