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Up for the Down Stroke

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Released
  
July 3, 1974

Length
  
39:38

Artist
  
Parliament

Producer
  
George Clinton

Recorded
  
1973–1974

Up for the Down Stroke (1974)
  
Chocolate City (1975)

Release date
  
3 July 1974

Label
  
Casablanca Records

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Genres
  
Funk, Soul music, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Parliament albums, Funk albums

Parliament up for the down stroke full album


Up for the Down Stroke is an album by the American funk band Parliament. It was the band's second album (following 1970's Osmium), and their first to be released on Casablanca Records. The album was released on July 3, 1974. Its title track was Parliament's first chart hit and remains one of the most well-known P-Funk songs. The album also contains a funk reworking of The Parliaments' song "(I Wanna) Testify" under the title "Testify". The original title of the album was Whatever Makes Baby Feel Good, and the cover features group leader George Clinton hovering over a woman in distress, sporting a black wig and monster-type gloves.

Contents

Up for the Down Stroke is notable in that it regenerated George Clinton's professional relationship with bassist Bootsy Collins, who had taken a two-year hiatus from the group. Collins would play a pivotal role in all of the Parliament albums released through Casablanca Records.

Parliament up for the down stroke


Side One

  1. "Up for the Down Stroke" (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Fuzzy Haskins, Bernie Worrell) – 5:10 (released as a single-Casablanca 0013)
  2. "Testify" (George Clinton, Deron Taylor) – 3:49 (released as a single-Casablanca 811)
  3. "The Goose" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 9:13 (released as a single-Casablanca 0003)
  4. "I Can Move You (If You Let Me)" (George Clinton, Cordell Mosson, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins) – 2:47

Side Two

  1. "I Just Got Back" (From the Fantasy, Ahead of Our Time in the Four Lands of Ellet) (Peter Chase) – 4:33
  2. "All Your Goodies Are Gone" (George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Billy "Bass" Nelson) – 5:07
  3. "Whatever Makes Baby Feel Good" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 6:01
  4. "Presence of a Brain" (George Clinton, Garry Shider) – 3:19

Bonus tracks from 2003 remaster

  1. "Up for the Down Stroke (Alternate Mix)" – 5:39
  2. "Testify (Alternate Mix)" – 4:03
  3. "Singing Another Song (Previously Unreleased)" – 3:04

Personnel

  • Bernie Worrell – Arrangement, Keyboards
  • Eddie Hazel – Guitar, Arrangement, Vocals
  • Bootsy Collins – Bass, Guitar, Drums
  • Gary Bronson – Drums
  • Ron Bykowski – Guitar
  • Peter Chase – Whistling
  • George Clinton – Arrangement, Vocals, Producer
  • Raymond Davis – Vocals
  • Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood – Drums
  • Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins – Vocals
  • Cordell Mosson – Bass
  • Ralph – Engineer
  • Gary Shider – Guitar, Vocals
  • Calvin Simon – Vocals
  • Grady Thomas – Vocals
  • Tom "Curly" Ruff – Mastering
  • Rod Dyer – Design
  • Jon Echeverrieta – Design

    • Songs

    1Up for the Down Stroke5:11
    2Testify3:49
    3The Goose

    References

    Up for the Down Stroke Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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