Parliament Osmium: Deluxe Edition
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Parliament's Debut Album Osmium: Deluxe Edition on Import 2LP: Includes the Full Album, the Single Sides That Never Made the Album, Unreleased Tracks, Demos & Jams.
Demon Records are proud to present Osmium: Deluxe - the first recordings credited to the funk-rock ensemble Parliament-Funkadelic. Produced by Ruth Copeland, Osmium offers up a diverse bag of tricks comprising gospel, soul, funk, rock and country arrangements with accompaniment ranging from heavy electric guitar fuzz, acoustic serenity and even bagpipes. Since it's re-release in 1990, Osmium has been distributed numerous times by various labels in America, Europe and Japan under alternate titles - including Rhenium and First Thangs. A number of these reissues have featured material that was not included on the original album, such as unreleased tracks and singles that were taken from the same time.
This in-demand, black-vinyl version of the Record Store Day 2024 sell-out compiles together everything from that period 2 LPs and includes; the full Osmium album, the single sides that never made the album, unreleased tracks, demos and jams - all of which made their debut vinyl appearance as one package in 2024. Many of these recordings are still as far-out as they sounded when first released. However, the tracks here represent the genesis of what would become P-Funk and the entity that would give the world ground-breaking albums Maggot Brain (1971), Mothership Connection (1975), and One Nation Under a Groove (1978). An essential addition to anyone's collection.
Track Listing
Disc One:
- I Call My Baby Pussycat
- Put Love in Your Life
- Little Old Country Boy
- Moonshine Heather
- Oh Lord, Why Lord / Prayer
- My Automobile
- Nothing Before Me But Thang
- Funky Woman
Disc Two:
- Livin' the Life
- The Silent Boatman
- Breakdown (Mono Single Version)
- Red Hot Mama
- Loose Booty
- Come in Out of the Rain
- Breakdown (Stereo Unedited Version)





