Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Funkadelic Title: Toys Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Westbound Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2009 Re-Release Date: 12/2/2008 Album Type: Enhanced Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal Styles: Funk, Soul, Psychedelic Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 723485112128 |
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 | Funkadelic Toys Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Unreleased material recorded during the band's 70's stay with legendary Detroit-based label, Westbound Records, the track-listing is a Funkadelic fan's delight. Four finished songs and five jams or instrumental tracks. Non... more » |
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Product Description Unreleased material recorded during the band's 70's stay with legendary Detroit-based label, Westbound Records, the track-listing is a Funkadelic fan's delight. Four finished songs and five jams or instrumental tracks. None of these recordings are necessarily in finished form, nonetheless, despite their raw state, as historical artifacts they are always fascinating. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsFor collectors only vampidemic | Seattle, WA | 02/01/2009 (3 out of 5 stars) "After waiting anxiously for this release, which was delayed for several years after they released the cover art to online retailers, I have to say that actually hearing this was a little anticlimactic. The majority of the tracks are instrumentals and all of them sound to be unfinished. Let's just be realistic and say that there was a reason that these cuts were left on the cutting room floor in an incomplete form to begin with. The performances and especially the mixes here are definitely rough around the edges. That's not to say that their aren't moments of genius and brilliance. We're talking about one of the best bands of all time here! Bernie Worrell and Eddie Hazel are two of my favorite musicians and they're both prominently featured here. But this material really doesn't hold a candle to the classic Funkadelic recordings from this time period (early 70's), so don't come in expecting a lost classic album that rivals "Maggot Brain". It also doesn't compare to some of the other previously unreleased material from this era that has surfaced on past collections (namely the bonus cuts on "First Thangs" the reissue of "Osmium"). The liner notes by Rob Bowman are great and the included video of the band dancing around in New York to "Cosmic Slop" is a kick, but I think even the most hardcore Funkadelic fans will find themselves moving back to the classics fairly quickly rather than keeping this disc on regular rotation. This material really would have been best included as bonus tracks on the last batch of Funkadelic reissues in my opinion, but at least this way, the collectors don't have to go back and re-purchase several albums to get a disc worth of previously unavailable material." YOU JUST HAD TO BE THERE P L Davis | Ohio, USA | 06/17/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "I was BLESSED to meet Funkadelic in 1968 (before Bernie). Toys has taken me down memory lane. This is PURE Funkadelic, the raw funky, acidy, gospelly music I heard 41 years ago. I'm in heaven. This sounds very much like an original concert of the late 60's early 70's when it seemed more of a jam session than a planned concert. Few songs had titles back then, everything was a work in progress. When I listen to Toys I hear so many parts of songs that weren't recorded until sometimes years later. What is especially important to me is listening to Eddie Hazel when he was so very young. He was amazing then and got even better. He was dubbed the "next Jimi Hendrix" when he was 19. What a burden for someone so young. Then came the release of Maggot Brain and the demise of Eddie Hazel. How very sad. But on Toys, you get to hear him at his finest, mistakes and all. Eddie, Tiki, Tawl, and Bernie. What a band. Their sound was something we had never heard. If you're a collector, this is a MUST. If you're just curious this is a MUST. You will never hear the original Funkadelic like they really were when they played live." A Must For Hazel & Worrell Fans ralph | 12/30/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "Definitely get this if you are into Hazel and Worrell and love the 1st 3 Funkadelic records."The Goose","Slide On It" and "Wars Of Armegeddon " are the 3 i can't stop playing these past 2 months,Eddie tears it up.Get this,it's worth it!"
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