Osmium

Track Listings

1. I Call My Baby Pussycat

2. Put Love in Your Life

3. Little Old Country Boy

4. Moonshine Heather

5. Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer

6. My Automobile

7. There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang

8. Funky Woman

9. Livin' the Life

10. Silent Boatman

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Osmium

Tracks:

I Call My Baby Pussycat
Put Love In Your Life
Little Old Country Boy
Moonshine Heather (Takin' Care Of Buisness)
Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer
My Automobile
There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang
Funky Woman
Livin' The Life
The Silent Boatman

Customer Reviews:

Parliaments Debut Album.......2004-11-27

hile most Educated P-Funk fans will tell you that "Up For the Down Stroke" is Parliament's First album without batting an eyelash, this record begs to differ. Released in 1970, George Clinton and the Parlia-Funkadelic crew team up with songwriter Ruth Copeland and Invictus Records to release the fantastic debut "Osmium". Not only is this a great album, but it bests "Up For the Down Stroke" and maybe even "Chocolate City." The album is creative mix of folk, funk, motown and doo-wop that flows together effortlessly.

"I Call My Baby Pussycat" an early concert favorite, starts off the album. This track features great vocals by the group, most notably Ray Davis. One of the best numbers on the album. It would later the redone on "America Eats It's Young" but this version, with its raw playing and soulful singing, is superior. The intro was later pieced into the song "Hardcore Jollies" off the album by the same name. "Put Love In Your Life" is another great number that changes form many times, almost inheriting a progressive rock feel to it. Again featuring great vocals by Ray Davis and Fuzzy Haskins.

Next is my personal favorite on the album: "Little Old Country Boy." This is a hilarious song about a young man who is sent to jail for spying on his cheating girlfriend. The song has a great groove that is brightened by Fuzzy's over the top vocalizing. Invictus records loved this song so much that it put it as the b-side for all of Parliament's single releases during the time. "Moonshine Heather" is an okey jam song. Not one of the more notable on the album, but nevertheless good. "Oh Lord Why Lord/Prayer" is a heartfelt tribute to god. This song is amazingly beautiful but very unlike Parliaments style. "My Automobile" is a great doo- wopish number that celebrates the casual fun of George Clinton while still making you groove. "Nothing Before Me But Thang", "Funky Woman" and "Living the Life" are your basic rockish tracks. While they are good, they aren't as notable as other songs on this album. "The Silent Boatman," while very out of place, is beautiful on its own right.

The real treat of this album are the bonus tracks. "Red Hot Mama" is an interesting example of this song before it transformed into the version we know on "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On." Both versions of "Breakdown" are groovetastic and it is very obvious why these songs were successful singles. "Come In Out Of The Rain" is probably one of Parliament's most criminally underrated songs. The song is political cry for change in a troubled era. It contains some of the most soulful moments of George Clinton's career. "Fantasy Is Reality" is another great soulful song that has a very interesting keyboard line. "Unfinished Instrumental" is good and so is "Loose Booty" which later ended up on "America Eats It's Young."

If you would like to buy an early Parliament album but are unsure of which one to get, buy this album. While "Up For the Down Stroke" is a great record. This album has ten times more soul and musical spirit and expresses the great fun and carefree mentality that Parlia-Funkadelic still had in their early days. As a fellow funkateer I promise you will not be disappointed with this album.

Rough around the edges but the birth of genius.......2004-08-01

This is not a CD I would listen to straight through like some of the other Parliament albums but it's full of surprises. There are some amazing guitar licks in here, acid-coated stuff that was missing from the later releases and all the little creative touches that always made Parliament so entertaining are present, just in a more primitive form.
You need to buy this CD, if only for "Country Boy." Who knew a steel guitar could funk?

Essential good times fun music.......2002-09-26

Damn this Album is so fun to listen to! I have not listened much to Parliament except what everyone else has heard (the hits). This album does not sound like what someone would usually think a Parliament album would sound like. It is not a over-the-top funk wart explosion, It is a album full of good music everyone would enjoy. It is full of relaxing songs, funny songs, groovy songs, just all around, a good mixture!!!enjoy..

