November 15, 2020

20,000 vinyl LPs 252: Grand Funk Railroad ~ E Pluribus Funk

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GRAND FUNK Craig Frost, Mel Schacher, Don Brewer & Mark Farner - 1970
photo: RB/Redferns/Getty

 
On this date, in 1971, Grand Funk Railroad released their fifth studio album, E Pluribus Funk; that was almost fifty years ago. Again, it's time to say, WOW! With most albums, I have favorite songs, I don't with this one; each and every cut is a gem!       
 
This entry is part of my “Just the cover, ma’am” series (link below), which is a subsection of my "20,000 vinyl LPs" section, because the album cover IS the story; not a lot of words necessary. More info on the Net links below.       
 
The title is a play on the motto of the United States of America, E pluribus unum, and in latin means 'Out of Many, Funk'. The original release cover (designed by Ernie Cefalu) was completely round and covered with a silver-like film to resemble a large coin.
 

 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP front cover
photo of album cover by Styrous®


 
 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP front cover detail
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
The back side of the cover of this album included a die cast picture of Shea Stadium to celebrate Grand Funk beating The Beatles' Shea Stadium attendance record by selling out in just 72 hours.          
 

 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP back cover
photo of album cover by Styrous®

 
 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP back cover detail
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 

Even the record sleeve is round . . .


 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record sleeve
photo of album cover by Styrous®


 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record sleeve detail
detail photo by Styrous®


 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record sleeve detail
detail photo by Styrous®




 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record, side 1
photo by Styrous®


 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record label, side 1
photo by Styrous®





 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record, side 2
photo by Styrous®


 cover design by Ernie Cefalu  
vinyl LP record label, side 2
photo by Styrous®

   
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Footstompin' Music - 3:45
A2 - People, Let's Stop The War - 5:13
A3 - Upsetter - 4:09
A4 - I Come Tumblin' - 5:42

Side 2:

B1 - Save The Land - 4:12
B2 - No Lies - 3:55
B3 - Loneliness, Arranged By, Conductor – Tom Baker* - 8:38

Companies, etc.

    Copyright (c) – Terry Knight Enterprises, Ltd.
    Published By – Storybook Music
    Engineered At – Cleveland Recording
    Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester

Credits:

    Bass – Mel Schacher
    Design – CraigBraunInc.*
    Design Concept [Cover Concept], Producer [Recording Produced By] – Terry Knight
    Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Don Brewer
    Engineer [Cleveland Recording Co.] – Kenneth Hamann*
    Written-By, Guitar, Organ, Harmonica, Vocals – Mark Farner

Notes:

Circular jacket embossed cover in silver finish, with circular inner pictures record sleeve with lyrics.
RIAA-logo on lyrics sheet.

Printed in U.S.A.
Mfg. by Capitol Records, Inc.

All selections [...] © 1971 Storybook Music, BMI
Cover copyright © 1971 by Terry Knight Enterprises, Ltd.
 
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Rights Society: BMI
    Pressing Plant ID (In runouts): ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 1): SW-1-853-F37 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 1): SW-2-853-F27 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 2): SW-1-853-F23 #2 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 2): SW-2-853-F27 #5 ----◀︎
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 3): SW-1-853-F22 2 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 3): SW-1-853-F23 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 4): SW-1-853-F33 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 4): SW-1-853-F22 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 5): SW-1-853-F23 ----◀︎
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 5): SW-2-853-F-22 ----◀︎
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 6): SW-1-853-F22 #3 ----◀︎
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 6): SW-2-853-F23 2 ----◀︎
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 7): SW-1-853-F22 #2 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 7): SW-2-853-F27 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 8): SW-1-853-F32 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 8): SW-2-853-F22 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side A, variant 9): SW-1-853-F23 #2 ----◄
    Matrix / Runout (Etched side B, variant 9): SW-2-853-F23 ----◀︎   
         
Grand Funk Railroad ‎– E Pluribus Funk
Label: Capitol Records ‎– SW-853, Capitol Records ‎– SW 853
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Winchester Pressing
Country: US
Released: 17 Nov 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Funk
 
 
 
Viewfinder links:        
         
all things Beatles        
Grand Funk Railroad        
        
Net links:        
        
Grand Funk website        
        
YouTube links:        

E PLURIBUS FUNK  (Complete Album)       
Mark Farner - The Breakup of Grand Funk        
Worst Gig ~ "Nobody knows the band Grand Funk?"        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, November 15, 2020       
       
















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