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Plush Funk
Japanese pressing of the CD "Plush Funk"
Studio album by
George Clinton Family Series
ReleasedNovember 1993
Recorded1972-1981
Genre Funk
Length69:10
Label P-Vine; Sequel Records(UK); AEM Records(US)
ProducerGeorge Clinton
George Clinton Family Series chronology
P Is the Funk
(1992)
Plush Funk
(1993)
Testing Positive 4 the Funk
(1993)

Plush Funk is the third installment of the George Clinton Family Series collection. The album was released in 1993 by P-Vine Records in Japan, and then was released the next year by AEM Records in the United States and Sequel Records in the United Kingdom. The CD features the track "May Day (S.O.S)", which was an outtake from the Funkadelic album " The Electric Spanking of War Babies".

As with all of the Family Series CD's, the last track features George Clinton supplying background information of all of the songs featured on the CD.

Track Listing and Personnel

May Day (S.O.S)

  • Artist: Funkadelic (1981) Producer: George Clinton, Garry Shider
  • Drums: Ty Lampkin
  • Bass: Rodney "Skeet" Curtis
  • Guitar: Gary Shider, Michael Hampton, Cordell Mosson
  • Keyboards: David Spradley
  • Vocals: Funkadelic, Brides, Parlet, TreyLewd

These Feets Are Made for Dancing (Foot Stranger)

  • Artist: Ron Dunbar (1982) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
  • Drums: Tyrone Lampkin
  • Bass: Cordell Mosson
  • Guitar: Garry Shider
  • Keyboards: Bernie Worrell, David Spradley
  • Horns: Horny Horns
  • Vocals: Ron Dunbar, Parliament, Brides, Parlet

Booty Body Ready for the Plush Funk

  • Artist: Sterling Silver Starship (1980) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
  • Drums & Bass: Donnie Sterling
  • Piano: David Spradley
  • Guitar: Tony Thomas, Rodney Crutcher
  • Vocals: Donnie Sterling, Ron Dunbar, Parlet, Brides

I Envy the Sunshine

  • Artist: Jessica Cleaves (1980) Producer: George Clinton
  • Drums: Ty Lampkin
  • Bass: Cordell Mosson
  • Piano: David Spradley
  • Horns: Horny Horns, Brecker Brothers
  • Guitar: Brim & Blackbyrd McKnight
  • Vocals: Jessica Cleaves, Brandye (Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent)

Lickety Split

  • Artist: Horny Horns (1979)
  • Producer: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley
  • Drums: Ty Lampkin
  • Bass: Bootsy Collins
  • Percussion: Larry Fratangelo
  • Clavinet: Bernie Worrell
  • Fender Rhodes, Sax: Maceo Parker
  • Guitar: Michael Hampton
  • Trombone: Fred Wesley
  • Trumpet: Rick Gardner, Richard "Kush" Griffith

Common Law Wife

  • Artist: Flo (1972) Producer: George Clinton
  • Drums: Ty Lampkin
  • Bass: Cordell "Boogie" Mosson
  • Guitar: Gary Shider, Bootsy Collins
  • Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
  • Horns: Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells, Robert "Chopper" McCullough, Randy Wallace

(This track was also released in 2003 on the Parliament CD reissue Chocolate City (album) with George Clinton as the featured lead vocalist)

Super Spirit

  • Artist: Junie Morrison (1978) Producer: George Clinton, Walter Morrison
  • Drums, Bass, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Moog Synth: Walter "Junie" Morrison
  • Vocals: Junie Morrison

Love Don't Come Easy

  • Artist: Brides of Funkenstein (1980) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
  • Drums, Bass: Donnie Sterling
  • Guitar: Tony Thomas, Gordon Carlton
  • Keyboard: David Spradley
  • Percussion: Larry Fratangelo
  • Strings, Horns: David Van De Pitte
  • Vocals: Brides

I Can't Stand It

  • Artist: Tracey "Trey Lewd" Lewis's Flastic Brain Flam & Andrew Foxxe (1981)
  • Producer: George Clinton, Garry Shider
  • Drums: Tony Davis
  • Bass: Stevie Pannall
  • Guitar: Andre "Foxxe" Williams
  • Keyboard: David Spradley
  • Background Vocals: Parliament, Funkadelic, Brides, TreyLewd,

P.Funk All-Stars

The Monster Dance

  • Artist: Ron Ford (1980) Producer: Ron Ford
  • Drums: Kenny Colton
  • Bass: Jimmy Ali
  • Guitar: Jerome Ali
  • Keyboard: David Spradley
  • Background Vocals: Parlet, Brides, Parliament, Funkadelic

We're Just Funkers

  • Artist: Michael Hampton (1980) Producer: George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
  • Drums, Bass: Donnie Sterling
  • Keyboard, Piano: David Spradley
  • Rhythm Guitar: Tony Thomas
  • Lead Guitar: Michael Hampton

Studio Memories (Interview)

  • George Clinton