Name: Don't U Wish U Had What U Had When U Had It -ext.
Channel: L.Wise,R.Copeland/G.Clinton,E.Hazel
Description: Free MP3 download. First of TWO Brand New tracks to round out the album. A wicked, P-Funk blues jam.

Don't U Wish U Had What U Had When U Had It -ext.

Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS

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First of TWO Brand New tracks to round out the album. A wicked, P-Funk blues jam.

single osmosis dont you wish

Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS

An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.

Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.

Song Info

Genre

Blues • Blues Rock

Charts

#2,072 in subgenre Peak #32

Charts

Peak #77

Author

L.Wise,R.Copeland/G.Clinton,E.Hazel

Rights

2007

Uploaded

March 30, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:17

Story behind the song

This is another Funkadelic OUTTAKE--the basic track to "Don't You Wish You Had What You Had When You Had It".  It DID appear on Ruth Copeland's second album.  Lyrically, Ruth's lyrics were improvised---

so, I did the same to this outtake.  I kept the same atmosphere as Ruth, but what it turned into (recording-wise) was something like 'Muddy Waters-meets-Frank Zappa'.

Anyways, in the tradition of "Creative License", here ARE the CREDITS:

Producer (original 1970 session):  George Clinton.
Producer (This Version-2007):  Lawrence Wise.
Original Lyrics (1971):  Ruth Copeland.
New Lyrics (2007):  Lawrence Wise.
Music (1970):  George Clinton and Eddie Hazel.
Publisher (1970):  Bridgeport Music, Inc. (BMI) and Gold Forever Music, Inc. (BMI).
Publisher (2007):  Cosmic Funk Music, Ltd.
Original Recording Engineer (1970):  Jim Vitti (United Sound, Detroit, MI.).
Current Recording Engineer (2007):  Lawrence Wise (First Street Studios, Washington, DC.).

Lead Vocals (2007):  Lawrence Wise.
'Count-Off' (1970):  George Clinton.

MUSICIANS (1970):
Lead Guitar--Eddie Hazel.
Rythym Guitar--Lucious 'Tawl' Ross.
Bass Guitar--William 'Billy-Bass' Nelson.
Drums--Ramon 'Tiki' Fulwood.
(Bernie Worrell-keyboards-was not on this session during the basic track.).

Like I said for the OTHER Two P-Funk Tracks I used, I believe in respecting the original artist--so I credit them.

Thanks again for the Outtake, George Clinton.

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