The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference

Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023

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The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference

Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023

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“Daniel Bedrosian has done a wonderful job of a seemingly impossible task of reconstructing this history—finding everybody who's been a part of, involved with, or in any way left their fingerprint on what has become the P-Funk.”— George Clinton

George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective (P-Funk) stands as one of the most iconic and important groups in popular music history, with an impressively large discography, enormous number of members, and long history. For the first time, this authorized reference provides the official P-Funk canon from 1956 to 2023: every project, album, collaboration, song, details of personnel for songs, and tidbits about each act and select songs, as well as dozens of rare photos and a color photospread.

No volume has ever attempted to provide such details from this collective and its many dozens of acts, collaborations, and offshoot projects from its inception in the 50s as The Parliaments to the present day. Daniel Bedrosian, keyboardist for P-Funk, accomplishes that in this volume, the culmination of nearly thirty years of careful research, interviews, and access to exclusive archival material. Song entries are organized under artist / group names and contain definitive listings of players for each song. Select entries shed light on the inner workings of the recording process, singles chartings, controversies, inside information about process, and more.

This authorized volume demystifies one of the most unique and influential popular musical groups in history.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Some Notes On Process
Special Thanks
Interview List
Information On The List

Criterion For Canon
Errata
Chapter One: Artists Starting In 1956 - 1966
Chapter Two: Artists Starting In 1967 - 1977
Chapter Three: Artists Starting In 1978 - 1988
Chapter Four: Artists Starting In 1989 - 1999
Chapter Five: Artists Starting In 2000 - 2010
Chapter Six: Artists Starting In 2011 - 2021
Chapter Seven: Artists Starting In 2022 - 2023
Chapter Eight: Live Releases
Index: Artist, Group, And Band Name
Index: Songs with Descriptions

Product details

Published 16 Oct 2023
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 504
ISBN 9798765178188
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 38 b/w photos; 31 colour photos
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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