Tales of Kidd Funkadelic is a 1976 album by the band Funkadelic, released on the Westbound record label.
It was actually released after Funkadelic had left the label, in order to capitalize on Funkadelic's new-found fame. The tracks were recorded at the same time as Hardcore Jollies, and were found to be lacking; hence, they were not included on that album and were belatedy thrown together to form Tales of Kidd Funkadelic. The album is perhaps a bit too varied, at least when compared to their usual strong concepts, but presents a strong set of tracks nonetheless, some of which are still occasionally played live.
Kidd Funkadelic was/is the nickname for guitarist Mike Hampton, who incidentally is a shadow force on this album, while featured strongly on the sibling Funkadelic album of the year, Hardcore Jollies.
Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Glen Goins, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Grady Thomas
Maggotusi Vocal Choir (Backup Vocals): Jessica Cleaves, Cynthia Davis, Donna Davis, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Pamela Vincent, Debbie Wright
Critical response
"There were still some fine cuts, but the random element prevented it from being a great album because it lacked the thematic organization and vision Clinton provided for the concept LPs" -- the All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SEARCH&sql=Afeb1z8oajyvn)
Other external links
the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-tales.html)
Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, The Parliaments.
Due to legal difficulties between Clinton and Revilot[?], The Parliaments' label, the name was abandoned in favor of Funkadelic, which consisted of the same group of people (that is, both the former Parliaments and their back-up band, now both combined in the name "Funkadelic").
With the new found fame of Funkadelic, longtime members Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas[?] (who were original Parliaments) left the group (in 1977) and released a single, "Connections and Disconnections[?]" under the name Funkadelic (in 1981).
Tales of KiddFunkadelic is a 1976 album by the band Funkadelic, released on the Westbound record label.
It was actually released after Funkadelic had left the label, in order to capitalize on Funkadelic's new-found fame.
KiddFunkadelic was/is the nickname for guitarist Mike Hampton, who incidentally is a shadow force on this album, while featured strongly on the sibling Funkadelic album of the year, Hardcore Jollies.
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