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Worth the extra money for the import version
Parliamentýs Real Debut Album

Osmium
Parliament
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005QIU5
Release Date: 2001-12-18

Tracks:

I Call My Baby Pussycat
Put Love in Your Life
Little Ole Country Boy
Moonshine Heather
Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer
My Automoblie
Nothing Before Me But Thang
Funky Woman
Livin' the Life
Silent Boatman
Red Hot Mama [*]
Breakdown [Alternative Stereo Mix][*]
Come in out of the Rain [Stereo Mix][*]
Fantasy Is Reality [*]
Unfinished Instrumental [*]
Loose Booty [*]
Breakdown [Mono 45 Version][*]

Album Description

UK reissue of the funk legend's debut album, originally released on Invictus in 1970. Includes six bonus tracks, 'Red Hot Mama', 'The Breakdown', 'Come In Out Of The Rain', 'Fantasy Is Reality', 'Unfinished Instrumental', 'Loose Booty' & 'Breakdown' (mono 45 version). 2001.

Customer Reviews:

Worth the extra money for the import version.......2005-01-26

Probably not many share my opinion on this, but I consider this one of the top Parliament-Funkadelic records, above even "One Nation Under A Groove" or even "Maggot Brain." Even though it's the first Parliament record, don't expect this to sound like "Mothership Connection" - it's reminiscent of the earlier Funkadelic records, but more stylistically eclectic. George Clinton was obviously experimenting with many different moods on "Osmium", so in addition to trademark P-Funk rock scorchers like "I Call My Baby Pussycat" (in a fast version that's so good that I can barely remember what the re-recording on "America Eats its Young" sounds like) and "Nothing Before Me But Thang", you have a country song ("Little Ole Country Boy"), some sort of mystical gospel-folk tune ("Silent Boatman"), and a R&B / chamber pop hybrid with a harpsicord ("Oh Lord, Why Lord"). And just so you know you're listening to a George Clinton record, there's a scatalogical tale concerning the smelly state of a woman's funky drawers (Yes, that's "Funky Woman") Every song on the original album is first-rate except for the melodically dull "Moonshine Heather." The import CD from England is the version of this to get - it has bonus tracks matching anything on the original record, including a rougher, early version of "Red Hot Mama", and "Fantasy is Reality" which Parliament resurrected in the later, dance-funk-oriented incarnation of the band.

Parliamentýs Real Debut Album.......2002-10-04

While most Educated P-Funk fans will tell you that "Up For the Down Stroke" is Parliament's First album without batting an eyelash, this record begs to differ. Released in 1970, George Clinton and the Parlia-Funkadelic crew team up with songwriter Ruth Copeland and Invictus Records to release the fantastic debut "Osmium". Not only is this a great album, but it bests "Up For the Down Stroke" and maybe even "Chocolate City." The album is creative mix of folk, funk, motown and doo-wop that flows together effortlessly.

"I Call My Baby Pussycat" an early concert favorite, starts off the album. This track features great vocals by the group, most notably Ray Davis. One of the best numbers on the album. It would later the redone on "America Eats It's Young" but this version, with its raw playing and soulful singing, is superior. The intro was later pieced into the song "Hardcore Jollies" off the album by the same name. "Put Love In Your Life" is another great number that changes form many times, almost inheriting a progressive rock feel to it. Again featuring great vocals by Ray Davis and Fuzzy Haskins.

Next is my personal favorite on the album: "Little Old Country Boy." This is a hilarious song about a young man who is sent to jail for spying on his cheating girlfriend. The song has a great groove that is brightened by Fuzzy's over the top vocalizing. Invictus records loved this song so much that it put it as the b-side for all of Parliament's single releases during the time. "Moonshine Heather" is an okey jam song. Not one of the more notable on the album, but nevertheless good. "Oh Lord Why Lord/Prayer" is a heartfelt tribute to god. This song is amazingly beautiful but very unlike Parliaments style. "My Automobile" is a great doo- wopish number that celebrates the casual fun of George Clinton while still making you groove. "Nothing Before Me But Thang", "Funky Woman" and "Living the Life" are your basic rockish tracks. While they are good, they aren't as notable as other songs on this album. "The Silent Boatman," while very out of place, is beautiful on its own right.

