Published by
Warner Bros. Records, Inc., American, founded 1958
Charly Groove, British, 1974 - 2001
Recorded by
Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
Produced by
Clinton, George, American, born 1941
Written by
McKnight, DeWayne, American, born 1954
Bishop, Pete
Worrell, Bernie, American, 1944 - 2016
Collins, Bootsy, American, born 1951
Shider, Garry, American, 1953 - 2010
Vitti, Jim, 1944 - 2020
Clinton, Darryl, American
Date
1979, reissued 1993
Medium
(a) vinyl with ink on paper
(b) ink on cardboard
Dimensions
Diameter (a, disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
H x W (b, jacket): 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Description
A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Uncle Jam Wants You,” recorded by Funkadelic and produced by George Clinton with the record label Warner Brothers then later reissued by Charly Groove Records. The double-sided vinyl disc (2022.31.3a) has a white [Charly / Groove] label with the album information in black text. The front cover of the record jacket (2022.31.3b) is printed in color and features a photo taken by Diem Jones of George Clinton sitting on a rattan throne chair in a reimagining of the iconic image of Huey Newton of the Black Panthers. Clinton is dressed in military attire and flanked by a cartoonish silver and glitter gun on the right and a large silver and red flashlight on the left. Behind the chair is a colorful rendition of the United States flag hanging vertically. There is text in the black canton, presumably reading [ONE NATION / UNDER / GROOVE]. At the bottom of the record jacket, in blue text, it reads [RESCUE DANCE MUSIC “FROM THE BLAHS”]. Decorative text at the top right reads [UNCLE / JAM / WANTS / YOU].
Inside of the record jacket (2022.31.3b) are colorful hand-drawn cartoon graphics set amidst pointillist ribbons of bright color. On the left are two disco dancers as well as two futuristic collage scenes including photographs of the bandmembers and the moon landing and a cartoon scene at bottom right titled [SINDRONE ATTACK!]. On the right is a a colorful illustrated rendition of the image of Clinton from the cover surrounded by various small cartoon drawings. The back of the record jacket also features a colorful cartoon version of Clinton posed in front of an red octagon space vehicle with two "Funkadelic Comix" scenes at the bottom.
Place made
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Record Albums
Movement
Afrofuturism
Type
long-playing records
Topic
Composers (Musicians)
Funk (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Music
Musicians
Rhythm and blues (Music)
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Caleb and Eli Tucker-Raymond
Object number
2022.31.3ab
Restrictions & Rights
© 1993 Charly Records Ltd.
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a96232a8-56f7-4280-a5bd-72ef2d9d15d4

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