...and I thought I had heard every acid-fried Eddie Hazel /Funkadelic tune

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In honor of George Clinton’s birthday today, here is an amazing
kohntarkosz exclusive: 7 minutes and 41 seconds of the most
mind-blowing unreleased Eddie Hazel-era Funkadelic recording you have
never heard, the holy-grail of George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic
collectors: THE RAT KISSED THE CAT. Its origins are the stuff of
legend, the song only available when traded among ‘Funkateers’ of the
highest funkatility for years. I have never heard of an actual vinyl
copy of this rarity being sold ever and it has never been re-released,
re-issued or compiled on any cd ever. It is not to be confused with a
later Parlet or Brides of Funkenstein recording of the same song. THIS
IS THE REAL DEAL, ACID-FUNK-ROCK of FUNKADELIC around 1970. A friend
and I studio-enhanced this monster jam just this morning off of a tape
copied from another friend’s tape, said other friend having gotten his
tape from some guy in Amsterdam in a funk-tape trade around 1987. The
song “The Rat Kissed the Cat” is rumored to have been pressed
mistakenly on some copies of “Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On”
instead of “Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts”. Whether or not that turns out to be true, the song speaks for itself. It is the power of the
Funkadelic lineup that recorded “Maggot Brain” and “Super Stupid” with
the jaw-droppingly intense, acid-blues-rock, Hendrix-inspired yet
unmistakeable sounds of Eddie Hazel blazing on all burners for almost
eight minutes of funkadelic nirvana.
Download THE RAT KISSED THE CAT.

http://s21.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2WN9XLMKZ468M0L3QXNKQ48Z4I

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Man, nice find.

I wish I had some weed.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

thanks!

― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

wow! That just made my year. Thanks!!!!

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 03:41 (twenty years ago)

I'm curious what the real story is, but I have my doubts that anyone actually involved remembers. I used to have Billy Bass's e-mail a long time ago...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)

I mean I have never heard of this song, and with so many reissues and bootlegs and boxed sets and rarities coming out since the dawn of CDs, I thought everything in the vaults had been emptied out.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

badass!! thanks

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

AWESOME!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Clinton does tend to put everything out from the vaults. So god knows where this came from. But many thanks!

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)

this is fantastic - thanks a bunch!

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

Yeah...this is fabulous. The extra "distance" sound that the multiple copies makes it sound kind of ominous, too. Kind of like the Chess style reverb. Great job.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

Can anyone identify the lead vocalist? I think I hear Fuzzy and George popping in and out in the background - but the lower, throaty lead vocal is someone I can't recognize....

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Grate!! new mixtape standard.

― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

WOW!!!

amazing...

― eedd, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

it's somehow more impressive and lobe-thwacking than the four remasters i just grabbed.

― imbidimts, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

dammit, big loud. i just dl'ed this onto yr comp, only to see that youve already heard it...

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

haha - I burned a CD of this and my Windows Media Player inexplicably IDs the CD as Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". uh, close, I guess... wtf?!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

Fucking AWESOME track!

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

glad you all enjoyed that! I think the lead vocal is the late Ray Davis.

― kohntarkosz, Wednesday, 3 August 2005 07:32 (twenty years ago)

Holy shit.

Wow.

Good looks on this.

― Ellis, Wednesday, 3 August 2005 09:21 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/w/Parliament-Funkadelic-1969?v=6JcWh6KozKQ&search=Audioslave%20Funkadelic%20Parliament%20Funk%20Sould%20Rock%20George%20Clinton

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

whoa!

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh shit. If someone could re-up that track (I probably missed it during one of my "I am going to stay away from ILM for sanity's sake" periods), I'd be eternally grateful.

― disco violence (disco violence), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

I can yousendit from home later, I burned a CD of it.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh... my... god. That fottage is just outstanding.

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:41 (twenty years ago)

YEAH

why the rest of ILM doesn't care, I don't know...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:45 (twenty years ago)

They've been too struck with awe to form thoughts, which can then be conveyed with words? I mean, that's where I've been at least.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:47 (twenty years ago)

http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=27UE48LRTM3CB1168PRPK1FQDT

ADVERTISEMENT - Clicking will not affect transfer.

