Star Time #33: Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
From time to time I am asked, if at all possible and given favorable conditions, to make someone's funk the P-Funk. This request usually springs from a common desire to "get funked up." Furthermore, those making this request express that they "want my funk uncut"; still others request "the bomb," which in this case is thankfully only a metaphor for a particularly potent strain of P-Funk. So during the second hour of this episode, we present music from the P-Funk Axis -- Parliament and Funkadelic, and musicians who played for either or both groups. In the first hour we offer a menu of appetizers, served family-style. Also: I messed with the theme music.
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | Song | Year | Label |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | September | 1978 | ARC/Columbia |
| Leon Haywood | Believe Half of What You See (and None of What You Hear) | 1975 | 20th Century |
| Barbara Acklin | Special Loving | 1975 | Capitol |
| Raphael Munnings | Opportunity Knockin' | 1972 | Alston |
| The Real Thing | Plastic Man | 1973 | EMI (Europe) |
| George McCrae | You Can Have It All | 1974 | TK |
| Bill Withers | Heartbreak Road | 1974 | Sussex |
| Set 2 | |||
| Natalie Cole | Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady) | 1976 | Capitol |
| Bunny Sigler | I'm the Bunny (From the Other Side of the Ocean) | 1976 | Philadelphia Int'l |
| Jackey Beavers | Mr. Bump Man (Give Me a Hand) Part II | 1974 | Seventy Seven |
| Brass Construction | Peekin' | 1975 | United Artists |
| Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band | Wine | 1971 | Warner Bros. |
| Denise LaSalle | Your Man and Your Best Friend | 1972 | Westbound |
| Major Harris | Each Morning I Wake Up | 1974 | Atlantic |
| Set 3 | |||
| Funkadelic | Standing on the Verge of Getting It On | 1974 | Westbound |
| Ruth Copeland | Suburban Family Lament | 1971 | Invictus |
| Parliament | Everything Is on the One | 1976 | Casablanca |
| Fuzzy Haskins | Not Yet | 1978 | Westbound |
| House Guests | My Mind Set Me Free Pt. I | 1971 | House Guests |
| Parlet | Cookie Jar | 1978 | Casablanca |
| Set 4/Outro | |||
| Bernie Worrell | Woo Together | 1978 | Arista |
| Quazar | Workin' on the Buildin' | 1978 | Arista |
| The Brides of Funkenstein | Nappy | 1978 | Atlantic |
| Eddie Hazel | Frantic Moment | 1977 | Warner Bros. |
| Funkadelic | Can You Get to That | 1971 | Westbound |
| Parliament | Chocolate City | 1975 | Casablanca |

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