{"product_id":"parliament-osmium-2lp-uk-import","title":"Parliament - Osmium [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eParliament's Osmium is the strange, brilliant first chapter of P-Funk, the group's 1970 debut spread across two 140-gram black LPs on this UK import.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased on Invictus, the album put George Clinton's Parliaments singers together with the same musicians who were also making records as Funkadelic. It sounds much closer to that band's acid-soaked early work than to the sleek Parliament that would rule the mid-70s, with gospel, country, doo-wop and psychedelic rock all thrown into the same pot. Contract trouble then kept the Parliament name off new records for years, which only deepened its cult reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpener \"I Call My Baby Pussycat\" struts on a fat, greasy groove, while \"Little Ole Country Boy\" takes a detour into twang only this crew would attempt. \"The Silent Boatman\" closes the original running order on a stately, almost hymnal note. The second disc rounds up period single sides and material that stayed in the vaults at the time, including two different takes of \"Breakdown\", giving a fuller picture of the band before the Mothership ever landed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor funk collectors, this is the root system, messy and funny and far more adventurous than a debut had any right to be. Laid out over four sides, it makes the leap to everything that followed feel completely logical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57109921857841,"sku":"5014797913516","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Parliament-Osmium_2LP_UK_Import.jpg?v=1793182380","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/parliament-osmium-2lp-uk-import","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}