PARLIAMENT OSMIUM INSANELY RARE ORIG U.S LP SHRINK w/INSERT M-
  £   94
  $   124

 


£ 94 Sold For
Apr 14, 2012 Sold Date
Apr 7, 2012 Start Date
£   10 Start price
10   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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SINGLE LP'S     ...............           UK £4.00 EUROPE £11  REST OF WORLD £14 ALL RECORDED!!

 

 

 

PARLIAMENT’S INCREDIBLY RARE FIRST ALBUM) – ORIGINAL 1970 INVICTUS RECORDS STEREO LP ST-7302

· ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING .......... CONDITION IS PRISTINE!!!!!! SLEEVE IS MINT-

 

VINYL IS MINT-

· PALE BLUE INVICTUS LABEL WITH A “THINKING MAN” LOGO

· INCLUDES ORIGINAL INSERT / LYRICS SHEET

· THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

· ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

· COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

· THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

· CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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The first Parliament album as such was a mixed-up mess of an affair -- but would anyone expect anything less? The overall sound is much more Funkadelic than later Parliament, if with a somewhat more accessible feel. Things get going with an appropriately leering start, thanks to "I Call My Baby Pussycat," which makes something like "What's New, Pussycat?" seem like innocent, chaste conversation. After a stripped-down start, things explode into a full-on funk strut with heavy-duty guitar and slamming drums setting the way, while the singers sound like they're tripping without losing the soul -- sudden music dropouts, vocal cut-ins, volume level tweaks, and more add to the off-kilter feeling. Osmium's sound progresses from there -- it's funk's fire combined with a studio freedom that feels like a blueprint for the future. Bernie Worrell's keyboard abilities are already clear, whether he's trying for hotel lounge jams or full freakiness; similarly, Eddie Hazel is clearly finding his own epic stoned zone to peel out some amazing solos at the drop of a hat. As for the subject matter and end results -- who else but this crew could have come up with the trash-talking, yodeling twang of "Little Ole Country Boy" in 1970 and still made it funky with all the steel guitar? Other fun times include the piano and vocal-into-full-band goofy romantic romp of "My Automobile" and "Funky Woman," where over a heavy groove (and goofy Worrell break) the titular character lives with the consequence of her stank: "She hung them in the air/The air said this ain't fair!" Amidst all the nuttiness, there are some perhaps surprising depths -- consider "Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer," which might almost be too pretty for its own good (Worrell's harpsichord almost verges on the sickly sweet) but still has some lovely gospel choir singing and heartfelt lyrics.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY NED RAGGETT, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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