psychedelic funk Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/psychedelic-funk/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 01:39:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Prince “Around the World in a Day” https://vinylfromthevault.com/prince-around-the-world-in-a-day-1985-princes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prince-around-the-world-in-a-day-1985-princes Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:16:51 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/prince-around-the-world-in-a-day-1985-princes/ Prince “Around the World in a Day” 1985. Prince’s 7th LP and his second with the Revolution, Around the World in a Day went to #1 in the US and to #5 in the UK (and re-charted at #51 after Prince’s death in 2016). Swirly, funky psychedelic pop, it’s an album I admit to not thinking much [...]

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]]> Prince “Around the World in a Day” 1985. Prince’s 7th LP and his second with the Revolution, Around the World in a Day went to #1 in the US and to #5 in the UK (and re-charted at #51 after Prince’s death in 2016). Swirly, funky psychedelic pop, it’s an album I admit to not thinking much about beyond the hits until relatively recently (I was far too into British new wave in ‘85) and now have a much greater appreciation for its complexity in the context of 80′s pop. I also now realize that this record probably inspired my 14-year-old self’s fashion choices (my friends and I wore a LOT of paisley that year). The singles are amazing of course: “Raspberry Beret” (#2 US, #25 UK) is a classic that I still listen to frequently, “Pop Life” (#7 US, #60 UK) and “America” (#46 US). “Paisley Park,” another great track, was a single only in the UK, Europe and Australia; it hit #18 in the UK and #38 in Australia. I also really love the funky groove of “Tamborine.”

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]]> 9168 Funkadelic “Maggot Brain” https://vinylfromthevault.com/funkadelic-maggot-brain-released-50-years-ago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=funkadelic-maggot-brain-released-50-years-ago Mon, 12 Jul 2021 17:27:45 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/funkadelic-maggot-brain-released-50-years-ago/ Funkadelic “Maggot Brain” released 50 years ago today, July 12th, 1971. Ranked as one of the greatest albums of the 70′s, of all-time and it certainly is one of mine, Funkadelic’s third LP (and final album with the original Funkadelic lineup) went to #108 on the US Album Chart and to #14 on the R&B chart. Its [...]

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]]> Funkadelic “Maggot Brain” released 50 years ago today, July 12th, 1971. Ranked as one of the greatest albums of the 70′s, of all-time and it certainly is one of mine, Funkadelic’s third LP (and final album with the original Funkadelic lineup) went to #108 on the US Album Chart and to #14 on the R&B chart. Its singles are some of my all-time favorite songs, too: “Can You Get to That” is close to my #1 (and features Isaac Hayes’ backing vocal group Hot Buttered Soul), “Hit and Quit It” is so hot, and “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks“ is pretty great as well. Also amazing are the other songs not released as singles: leading off with title track “Maggot Brain” – a 10-minute Hendrix-style guitar jam by Eddie Hazel recorded with one take – and bookended with another extended freak out jam, clocking in at 9+ minutes, “Wars of Armageddon.”

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