Eddie Hazel: Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs (180g) [RHINO]

Why you'll love it

Rhino's 180g reissue, with lacquers cut from the original analogue masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. It is the one solo album the man who played "Maggot Brain" put out in his lifetime, and the guitar is everywhere.

This edition

• 180g vinyl
• Lacquers cut from the original analogue masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Rhino pressing (cat# RES1 3058)
• Seven tracks over two sides

About the album

Eddie Hazel was the lead guitarist in Funkadelic, and his ten-minute solo on "Maggot Brain" is one of the most famous guitar performances ever put to tape. In 1977 he finally made a record of his own for Warner Bros., with George Clinton and members of the P-Funk family lending a hand. Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs was not a hit at the time, but guitar fans have chased it for decades, and it has become a cult classic.

He opens with a slow-burning, bluesy take on "California Dreamin'," stretching the old folk-pop song into something heavy and psychedelic, and comes back for a reprise at the end. "Frantic Moment" and "So Goes the Story" are pure P-Funk grooves, and his version of the Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a monster, all thick fuzz and crashing drums. Every track gives him room to stretch out, and he takes all of it. If you have only heard "Maggot Brain," consider this the next chapter. It is just as sweaty.

Tracklist

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On Rhino / Warner Records (cat# RES1 3058), a reissue of the 1977 album.