Name: Live at Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan 12th September 1971
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Live at Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan 12th September 1971

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Album: Live at Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan 12th September 1971
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Alice in My Fantasies - (previously unreleased)
2)	Maggot Brain - (previously unreleased)
3)	I Call My Baby Pussycat - (previously unreleased)
4)	I Call My Baby Pussycat - (previously unreleased)
5)	Good Old Music - (previously unreleased)
6)	I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
7)	All Your Goodies Are Gone (The Loser's Seat) - (previously unreleased)
8)	I'll Bet You - (previously unreleased)
9)	You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
10)	Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

Album: Live at Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan 12th September 1971
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Alice in My Fantasies - (previously unreleased)
2)	Maggot Brain - (previously unreleased)
3)	I Call My Baby Pussycat - (previously unreleased)
4)	I Call My Baby Pussycat - (previously unreleased)
5)	Good Old Music - (previously unreleased)
6)	I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
7)	All Your Goodies Are Gone (The Loser's Seat) - (previously unreleased)
8)	I'll Bet You - (previously unreleased)
9)	You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
10)	Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

Performer Notes

Personnel: Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, George Clinton , Grady Thomas, Ray Davies , Calvin Simon (vocals); Eddie Hazel , Harold Beane (guitar); Bernie Worrell (organ, keyboards); Billy "Bass" Nelson (bass guitar); Tyrone Lampkin (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Nick Robbins.
Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman.
Recording information: Meadowbrook, Rochester, MI (09/12/1971).
Not released until 1996, this was an unusual gig for the band, which was breaking in a new rhythm section (this may have been this lineup's first show) without much or any rehearsal. You can't tell from this 77-minute disc, which offers a typically amorphous, free-floating set of black rock -- which is to say, judged by most standards, it's not typical music at all. Seguing from spaced-out jams to occasional numbers with vocals by George Clinton, and throwing in imaginative improvisations by guitarist Eddie Hazel and keyboardist Bernie Worrell, it sounds something like a combination of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Sun Ra. The 14-minute "Maggot Brain" verges on prog rock/psychedelia (in the good sense), with its almost mystical guitar lines; earthier pleasures are offered with cuts like "I Call My Baby Pussycat" (two versions). The fidelity is pretty good, though the vocals lack the presence of the instruments. Funkadelic are still shown to their best advantage on their studio recordings of the era, but this is certainly a fascinating find for fans, augmented by detailed liner notes about the gig by Rob Bowman. ~ Richie Unterberger