{"product_id":"parliament-up-for-the-down-stroke","title":"Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke","description":"\u003cp\u003eUp for the Down Stroke is where Parliament first locked into the groove that would carry George Clinton's crew through the seventies, reissued here on 150-gram vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1974, it was the band's first album for Casablanca, and it marked a crucial turning point. Clinton had spent years juggling Parliament and Funkadelic, and here he gave the Parliament name a sharper, horn-driven identity, built for the dance floor as much as the mind. Bernie Worrell's keyboards and Bootsy Collins's bass helped lay foundations that P-Funk would build on for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track is the hook that put them on the map, a chant-along groove with a bassline that seems to bounce off the walls. Testify revisits a song Clinton first recorded with The Parliaments in the sixties, now reborn as slinky, swaggering funk. The Goose struts and stretches out, while I Can Move You (If You Let Me) shows off the band's looser, jam-happy side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything here points toward the Mothership era that followed, but this record has a scrappy, hungry energy all its own, the sound of a band discovering its superpowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone ready to answer the P-Funk call, it's a perfect place to start, and one that only gets funkier with every play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67768840421666,"sku":"602577513602","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Parliament-Up_for_the_Down_Stroke.jpg?v=1794377272","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/parliament-up-for-the-down-stroke","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}