Music for Your Mother: Funkadelic 45s

Music For Your Mother: Funkadelic 45s
Compilation album by Funkadelic
Released	1993
Recorded	1968-1976
Genre	Funk, psychedelic soul, rock
Length	131:33
Label	Westbound
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Music For Your Mother is a compilation album by Funkadelic featuring songs recorded for Westbound Records during the band's career with that label from 1968 to 1976. The compilation includes the A-sides and B-sides of every Funkadelic single released during Funkadelic's tenure at Westbound. Some of the tracks here originated as alternate versions of album tracks or as non-album B-sides, and some were previously unreleased. Two tracks, "I Miss My Baby" and "Baby I Owe You Something Good" (original version) were originally released by Westbound under the group name U.S. Music With Funkadelic, which was probably meant to denote U.S. with music by Funkadelic or simply U.S. with Funkadelic. "U.S." refers to the band United Soul that had been discovered and produced by George Clinton in 1971, and which contained future Parliament-Funkadelic members Garry Shider and Cordell Mosson.

The CD booklet features an extensive 20,000-word article by music writer and Parliament-Funkadelic historian Rob Bowman. In the 2000s, many of the non-LP tracks included in this anthology were added as bonus tracks on Westbound CD reissues of their respective original albums.

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Music for My Mother" (Clinton, Nelson, Hazel)
   • alternate version of track from the album Funkadelic
2. "Music for My Mother [Instrumental]" (Clinton, Nelson, Hazel)
3. "Can't Shake It Loose" (Clinton, Barnes, McCoy, Jackson)
4. "As Good As I Can Feel" (Clinton, Haskins)
5. "I'll Bet You" (Clinton, Barnes, Lindsey)
   • alternate version of track from the album Funkadelic
6. "Qualify and Satisfy" (Clinton, Hazel, Nelson)
   • single edit of track from the album Funkadelic
7. "Open Our Eyes" (Lumkins)
8. "I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody Got a Thing" (Haskins)
   • single edit of track from the album Funkadelic
9. "Fish, Chips and Sweat" (Clinton, Nelson, Hazel)
10. "I Wanna Know If It's Good to You" (Clinton, Nelson, Hazel, Haskins)
    • first part of track from the album Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow
11. "I Wanna Know If It's Good to You [Instrumental]" (Clinton, Nelson, Hazel, Haskins)
    • second part of track from the album Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow
12. "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" (Clinton, Worrell, Jones)
    • extended version of track from the album Maggot Brain
13. "Funky Dollar Bill" (Clinton, Hazel, Davis)
    • alternate mix of track from the album Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow
14. "Can You Get to That" (Clinton, Harris)
    • from the album Maggot Brain
15. "Back in Our Minds" (Haskins)
    • from the album Maggot Brain
16. "I Miss My Baby" (Haskins)
    • by U.S. Music With Funkadelic

Disc Two

1. "Baby I Owe You Something Good" (Clinton)
   • by U.S. Music With Funkadelic, later re-recorded for the album Let's Take It to the Stage
2. "Hit It and Quit It" (Clinton, Nelson)
   • single edit of track from the album Maggot Brain
3. "A Whole Lot of BS" (Clinton, Worrell)
4. "Loose Booty" (Clinton, Beane)
   • single edit of track from the album America Eats Its Young
5. "A Joyful Process" (Clinton, Worrell)
   • single edit of track from the album America Eats Its Young
6. "Cosmic Slop" (Clinton, Worrell)
   • single edit of track from the album Cosmic Slop
7. "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause" (Clinton, Shider)
   • single edit of track from the album America Eats Its Young
8. "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" (Clinton, Cook)
   • single edit of track from the album Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
9. "Jimmy's Got a Little Bit of Bitch in Him" (Clinton, Cook)
   • from the album Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
10. "Red Hot Mamma" (Clinton, Hazel, Worrell)
    • single edit of track from the album Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
11. "Vital Juices" (Clinton)
12. "Better By the Pound" (Clinton, Cook)
    • from the album Let's Take It to the Stage
13. "Stuffs and Things" (Clinton, Cook)
    • from the album Let's Take It to the Stage
14. "Let's Take It To the Stage" (Clinton, Collins, Shider)
    • single edit of track from the album Let's Take It to the Stage
15. "Biological Speculation" (Clinton, Harris)
    • from the album America Eats Its Young
16. "Undisco Kidd" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
    • single edit of track from the album Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
17. "How Do Yeaw View You" (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
    • from the album Tales of Kidd Funkadelic

External links

• Music for Your Mother: Funkadelic 45s at Discogs
• The Motherpage

References

Liner notes to Music For Your Mother by Rob Bowman, 1992.