Editing Funkadelic (album) (section)

==Background==
The group that would become Funkadelic was formed by [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] in 1964, as the unnamed backing section for his [[doo wop]] group [[The Parliaments]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-parliaments-mn0000408997/biography|title=The Parliaments &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref>  Funkadelic signed to [[Westbound Records|Westbound]] in 1968. Around this time, the group's music evolved from [[soul music|soul]] and doo wop into a harder guitar-driven mix of [[psychedelic rock]], soul and [[funk]], much influenced by the popular musical (and political) movements of the time. [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Sly Stone]], [[The MC5]], and [[Vanilla Fudge]] were major inspirations.<ref>Vincent, Rickey. [http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/textonly/pfunk.html Parliament-Funkadelic]. ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.</ref> The band made their first live television performance on ''[[Basic Black (TV series)|Say Brother]]'' on October 7, 1969. They played a jam with songs "[[Into My Own Thing]]" (a Sly Stone cover), "What Is Soul?", "[[(I Wanna) Testify]]", "[[I Was Made to Love Her (song)|I Was Made to Love Her]]" (a [[Stevie Wonder]] cover), "Friday Night, August 14th" and "Music for My Mother".

On the group's self-titled debut, the credits listed organist Mickey Atkins plus Clinton, [[Tiki Fulwood]], [[Eddie Hazel]], [[Billy "Bass" Nelson]], and [[Tawl Ross]]. The recording also included the rest of the Parliaments singers (still uncredited because of contractual concerns), several uncredited session musicians then employed by [[Motown]], as well as Ray Monette (of [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]]).