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Hardcore Jollies is an album by the funk band Funkadelic. Released in 1976 by Warner Bros. Records, it was the group's first album to be issued on a major label. It is dedicated to "the guitar players of the world." Originally, the first side of the album was called "Osmosis Phase 1" and the second side was "Terribitus Phase 2."

Hardcore Jollies was the last album to include three of the original members of The Parliaments: Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas.

The album has been reissued on compact disc by Priority Records.

Track listing

"Comin' Round the Mountain" (George Clinton, Grace Cook)
"Smokey" (Clinton, Garry Shider)
"If You Got Funk, You Got Style" (Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)
"Hardcore Jollies" (Clinton, Worrell)
"Soul Mate" (Clinton, Cook)
"Cosmic Slop" (Live--studio version on Cosmic Slop album) (Clinton, Worrell)
"You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me" (Clinton, Glen Goins)
"Adolescent Funk" (Clinton, Michael Hampton, Worrell)

Personnel

Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Garry Shider, Glen Goins
Lead Guitar: Michael Hampton
Guitars: Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider, Glen Goins
Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
Bass: Boogie Mosson
Drums: Jerome Brailey

Title track

"Hardcore Jollies" is also the name of the title track of the album described above; it is widely considered to be the best early example of Michael Hampton's guitar work. In the song, the singer tries to seduce a woman who stubbornly resists him.

External links

The Motherpage

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 {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
   Name        = Hardcore Jollies |
-  Type        = [[Album]] |
+  Type        = Studio |
   Artist      = [[Funkadelic]] |
-  Cover       = <!--Hardcore.jpg  commenting out image with no source/bad FairUse claim-->  |
+  Cover       = HardcoreJollies.jpg |
   Released    = [[September 26]], [[1976]] |
   Recorded    = 1976 |
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   Length      = 40:05|
   Label       = [[Priority Records|Priority]] |
-  Producer    = ??? |
+  Producer    = [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] |
   Reviews     =
 * [[All Music Guide]] {{Rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ighe4jo70wa4 link]
 * [[Robert Christgau]] A- [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Funkadelic link]
-* [[Warr.org]] {{Rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.warr.org/funkadelic.html link]|
+* Warr.org {{Rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.warr.org/funkadelic.html link]|
 Last album  = ''[[Let's Take It to the Stage]]''<br />(1975) |
 This album  = '''''Hardcore Jollies'''''<br />(1976) |
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 }}
-'''''Hardcore Jollies''''' is an album by the [[funk]] [[musical band|band]] [[Funkadelic]].  It was released in 1976, on the Priority [[record label]], a subsidiary of [[Warner Brothers Studios]].
+'''''Hardcore Jollies''''' is an album by the [[funk]] [[musical band|band]] [[Funkadelic]]. Released in 1976 by [[Warner Bros. Records]], it was the group's first album to be issued on a major label. It is dedicated to "the [[guitar]] players of the world." Originally, the first side of the album was called "Osmosis Phase 1" and the second side was "Terribitus Phase 2."
-This was the first album that Funkadelic released on a major label.  Priority is a subsidiary of [[Warner Brothers]].  It is dedicated to "the [[guitar]] players of the world."  '''Hardcore Jollies''' was the last album to include three of the original [[The Parliaments|Parliaments]]: [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Calvin Simon]] and [[Grady Thomas]].  Originally, the first side of the album was called '''Osmosis Phase 1''' and the second side was '''Terribitus Phase 2'''.
+''Hardcore Jollies'' was the last album to include three of the original members of [[The Parliaments]]: [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Calvin Simon]] and [[Grady Thomas]].
+The album has been [[reissue]]d on [[compact disc]] by [[Priority Records]].
 ==Track listing==
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 *Drums: [[Jerome Brailey]]
-==Song==
+==Title track==
-'''Hardcore Jollies''' is also the name of the title track on the abovementioned album; it is widely considered to be the best early example of [[Michael Hampton]]'s guitar work.  In the song, the singer tries to seduce a [[woman]] who stubbornly resists him.
+"Hardcore Jollies" is also the name of the [[title track]] of the album described above; it is widely considered to be the best early example of [[Michael Hampton]]'s guitar work.  In the song, the singer tries to seduce a [[woman]] who stubbornly resists him.
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-jollies.html the Motherpage]
+*[http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/albums_funkadelic/alb-jollies.html The Motherpage]
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 [[Category:1976 songs]]
-[[Category:1976 albums]]
 [[Category:Funkadelic albums]]
+[[Category:1976 albums]]
 [[fr:Hardcore Jollies]]