Funkadelic STANDING ON THE VERGE OF GETTING IT ON

Funkadelic: Eddie Hazel , Garry Shider (vocals, guitar); Bernie Worrell (vocals, keyboards); "Boogie" C. Mosson (vocals, bass instrument); Calvin Simon (vocals, congas); Ramon Tiki Fulwood (vocals, percussion); Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, George Clinton , Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis (vocals); Ron Brylowski (guitar).Additional personnel: Leon Patillo (piano); Jimmy Calhoun (bass instrument); Gary Bronson (drums); Tyrone Lampkin (percussion).Funkadelic's 1974 release STANDING ON THE VERGE OF GETTING IT ON proved to be a continuation of the more consolidated direction laid down on its predecessor, COSMIC SLOP. But STANDING is the better and stronger album, and easily Funkadelic's most consistent work since the classic MAGGOT BRAIN. Even though the band's members were, at the time, doing double duty in the more commercially oriented Parliament, Funkadelic maintained its complete allegiance here to wildly experimental, rock-influenced music.The album begins with a lighthearted poem read by tw