''Mothership Connection Newberg Session'' is a live album by George Clinton and

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. It was recorded in Hangar E at Stewart Airfield in

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on September 26, 1976 during the rehearsals for the

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. The live album was released by

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in Japan on December 25, 1995. One song that was recorded during the rehearsal, "Cosmic Slop," was released in 1976 on the

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album ''

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''. Another song from the rehearsal, "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker Medley," was released in 1977 on

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's '' Live: P-Funk Earth Tour'', bolstered by canned audience responses. These two tracks were not included on the ''Mothership Connection Newberg Session'' album. The two songs in the final track on ''Mothership Connection Newberg Session'', "

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"/"Good To Your Earhole," were recorded during the 1993

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concert in Japan. Despite being heavily sought by collectors, ''Mothership Connection Newberg Session'' has never been released outside of Japan.

Track listing

Mothership Connection (Star Child) "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" is a funk song by Parliament. It was the third and last single released from the group's 1975 album '' Mothership Connection''. The song introduces George Clinton's messianic alien alter ego Star Chi ...

Dr. Funkenstein "Dr. Funkenstein" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It was the second single released from their 1976 album, '' The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein''. It reached number 46 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles chart.Do That Stuff "Do That Stuff" is a song by the funk band Parliament (band), Parliament. It was the first Single (music), single released from their 1976 in music, 1976 album ''The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein''. It peaked at number 22 on the U.S. R&B chart.

#Standing on the Verge of Getting It On / Undisco Kidd #Getting To Know You #Comin' Round The Mountain #

/ Good To Your Earhole

Musicians

*Bass:

Cordell Mosson Cordell "Boogie" Mosson (born Cardell Mosson; October 16, 1952 – April 18, 2013) was an American bassist who was a member of Parliament-Funkadelic. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2019. Mosson was born in New Brunswick, Ne ...

*Guitars:

Michael Hampton Michael Hampton (born November 15, 1956) is an American funk/rock guitarist. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Career Hampton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, ...

Garry Shider Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 – June 16, 2010) was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen ...

Glenn Goins Glenn Lamonte Goins (January 2, 1954 – July 29, 1978), also known as Glen Goins, was a singer and guitarist for Parliament-Funkadelic in the mid-1970s. Goins is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, posthumously inducted in 1997 with fift ...

*Drums:

Jerome Brailey Jerome Eugene "Bigfoot" Brailey (born August 20, 1950) is an American drummer, best known for his work with P-Funk, which included the bands Parliament, Funkadelic, and numerous related projects. Brailey is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

*Horns:

Fred Wesley Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s. Biography Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band le ...

(trombone),

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many o ...

(saxophone), Richard Griffith (trumpet), and Rick Gardner (trumpet) *Keyboards:

Bernie Worrell George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Rol ...

*Vocals: George Clinton, Glen Goins, Garry Shider,

Fuzzy Haskins Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins (born June 8, 1941) is a former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as P ...

Grady Thomas Grady Thomas (born January 5, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey, United States) is a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkade ...

Calvin Simon Calvin Eugene Simon (May 22, 1942 – January 6, 2022) was an American singer who was a member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 along with fifteen other members of Parl ...

, Ray Davis,

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Jeanette Washington Jeanette Washington is a funk vocalist best known as a member of the band Parliament. Washington appeared as a background singer on recordings by James Brown in 1975. That year she joined Parliament with Debbie Wright, becoming the first femal ...

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