Parliament Funkadelic-UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE-1974 TV Commercial-1st Casablanca LP

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Parliament Funkadelic (July 1974): This is the very first Casablanca Records TV spot! Almost every Parliament LP had it's own TV commercial and this AMAZING spot is for the first album UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE. Notice the mention of Casablanca's then parent company, Warner Bros. in the voiceover. KISS Army: Did you notice that George Clinton is wearing Gene Simmons' 1975 Dressed To Kill era platform boots in the summer of 1974?

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Dr. Funkenstein
• Up For The Down Stroke
• 1974
• Vintage TV commercials
• Soul
• R&B

[CasablancaBookTV]

Parliament Funkadelic (July 1974): This is the very first Casablanca Records TV spot! Almost every Parliament LP had it's own TV commercial and this AMAZING spot is for the first album UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE. Notice the mention of Casablanca's then parent company, Warner Bros. in the voiceover. KISS Army: Did you notice that George Clinton is wearing Gene Simmons' 1975 Dressed To Kill era platform boots in the summer of 1974?

[dholmes2u]

Wow ! I was rideing the bike and doing the a split while danceing with my lady friend. I`m 51 years old now and living in Japan. Seeing this video with my High School friends and I danceing really makes my day.

Thank you

Derrick M. Holmes

[almondhead1]

wow!

[FunkInDaPocket47]

I would go back to this time in history in a minute! What a great era of music!!!!

[doctorc380]

George used The Funk Force to make homeboy miss his lay-up! X^D

[heckto35]

Man, i just LOVE the way these fools are getting up for the downstroke! I'm up for the downstroke C.C.!

[zappstarr]

Wow the voiceover refers to the band by its former name 'The Parliaments'!

[zenobiaelissa]

GC is such a performance artist. 

[vibrophysics]

This is how to promote a record! Nice comment from dholmes2u .. he was in the video.

[vja1970]

I love George's craziness. I wish there was a full version of this video

[leakeg]

goddamn this video is awesome!

[stormtimedoor1138]

we should include this as 836's origional african neighborhood in cb or something