Ultra Wave

Ultra Wave
Studio album by Bootsy Collins
Released	October 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Funk
Length	41:13
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Bootsy Collins, George Clinton
Bootsy Collins chronology
This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N (1979) Ultra Wave (1980) The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]

Ultra Wave is the fifth album released by funk musician Bootsy Collins. It was released in October 1980 by Warner Bros. Records. It is the first album credited solely to Bootsy Collins, as opposed to his previous releases, which were credited to Bootsy's Rubber Band. Like Collins' previous album, This Boot is Made for Fonk-N, Ultra Wave showcases a more experimental and progressive approach.

Ultra Wave was produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, except for three songs that were produced only by Collins ("Is That My Song?", "Fat Cat", and "Sound Crack"). It was recorded at the same time as the album Sweat Band by Sweat Band, a Bootsy Collins-led project that had issued one album for CBS/Uncle Jam Records.

In 2007, "Ultra Wave" was licensed through Rhino Records and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Track listing

1. "Mug Push" (Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton)
2. "F-Encounter" (Bootsy Collins, Rick Evans, Ron Ford, George Clinton)
3. "Is That My Song?" (Bootsy Collins, David Spradley)
4. "It's a Musical" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Carl Small)
5. "Fat Cat" (Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins)
6. "Sacred Flower" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton)
7. "Sound Crack" (Bootsy Collins)

Personnel

• Guitars: Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins, Rick Evans
• Bass: Bootsy Collins
• Keyboards: Joel Johnson, David Lee Chong, Mark Johnson
• Drums: Bootsy Collins, Jerry Jones
• Percussion: Carl Small, Bootsy Collins
• Horns: Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Richard Griffith, Larry Hatcher
• Lyricon solo on "Sacred Flower": David McMurray
• Vocals: Godmoma, Brandy, Parlet, Brides of Funkenstein, Robert Johnson, Bootsy Collins

Singles

• "Mug Push/Scenery" (Warner Bros. WBS 49599)
• "F-Encounter/Instrumental w/Rap" (Warner Bros. WBS 49661)
• "Is That My Song?" (Warner Bros. WBS 49708)

The single version of "F-Encounter" features a solo rap by Collins that was not included on the album and has never been released on CD.

The B Side of "Mug Push" contained a non-LP track entitled "Scenery" that was released on the CD compilation Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy.

References

Parliament-Funkadelic
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George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic	Computer Games Urban Dancefloor Guerillas You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends R&B Skeletons in the Closet The Mothership Connection - Live from Houston The Cinderella Theory Live at the Beverly Theater Hey, Man, Smell My Finger Dope Dogs Mothership Connection Newberg Session T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. Live 1976–1993 How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
Bootsy Collins	Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy? Player of the Year This Boot is Made for Fonk-N Ultra Wave The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away What's Bootsy Doin'? Jungle Bass Blasters of the Universe Lord of the Harvest Keepin' Dah Funk Alive 4-1995 Fresh Outta 'P' University Live in Louisville 1978 Play With Bootsy Live In Concert 1998 Live in Oklahoma 1976 Christmas Is 4 Ever Tha Funk Capital of the World
Eddie Hazel	Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs Rest in P
The Horny Horns	A Blow for Me, a Toot to You Say Blow by Blow Backwards The Final Blow
Bernie Worrell	All the Woo in the World Funk of Ages Pieces Of Woo: The Other Side Blacktronic Science Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey
The Brides of Funkenstein	Funk or Walk Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy Live at the Howard Theatre
Parlet	Pleasure Principle Invasion of the Booty Snatchers Play Me or Trade Me
Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins	A Whole Nother Thang (1976) Radio Active (1978) A Whole Nother Radio Active Thang (1994)
Ruth Copeland	Self Portrait (1970) I Am What I Am (1971) Take Me To Baltimore (1976)
Mutiny	Mutiny on the Mamaship (1979) Funk Plus the One (1980) A Night Out With the Boys (1983) Aftershock 2005 (1996)
Other spinoffs	Quazar (1978) Sweat Band (1980) Federation of Tackheads (1985) Lifestyles of the Roach and Famous (1988) Out of the Dark (1993) Heavy Metal Funkason (1998)
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