― baby, disco is fuck (yournullfame), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:10 (twenty years ago)

haha. bad copy and paste, sorry.

http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=27UE48LRTM3CB1168PRPK1FQDT

― baby, disco is fuck (yournullfame), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:13 (twenty years ago)

I'm digging that footage, too. It's ecstatic. Wish there were a few more closeups of Eddie.
Been on a funkadelic spree lately. Just picked up the 1971 live thing on Westbound, waiting on a copy of Osmium. The timing of this couldn't be better, really.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

That's just nuts, man. I've watched it three times.

"Thanks" doesn't really do it, but uh, thanks. Wow.

― dark Horse, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:20 (twenty years ago)

More:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=40851277

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Man, this makes me think about blogging again. Of course, all I can think to do is link to these videos and drool, so maybe not.

Thanks to all who kindly ignored my "fottage" above. Just too blown away to type.

I wish the Parliament shows I've seen over the years had anything close to that sort of hypnotic energy. The only performance I've ever seen live that came close to that was New Kingdom back in 96.

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 23:13 (twenty years ago)

how do i shot swf

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

That is the most fantastic thing ever.
This is the thread that keeps on giving.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 19 January 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

Dammit, I'm going to be late to my class, and it's going to be your fault.

― R. J. Greene, Thursday, 19 January 2006 00:58 (twenty years ago)

This is fucking mind-altering.

― R. J. Greene, Thursday, 19 January 2006 01:01 (twenty years ago)

Well goddamn. That was fucking great.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 19 January 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

There is no excuse for this thread not to have hundreds of posts. Is "1 Thing" worth hashing about for the umpteenth time when we have this?

I'm not saying this is the Holy Grail, but it is as noteworthy as Odysseus' tomb. (I just wanted to share that for no good reason)

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Thursday, 19 January 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

Eddie Hazel just makes me super stupid every time.

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

The
song “The Rat Kissed the Cat” is rumored to have been pressed
mistakenly on some copies of “Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On”
instead of “Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts”.

not on mine. which is a good thing. b/c now i have this and "Good Thoughts." And good thoughts on ye who've brought this forth.

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

I'm just gonna keep posting on this thread so that it stays near the top.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 January 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

radical.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:01 (twenty years ago)

good idea.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:35 (twenty years ago)

its kinda funny that George hasn't varied the structure of his shows in 40 years - introduce the vocalists, do a medley, get some girls from the audience up onstage, then leave while the backing band goes apeshit. But hey if it ain't broke don't fix it...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 January 2006 19:24 (twenty years ago)

And it ain't broke. The first time I saw P-Funk was a New Year's Eve show and he did that sequence twice.

Of course they did two 2+ hour sets, so not surprising that he repeated himself.

Still, just great footage. Makes me want purple bell-bottomed overalls.

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Thursday, 19 January 2006 19:35 (twenty years ago)

I cannot let this thread die until every last Funkadelic fan has seen this clip...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 January 2006 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Martin have you seen this yet?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 19 January 2006 23:33 (twenty years ago)

seen it love it! showin everyone!

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 19 January 2006 23:44 (twenty years ago)

man you just don't see stuff like this outside of church

― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 20 January 2006 01:41 (twenty years ago)

The video gave me that Homer-in-the-vibrating-chair feeling

― disco violence (disco violence), Friday, 20 January 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

man you just don't see stuff like this outside of church

-- milton parker, January 19th, 2006.

If church had been this good I would have kept going.

― Erik The Mainer (EZSnappin), Friday, 20 January 2006 02:27 (twenty years ago)

clips from this were the
best part of the PBS
documentary

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 20 January 2006 03:59 (twenty years ago)

the opening song is a version of the old spiritual 'glory glory hallelujah since I laid my burdens down'

though yeah they've made some changes

― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 20 January 2006 04:34 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, they are into their own thing.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

how long is this clip, whimpers the guy on dial-up.

