<I>Standing on the Verge of Getting It On</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1974; reissued 1991
name: label: Published by
content: Westbound Records, American, founded 1968
label: Recorded by
content: Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
label: Produced by
content: George Clinton, American, born 1941
label: Recorded by
content: Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
label: Recorded by
content: Eddie Hazel, American, 1950 - 1992
notes: label: Description
content: A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On," recorded by Funkadelic, produced by George Clinton, and written by Clinton, Bernie Worrell, and Eddie Hazel with the record label Westbound Records. The double-sided vinyl disc (2022.31.1a) has a colorful [WESTBOUND RECORDS] label with the album information in black text. The record jacket (2022.31.1b) is printed in color. The cover art was designed by George Clinton and Pedro Bell and drawn by Bell and his brother Bruse Bell. It depicts an outer space landscape with several characters with human and non-human characteristics running with a banner [UNITED STREAKER FRONT], three cliffs, and a body of water. On the bottom left corner in black text is the label name.
label: Description
content: The back of the record jacket continues the theme of an outer space landscape with characters on a ship saying [THERE’S NOTHING HARDER / TO STOP THAN A IDEA / WHOSE TIME HAS COME / TO PASS! FUNKADELIC / IS WOT TIME IT IS!]. At the top center is the album list in two columns. In the upper right corner in right text is label number [SEWA 040]. The bottom features the label information and barcode.
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: 2022.31.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1974 Westbound Records
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)