<I>Uncle Jam Wants You</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1979, reissued 1993
name: label: Published by
content: Warner Bros. Records, Inc., American, founded 1958
label: Published by
content: Charly Groove, British, 1974 - 2001
label: Recorded by
content: Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
label: Produced by
content: George Clinton, American, born 1941
label: Written by
content: DeWayne McKnight, American, born 1954
label: Written by
content: Pete Bishop
label: Written by
content: Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
label: Written by
content: Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
label: Written by
content: Garry Shider, American, 1953 - 2010
label: Written by
content: Jim Vitti, 1944 - 2020
label: Written by
content: Darryl Clinton, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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].
label: Description
content: 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: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Funk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Caleb and Eli Tucker-Raymond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.31.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1993 Charly Records Ltd.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: (a) vinyl with ink on paper
label: Medium
content: (b) ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (a, disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b, jacket): 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)