Hardcore Jollies
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Hardcore Jollies is an album by the funk band Funkadelic. It was released in 1976, on the Priority record label, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers Studios.
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 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.
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
Song
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.