standing on the verge of getting it on

Funkadelic found some sexy ways to turn it out with this jamtastic music designed to free your funky mind. After the epic triumph of 'Maggot Brain', guitarist Eddie Hazel had left the group due to addiction problems and even spent some time in prison after a drug addled assault on an airplane. In the interim the group released 'America Eats Its Young' and 'Cosmic Slop'. With Hazel's return in 1974, the fifteen piece band recorded 'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On' with a more rock oriented guitar sound. Hazel would co-compose on most of the songs; but, in an attempt to circumvent publishing concerns, he listed his mother's maiden name, Grace Cook.


The album credits:


Spaced Viking; Keyboards & Vocals: Bernie Worrell

Tenor Vocals, Congas and Suave Personality: Calvin Simon

A Prototype Werewolf; Berserker Octave Vocals: Fuzzy Haskins

World's Only Black Leprechaun; Bass & Vocals: Boogie Mosson

Maggoteer Lead/Solo Guitar & Vocals: Eddie 'Smedley Smorganoff' Hazel

Rhythm/Lead Guitar, Doowop Vocals, Sinister Grin: Garry Shider

Supreme Maggot Minister of Funkadelia; Vocals, Maniac Froth and Spit; Behaviour Illegal In Several States: George Clinton

Percussion & Vocals; Equipped with stereo armpits: Tiki Fulwood

Rhythm/Lead Guitar; polyester soul-powered token white devil: Ron Bykowski

Registered and Licensed Genie; Vocals: 'Shady' Grady Thomas

Subterranean Bass Vocals, Supercool and Stinky Fingers: Ray (Stingray) Davis


and guest Funkadelicans: Gary Bronson on drums, Jimmy Calhoun on bass, Leon Patillo on piano, and Tyrone Lampkin on percussion.




'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On' charted at one hundred and sixty three on the US Billboard 200, and at number thirteen on the US R&B album chart.








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'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On' 
full album:

Side One

“Red Hot Mama” (Bernie Worrell, George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 4:54

“Alice in My Fantasies” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 2:26

“I’ll Stay” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 7:16

“Sexy Ways” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 3:05

Side Two

“Standing on the Verge of Getting It On” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 5:07

“Jimmy’s Got a Little Bit of Bitch in Him” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 2:33 

“Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts” (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) – 12:30