BOOTSY’S RUBBER BAND – THIS BOOT IS MADE FOR FONK-N LP – Nr MINT A1 UK BOOTSY COLLINS FUNKADELIC

Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Bootsy? Player Of The Year
(Warner Bros Records  1979  K56615)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
 

William Earl “Bootsy” Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician and singer-songwriter.

Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins’s driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N is the fourth album by the American funk band Bootsy’s Rubber Band. It was released through Warner Bros. Records on June 1, 1979. Unlike previous albums by Bootsy’s Rubber Band, this album did not generate any hit singles. The album was more experimental in nature than previous efforts. It would also mark the last time that the name “Bootsy’s Rubber Band” would be used on a Bootsy Collins related project until the 1982 12″ single release “Body Slam”. This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

The album’s cover was drawn by P-Funk album artist Overton Loyd and included an 8-page comic book entitled “The Almost Finished Comic” also drawn by Loyd.

The album was produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins under the aliases Dr. Funkenstein and Starr-Mon. The album was reissued first in 1990 by the Warner/Pioneer company in Japan and then by Warner Music-Europe. In 2007, the album was licensed through Rhino Records and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Track listing

1. “Under The Influence of a Groove” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell)
2. “Bootsy (Get Live)” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker)
3. “Oh Boy Gorl” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper, Ron Dunbar)
4. “Jam Fan (Hot)” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Phelps Collins)
5. “Chug-A-Lug (The Bun Patrol)” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Robert Johnson, Phelps Collins)
6. “Shejam (Almost Bootsy Show)” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Ron Dunbar)
7. “Reprise (Get Live)” (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker)

Personnel

• Bootsy Collins – bass, guitars, drums, percussion
• Phelps Collins, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton – guitars
• Joel “Razor Sharp” Johnson, Bernie Worrell – keyboards
• Gary Cooper – drums, percussion, vocals
• Frank Waddy – drums
• Carl Small, Larry Fratangelo – percussion
• Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner – horns
• Robert Johnson, Greg Thomas, Chris Williams – vocals
• Hal Hansford – engineer