In honor of George Clinton's birthday today, now spinning the 1970 first pressing of Parliament's debut LP, Osmium on the Invictus label.
For those who missed this score last October - it was a holy grail... free of charge.
A good friend tipped me off to a used record collection in town so I took the chance and drove down to check it out. Mostly disco and jazz comps, nothing I needed, until I spotted this one oddity among them.
I already had the Argentinian pic disc boot and got George Clinton to sign it for me at a Buffalo show, but never expected to find the original pressing, let alone in a garage.
I hadn't hit the ATM yet so I asked the owner how much cash I should take out.
He said, "just the one? Ahh, just take it. No charge."
First press PFunk debut for free. I couldn't believe it.
Make mine the P-Funk. <3
