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label, formed by George Clinton and his business manager Archie Ivy, and distributed by CBS Records. The band was formed by P-Funk bassist

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after losing the rights to the name

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to a

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group of the same name. The album features many of the same musicians and singers from Bootsy's Rubber Band. The album was released during the same week as '' Ultra Wave'', Collins' fifth album for Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Bootsy Collins, while George Clinton serves as executive producer. The album was reissued on CD by CBS/

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in Japan on May 21, 1994, but quickly went out of print soon after.

Track listing

#"Hyper Space" (Joel Johnson,

) - 4:39 #"Freak To Freak" (Carl Small, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider, Jeanette Washington) (released as single Uncle Jam ZS9 9901, then as a 12" single-Uncle Jam AS 874) - 6:49 #"Love Munch" (

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, Bootsy Collins) - 6:47 #"We Do It All Day Long" (Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider, Carl Small) - 2:17 #"Jamaica" (Maceo Parker, Robert Johnson, Bootsy Collins) - 5:30 #"Body Shop" (Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins) (released as single Uncle Jam ZS6 70067, then as a 12" single-Uncle Jam AS 945) - 7:17 #"We Do It All Day Long" (reprise) - 8:25

Personnel

*Bass:

*Guitars: Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider,

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*Drums: Bootsy Collins, Jerry Jones *Keyboards: Bernie Worrell, Joel Johnson *Percussion: Carl Small, Bootsy Collins *Horns:

, Fred Wesley, Richard Griffith, Larry Hatcher *Vocals: Bootsy Collins, Ray Davis, Linda Shider, Garry Shider, Carl Small, Larry Hatcher, Robert Johnson, Lloyd Bridges, Philippé Wynne, Jeanette Washington, Shirley Hayden, Janice Evans, Dawn Silva, Jeanette McGruder, Sheila Horne, Michael Payne, Patty Walker, Ronnie Faust. Art Direction/Photography: Diem Jones

References

* ''Blues and Soul'' Magazine - April 1981 {{Authority control Bootsy Collins albums 1980 debut albums