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Tales of Kidd Funkadelic is a 1976 album by the band Funkadelic, released on the Westbound record label.
It was actually released after Funkadelic had left the label, in order to capitalize on Funkadelic's new-found fame. The tracks were recorded at the same time as Hardcore Jollies, and were found to be lacking; hence, they were not included on that album and were belatedy thrown together to form Tales of Kidd Funkadelic. The album is perhaps a bit too varied, at least when compared to their usual strong concepts, but presents a strong set of tracks nonetheless, some of which are still occasionally played live.
Kidd Funkadelic was/is the nickname for guitarist Mike Hampton, who incidentally is a shadow force on this album, while featured strongly on the sibling Funkadelic album of the year, Hardcore Jollies.
Track Listing
- Butt-to-Butt Resuscitation (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Bernie Worrell)
- Let's Take It to the People (Clinton, Hazel, Garry Shider)
- Undisco Kidd (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Worrell)
- Take Your Dead Ass Home! (Say Som'n Nasty) (Clinton, Glen Goins, Shider, Worrell)
- I'm Never Gonna Tell It (Clinton, Worrell)
- Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (Opusdelite Years) (Clinton, Worrell)
- How Do Yeaw View You? (Clinton, Collins, Worrell)
Funkadelic Main Invasion Force (Personnel)
- Guitars: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Glen Goins
- Keyboards, Synthesizers: Bernie Worrell
- Bass: Cordell Mosson
- Drums: Jerome Brailey
- Percussion: Calvin Simon
- Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Glen Goins, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Grady Thomas
- Maggotusi Vocal Choir (Backup Vocals): Jessica Cleaves, Cynthia Davis, Donna Davis, Debbie Edwards, Taka Kahn, Pamela Vincent, Debbie Wright
Critical response
- "There were still some fine cuts, but the random element prevented it from being a great album because it lacked the thematic organization and vision Clinton provided for the concept LPs" -- the All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SEARCH&sql=Afeb1z8oajyvn)
Other external links
- the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-tales.html)
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