George Clinton: The Mothership Connection


George Clinton: The Mothership Connection is a DVD released in 1998 and then reissued in 2001, featuring George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. The DVD features a concert performed by Parliament-Funkadelic at The Summit in Houston, Texas on October 31, 1976. The DVD documents the beginning of famed P-Funk Earth Tour, which would run for almost two years.
The tour was undertaken as the Parliament album The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein and Funkadelic albums Tales of Kidd Funkadelic and Hardcore Jollies were released. The set-list included "Do That Stuff", "Gamin' On Ya", "Children Of Production", "Dr. Funkenstein", "Funkin' For Fun" from the Parliament album, and "Undisco Kidd" and "Comin' Round The Mountain" from each of the Funkadelic albums. The album Live: P-Funk Earth Tour was recorded a few months into this tour.
Support came from Bootsy's Rubber Band who were still promoting their debut album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band, a live recording issued later in 2001 as Live in Oklahoma 1976, and Sly and the Family Stone promoting Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back. Members of the opening acts joined the headliners for the end of the set.

Tracks

  1. "Cosmic Slop"
  2. "Do That Stuff"
  3. "Gamin' On Ya"
  4. "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On" / "Undisco Kidd"
  5. "Children Of Production"
  6. "Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
  7. "Swing Down Sweet Chariot"
  8. "Dr. Funkenstein"
  9. "Comin' Round The Mountain"
  10. "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"
  11. "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)"
  12. "Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples"
  13. "Funkin' For Fun"

Personnel

Parliament

Parlet

Funkadelic

Horny Horns