I remember seeing this album cover before I ever knew who George Clinton or Funkadelic were, or even what funk was. It would show up at various garage sales when I was a kid, and every time, it sent chills through under-10-yo me. It still does kinda, but not in the same way.
The model is Barbara Cheeseborough, who was coming up in the fashion modeling world, and had also appeared on the cover of Funkadelic’s self-titled debut in 1970.
I discovered this late in life (only like 15 years ago about). I can’t decide if that was a great thing or a bad one. On one hand it’s incredible hearing a masterpiece randomly and not even knowing it, especially when you think you have heard most of the iconic stuff already. On the other I missed out on like 20 years of not knowing this existed. I knew a lot about the band and the members, but for some reason this album just never made it to my ears for some reason. I was blown away the first time I heard it.