<I>Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1977
name: label: Published by
content: Casablanca, American, founded 1973
label: Recorded by
content: Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
label: Produced by
content: George Clinton, American, born 1941
label: Written by
content: Garry Shider, American, 1953 - 2010
label: Written by
content: Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
label: Written by
content: Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
label: Written by
content: Glenn Goins, American, 1954 - 1978
label: Written by
content: Ron Ford, American, 1948 - 2015
label: Written by
content: Billy Nelson, American, born 1951
label: Illustrated by
content: Overton Loyd, American, born 1954
label: Designed by
content: Tom the Leatherman, American
notes: label: Description
content: A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled "Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome," recorded by Parliament and produced by George Clinton with the record label Casablanca. The double-sided vinyl disc (2022.31.2a) is printed with a desert landscape [Casablanca] label with the album information in black text. The record jacket (2022.31.2b) is printed in color and features photos taken by Ron Slenzak and graphics designed by Stephen Lumel. The front of the jacket has a space background with five images of Clinton in a sequence of poses wearing red leather costume trimmed in gold studs, silver sequins, white fringe and pink feathers.He also wears yellow goggles. In the center pose, he holds a futuristic ray gun and fires red and pink waves towards the left where there is another image of him standing in a black suit and hat. At the top is [PARLIAMENT / FUNKENTELECHY] and at the bottom is [VS. / THE PLACEBO SYDROME]. The back of the jacket shows the Clinton dancing in the suit and taking off his jacket and shirt while being hit with pink waves. The album information, including names of band members, are at the top and bottom.
label: Description
content: The eight page comic book (2022.31.2c) explains the concept behind the album with the characters Dr. Funkenstein, Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk, and Starchild. The cover page is a galaxy background with an image of Parliment's The Mothership in the lower right corner. There is orange text in the center reading […. and it came to / pass that upon his / return, Dr. Funkenstein / did find the plant to have / completely lost the beat of the / funkentelechy, and had fallen / prey to the placebo syndrome, / spread throughout the galaxy by / the infamous Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk. / Driven by the genius of desperation, / Funkenstein sends Starchild to do battle, / armed with his greatest invention of all time – /the Bop Gun.]. The inside pages are fully colored. The back of the cover is a galaxy background with bold text reading [PARLIAMENT]. The comic’s coloring and collaboration was by Shelby Mack with story and illustration by Overton Loyd.
label: Description
content: The poster (2022.31.2d) is colorful drawing with hues of purple, pink, and orange overtaking the background. In the upper left corner, bold and pink text reads [SIR NOSE / D’VOIDOFFUNK]. The character Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk is at the center of the poster wearing an all-pink ensemble which includes a mask. He is holding a gun-like object in his right hand and is standing over clouds or smoke.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
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: 2022.31.2a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1977 Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl with ink on paper and 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)