― controversial buffalo stance (haitch), Friday, 20 January 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

maggot brain and friday night and testify in the same song? i will never get tired of watching this.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Friday, 20 January 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)

another day, another post of OHMIGAWD THIS IS AMAZING YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 January 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

13:18 haitch

― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

can any of you rock experts on here say name some other bands this track might remind you of? the vocal oddly makes me think of sabbath (who i really like) for some weirdo reason and then i keep thinking of blue cheer (who i love) as well but theres someone else im thinking of but i cant put my finger on it. is there anyone else the singing on her reminds you of? or are there other bands i will like if i love this song?

― okok, Saturday, 21 January 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/w/Parliament-Funkadelic-%22Maggot-Brain%22-1978?v=JTU1BXmcgu8&search=Audioslave%20Funkadelic%20Parliament%20Funk%20Sould%20Rock%20George%20Clinton With Michael Hampton

and again
http://www.youtube.com/w/Michael-Hampton---Standing-on-the-Verge---Houston%2C-1979?v=xPFQ08u7DDQ&search=Audioslave%20Funkadelic%20Parliament%20Funk%20Sould%20Rock%20George%20Clinton

http://www.youtube.com/w/Uncle-Jam---Landover%2C-MD-1979?v=4dYjy5nWxzc&search=Audioslave%20Funkadelic%20Parliament%20Funk%20Sould%20Rock%20George%20Clinton

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 21 January 2006 19:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/w/funkadelic-live-motor-tour1979?v=K4MC_-k3ljk&search=funkadelic

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/w/Eddie-Hazel---Standing-on-the-Verge---Houston-1979?v=YSZ_wbm7qww&search=funkadelic
Eddie Hazel's Solo.

The Michael Hampton solo http://www.youtube.com/w/Michael-Hampton---Standing-on-the-Verge---Houston%2C-1979?v=xPFQ08u7DDQ&search=Audioslave%20Funkadelic%20Parliament%20Funk%20Sould%20Rock%20George%20Clinton actually comes directly after Eddie's.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

damn

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Is there any way at all to save these videos?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:54 (twenty years ago)

how to save them: http://www.tian.cc/2005/11/how-to-save-flash-videos-from-youtube.html

vlc player can view them.

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:12 (twenty years ago)

so the first one is http://youtube.com/get_video.php?l=165&video_id=6JcWh6KozKQ

― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:14 (twenty years ago)

I have this album
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:51rn288y056a

I can YSI it if anyone is desperate enough to want anything p-funk related.
Theres an eddie hazel song on it called Purple Hazel.

I also have the Axiom Funk album with one of eddie hazels last songs on it.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

I guess nobody wants it?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 23 January 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't say no

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 23 January 2006 15:58 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Amazing. Eddie Hazel AND Michael Hampton doing Maggot Brain in 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PSj0ROC8e4&search=eddie%20hazel

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 9 July 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)

Too bad you can't fucking see anything!!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 9 July 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

you can after about a minute when the lights come on and focus on eddie hazel. michael hampton appears halfway through.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 9 July 2006 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

hmmm ... I think we may have determined the provenance of this "Rat Kissed The Cat" track (here listed as "Rat Kissed the Cat on the Navel")

http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=vzc23y2mtp&ref=index.php

― Plunge Protection Team, Friday, 17 April 2009 22:16 (sixteen years ago)

Wow! Is that real? Has anyone heard it yet?

― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 17 April 2009 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

Wait. "with support from other US Music members, and a fair bit of the current Funkadelic lineup too." Who were US Music?

― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 17 April 2009 22:32 (sixteen years ago)

Just Ordered CD from Amazon.co.uk!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/U-S-Music-Funkadelic/dp/B001PA7OQC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240008871&sr=8-2

