Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs

Infobox Album
Name = Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs
Type = studio
Artist = Eddie Hazel


Released = 1977
Recorded =
Genre = Psychedelic soul, Funk, Hard rock
Length = 38:06
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Eddie Hazel, George Clinton
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9fixqlsld6e~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs"
(1977)
Next album = "Rest in P"
(1994)

"Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs" (1977) is the debut album by Parliament-Funkadelic Lead guitarist Eddie Hazel. It was Hazel's only album until his death in 1992, when it was followed by several posthumous releases.

Three songs on the album are covers, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (originally recorded by The Beatles), "California Dreamin'" (first recorded by The Mamas & the Papas), and "Physical Love" (originally recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band).

A single from the album, an edited version of "California Dreamin'" backed with an instrumental version of the song, was released in 1977 as WBS 8425.

"Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs" was cut out soon after its release and became extremely rare. Owning a copy earned one a measure of prestige among P-Funk fans. A of the television series "" involved a shooting motivated by one character's destruction of another character's copy of "Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs"

In 2004, Rhino Records issued "Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs" as a numbered, limited-edition compact disc. As bonus tracks, the Rhino CD included the four songs that made up the hard-to-find "Jams From The Heart" EP (1994).

After Rhino's limited release sold out, Collector's Choice Music released "Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs" without the extra songs. [http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=CCM06952]

Track listing

# "California Dreamin'" (John Phillips, Michelle Phillips) - 6:20 (released as a single-Warner Bros. WBS 8425)
# "Frantic Moment" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 3:43
# "So Goes The Story" (Clinton, Collins, Eddie Hazel) - 3:57
# "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 9:26
# "Physical Love" (Clinton, Collins, Gary Cooper, Garry Shider) - 5:33
# "What About It?" (Clinton, Hazel) - 3:45
# "California Dreamin' (Reprise)"(J. Phillips, M. Phillips) - 1:40

Bonus tracks

# "Smedley Smorganoff" (Hazel) - 3:06
# "Lampoc Boogie" (Hazel) - 11:46
# "From the Bottom Of My Heart" (Hazel) - 12:34
# "Unkut Funk" (Hazel) - 2:02

Personnel

*Guitars: Eddie Hazel, Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins
*Bass: Bootsy Collins, Billy Bass Nelson, Cordell Mosson
*Drums: Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins, Tiki Fulwood
*Keyboards: Bernie Worrell; Doug Duffey on "I Want You"
*Vocals: Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Gary Cooper

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9fixqlsld6e "Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs"] at Allmusic