Mothership Connection
1975 studio album by Parliament / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mothership Connection is the fourth album by American funk band Parliament, released on December 15, 1975 on Casablanca Records. This concept album is often rated among the best Parliament-Funkadelic releases, and was the first to feature horn players Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, previously of James Brown's backing band the J.B.'s.
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Released | December 15, 1975 | |||
Recorded | March–October 1975 [1] | |||
Studio | United Sound, Detroit, Michigan, and Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, California | |||
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Length | 38:18 | |||
Label | Casablanca NBLP 7022/Def Jam | |||
Producer | George Clinton | |||
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Mothership Connection became Parliament's first album to be certified gold and later platinum.[7] It was supported by the hit "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)," the band's first million-selling single. The Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry in 2011, declaring that it "has had an enormous influence on jazz, rock and dance music."[8]