12 July 2026

Pivotal American collective FUNKADELIC (1968-1982) with multi-colored-hair
funk icon George Clinton as the orchestrator released their 3rd LP, named
MAGGOT BRAIN on 12 July 1971, today 55 years ago.

(cover of his greatest hits LP)

Clinton about the album: “Maggot Brain was going places that
Black groups hadn’t gone, into questions about whether America
was still on the right path or whether the promise of the late ’60s
had completely evaporated.”

Pitchfork: “For a group rumored to record while zonked out of their minds,
Funkadelic really held it together on Maggot Brain. They may not have been
as tight as James Brown’s backing band the J.B.’s, but Funkadelic wheeled out
the sort of soulful funk-rock that could fuel world-class parties.”

Singles.

– CAN YOU GET TO THAT –

– YOU AND YOUR FOLKS, ME AND MY FOLKS –

ALBUM

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