''This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N'' is the fourth album by the

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. It was released through

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on June 1, 1979. Unlike previous albums by Bootsy's Rubber Band, this album did not generate any hit singles. The album was more experimental in nature than previous efforts. It would also mark the last time that the name "

" would be used on a Bootsy Collins related project until the 1982 12" single release "

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". ''This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N'' peaked at number 9 on the Billboard

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chart and number 52 on the

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album chart. The album's cover was drawn by

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album artist

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and included an 8-page comic book entitled "The Almost Finished Comic" also drawn by Loyd. The album was produced by George Clinton and

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under the aliases Dr. Funkenstein and Starr-Mon. The album was reissued first in 1990 by the Warner/Pioneer company in Japan and then by Warner Music-Europe. In 2007, the album was licensed through

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and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Track listing

#"Under The Influence of a Groove" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton,

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) - (8:37) #"Bootsy (Get Live)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton,

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) - (6:18) #"Oh Boy Gorl" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper, Ron Dunbar) - (7:49) #"Jam Fan (Hot)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton,

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) - (9:05) #"Chug-A-Lug (The Bun Patrol)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Robert Johnson, Phelps Collins) - (6:29) #"Shejam (Almost Bootsy Show)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Ron Dunbar) - (5:05) #"Reprise (Get Live)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker) - (0:40)

Personnel

*Bootsy Collins - bass, guitars, drums, percussion *

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- guitars *Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson, Bernie Worrell - keyboards *Gary Cooper - drums, percussion, vocals *Frank Waddy - drums *Carl Small, Larry Fratangelo - percussion *

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, Richard Griffith, Rick Gardner - horns *Robert Johnson, Greg Thomas, Chris Williams - vocals *Hal Hansford - engineer

Singles

Three singles were released from the album: * "Jam Fan (Hot)"/"Shejam (Almost Bootsy Show)" (Warner Bros. WBS 8818) * "Bootsy (Get Live)"/"Pt. 2" (Warner Bros. WBS 49013) * "Under The Influence Of A Groove"/"Disco" (Warner Bros. WBS 49073) The single "Bootsy (Get Live)"/"Pt. 2" features almost two minutes of music that was not included on the album version and has never been released on CD. The B-side of "Jam Fan (Hot)", "Shejam (Almost Bootsy Show)", featured an instrumental version of the song that also was not on the album and has not been issued on CD.

References

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