The real treat of this album are the bonus tracks. "Red Hot Mama" is an interesting example of this song before it transformed into the version we know on "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On." Both versions of "Breakdown" are groovetastic and it is very obvious why these songs were successful singles. "Come In Out Of The Rain" is probably one of Parliament's most criminally underrated songs. The song is political cry for change in a troubled era. It contains some of the most soulful moments of George Clinton's career. "Fantasy Is Reality" is another great soulful song that has a very interesting keyboard line. "Unfinished Instrumental" is good and so is "Loose Booty" which later ended up on "America Eats It's Young."

If you would like to buy an early Parliament album but are unsure of which one to get, buy this album. While "Up For the Down Stroke" is a great record. This album has ten times more soul and musical spirit and expresses the great fun and carefree mentality that Parlia-Funkadelic still had in their early days. As a fellow funkateer I promise you will not be disappointed with this album.

Osmium
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Osmium

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ASIN: B000BV7U10
Release Date: 2006-01-10

Album Description

Limited edition Japanese pressing of their 1970 debut album features the original tracks packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Vine. 2005.

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Rise Up
Osmium
Manufacturer: independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LWT0LC

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Osmium
Osmium
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ASIN: B000R8KAMS

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OSMIUM

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Pre P-Funk
I Found It!
OSMIUM - Not of the Mothership

Osmium
Parliament
Manufacturer: Invictus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006UUJ
Release Date: 1997-08-21

Tracks:

I Call My Baby Pussycat
Put Love in Your Life
Little Old Country Boy
Moonshine Heather
Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer
My Automobile
There Is Nothing Before Me But Thang
Funky Woman
Livin' the Life
Silent Boatman

Customer Reviews:

Pre P-Funk.......2002-01-23

It is more a Funkadelic than a Parliament album in both style and instrumentation, at least when compared to Mothership Connection or Funkentelechy. But's it a great album, with some very weird tracks (a funk band playing country, I'm still laughing!). The bonustracks are great as well, especially Red Hot Mama, which is my favorite song on Standing on the Verge. Buy the UK-import version however if you can get. There's four more bonustracks on that.

I Found It!.......2001-07-15

Dude. I first heard this album as a freshman in college, and I've been looking for it ever since! I had a friend who was a P-Funk fiend and completist and he played it for me in his stink hole of a dorm room (Sorry Soren, I know mine wasn't any better, and at least your roomate wasn't a Rush fan...). I remember it being a really solid, well done, fun album. Something you liked right off and could listen to over and over. Its always f-ing awesome to hear master funk-sicians practice their craft and do something a little different. And if you're interested in a little trivia, the "Little Old Country Boy" track was used as a De La Soul sample on their first album. Man, I've been looking for this thing for 10 GODDAMN YEARS!

OSMIUM - Not of the Mothership.......2000-12-31

Osmium will probably only be truely appreciated by either hardcore Paliament followers or (maybe) someone who discovers it by random fate. This album is so refreashingly unlike any other parliament record with songs like 'Little Ole Country Boy', and 'Moonshine Heather', that it makes you wonder just how much of it to take seriously. It's a very difficult album to find and anyone expecting a rare G. Clinton Parliament Funkadelic-type 65 mins of music, may very well, be dissappointed. First.. there are very few indications that it could ever have come from the same band which sprung from the Eddy Hazel and revolutionary Funkadelic album "Maggot Brain". However, this is a great record nonetheless, it makes alot of profound attempts at making gospel/philosphical comments on life and death... if not in the soul wrenching portayal of the a man's honesty and agony in 'Oh Lord, Why Lord Prayer', than in the melodic questioning of 'The Silent Boatman'. It's not all so serious however... there also the oh so Paliament knack of making rhyme where there is absolutely no reason to be found. Take the song 'My Automobile' for example, It's reeks of a couple of days in the life of a few musicians with a bit of time, a TON of talent, and a 4-trak. It's just pure fun. Buy this album if you have respect for one of the greatest music phenomenons to ever reach the ears of the human race...