Track Listings
1. Broken Heart
2. Baby I Owe You Something Good
3. Be What You Is
4. I Miss My Baby
5. Rat Kiss The Cat On The Naval
6. Baby I Owe You Something Good
7. I Miss My Baby
Product Description
CD Description
The Funkadelic who had made the albums, "Funkadelic", "Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow" and "Maggot Brain" collapsed in on themselves under the pressures of touring and nefarious substances in 1972, although some members shuttled back and forth between Detroit and Toronto and kept recording. One of the side projects embarked upon was an LP by a group called U.S. One single, `Baby I Owe You Something Good' b/w `I Miss My Baby', appeared that year credited to U.S. music with Funkadelic. An album reached test-pressing stage, but until now no more has been heard of it.
U.S. (which stood for United Soul) were from George Clinton's home town of Plainfield, New Jersey. They included future Funkadelic members Gary Shider and brothers Cordell and Larry Mosson. U.S. recorded in Detroit and Toronto with the album produced by Bernie Worrell, Ray Davies and Fuzzy Haskins. In addition it featured many Funkadelic musicians.
The original album master of five tracks includes some prime era Funkadelic grooves, including the outrageous `Rat Kiss The Cat On The Navel' and `Be What You Is', both uptempo psychedelic funk; the wonderful gospel-imbued vocals of Shider on `I Miss My Baby'; and the opener `This Broken Heart'. When the LP wasn't issued the group split up and Funkadelic co-opted some of their members.
This release is part of Ace Record's Westbound 40th Aniversary celebrations. A truly historic lost album it is the first off-shoot from the Parliafunkadelicment Thang, that became a whole industry in itself.

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 April 2009 22:55 (sixteen years ago)

Check out the funkadelic albums poll thread, there was chat on the Funkadelic - Toys cd i got last year. Some amazing stuff on it,
including a truly amazing and superior version of Wars Of Armageddon on it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toys-Funkadelic/dp/B0000640BB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240008993&sr=1-1

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 April 2009 22:56 (sixteen years ago)

just found this album on blogspot... sounds like the same track, just less murky and a little faster than the original poster's version.

― GÖTT DAT SCHING (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 18 April 2009 02:36 (sixteen years ago)

http://djuilson.blogspot.com/2009/04/usunited-soul-music-with-funkadelic.html

― GÖTT DAT SCHING (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 18 April 2009 02:36 (sixteen years ago)

nice find - cleaned up version is pretty sweet. Be What You Is sounds like the real find here tho! The rest of this stuff has been released before.

― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 18 April 2009 17:18 (sixteen years ago)

loving this

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 April 2009 21:46 (sixteen years ago)

thought it was pretty disappointing, not buying it after checking out the DL and I was very excited going in. thought Toys had some great stuff, though...

― jon abbey, Sunday, 19 April 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iML_01l5Thg

never heard this before. there's a few more song clips floating around - does anyone here actually have the entire concert...? sounds amazing

― goat, camel, horse, and water buffalo (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 4 December 2010 15:24 (fifteen years ago)

so... no?

― goat, camel, horse, and water buffalo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 December 2010 03:53 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

The poppier version of "Rat Kissed the Cat"on A Fifth of Funk isn't particularly psychedelic but it's pretty awesome nonetheless. Still don't think I've heard the full length version Shakey linked above.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 10 February 2014 13:54 (twelve years ago)

five years pass...

God this fucking tune

― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 May 2019 03:16 (six years ago)

one month passes...

shakey can you send me this please? I lost mine in an old hard drive fail

― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 6 July 2019 19:29 (six years ago)

one year passes...

Finally got round to getting the ‘Rest In P’ comp...don’t know why I didn’t have it (possibly because the ‘Jams From The Heart’ comp is pretty poor) but there’s some fantastic jams on there...thoroughly recommended

― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 12:20 (five years ago)

five months pass...

https://giftofdoubt.medium.com/eddies-blues-d3ae9820b5f1

Interesting and bittersweet story about when a young 1985 era DC punk rock kid carrying a guitar got approached by a guy named Eddie who asked him if he wanted to jam

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 15:31 (four years ago)

I think some of y’all will find the above story fascinating to read.

― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:54 (four years ago)

A hell of a read indeed.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 March 2021 18:34 (four years ago)

I read that somewhere before, so great

― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, 18 March 2021 18:48 (four years ago)

Wow what a fantastic story...nobody’s guitar playing was exquisitely painful/beautiful as Eddie’s

― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:01 (four years ago)

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