Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band

Infobox Album |
Name = Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Type = studio
Artist = Bootsy's Rubber Band

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Released = April, 1976
Recorded =
Genre = R&B, Funk
Length = 40:00
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dtknikp6bb69~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band"
(1976)
Next album = "Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!"
(1977)

"Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band" is the debut funk album by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released in April 1976 (see 1976 in music). The album was released by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded around the same time as Parliament's "Mothership Connection" and Funkadelic's "Let's Take It To The Stage.

The album was reissued first in 1990 by the Warner/Pioneer company in Japan and then by Warner Music-Europe. In 2007, the album was licensed through Rhino Records and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Track listing

#"Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band)" (Clinton/Collins) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8215)
#"Psychoticbumpschool"(released as a single-Warner Bros. 8291)
#"Another Point of View"
#"I'd Rather Be With You" (Clinton/Collins/Cooper) (released as a single-Warner Bros. 8246)
#"Love Vibes"
#"Physical Love"(released as the b-side of "Stretchin' Out")
#"Vanish in Our Sleep" (Clinton/Collins)

Personnel

*Bernie Worrell - Keyboards
*Michael Brecker - Saxophone
*Robert Johnson - Vocals
*Maceo Parker - Saxophone
*Casper - Bass, Guitar, drums
*Fredrick Allen - Keyboards
*Leslyn Bailey - Vocals
*Bootsy Collins - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Producer
*Boogie - Drums
*Randy Brecker - Trumpet
*Phelps Collins - Bass, Guitar
*Gary "Muddbone" Cooper - Drums, Vocals
*Rick Gardner - Trumpet
*Michael Hampton - Guitar
*Garry Shider - Guitar
*Sonny Talbert - Keyboards
*Jim Vitti - Engineer
*Frankie Kash Waddy - Drums

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
* 1976 Pop Albums No. 59
* 1976 Black Albums No. 10

Billboard (North America) - singles
* 1976 "I'd Rather Be With You" Black Singles No. 25
* 1976 "Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band)" Black Singles No. 18
* 1977 "Psychoticbumpschool" Black Singles No. 69