Parliament “Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome” 1977. Today, October 26th, is Bootsy Collins’ 70th birthday (b. William Earl Collins, 1951). Bootsy co-wrote all but two tracks on Parliament’s 6th studio LP (those were “Wizard of Finance“ and ”Placebo Syndrome“) and plays bass on most of the album. While known for being the funkiest of funky bassist, Bootsy did not play bass on one of Parliament’s most famous songs that appears on Funkentelechy – “Flash Light,” which was Parliament’s first #1 R&B chart hit; it also went to #16 on the pop chart in the US. That song’s bass line was, rather, a synthesized bass played by Bernie Worrell and Bootsy plays drums on “Flash Light.”  Parliament released two other singles from Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome: “Bop Gun (Endangered Species),” the album’s opening track, and the title track “Funkentelechy,” which went to #27 on the R&B charts. The song is so long that for the 7″ single it had to be split between the A and B sides.