Rest in P is a 1994 posthumous album release by Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk, soul and rock music collective headed by George Clinton. Their style has been dubbed P-Funk. Collectively the group has existed under various names since the 1960s and has been known for top-notch musicianship, politically charged lyrics, outlandish concept albums...

 guitarist Eddie Hazel

Eddie Hazel

Edward Earl "Eddie" Hazel was a guitarist in early funk music in the United States who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic...

. The album was released by P-Vine records in Japan

Japan

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 and is composed of previously unreleased tracks recorded by Eddie Hazel between 1975 and 1977. The album features musical support from various members of the P-Funk

P-Funk

P-Funk is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and the distinctive style of funk music they performed...

 stable.

Alternate recordings of four tracks from Rest in P with different titles were also featured on the Jams From The Heart EP

Extended play

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 and were included as bonus track

Bonus track

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s on Rhino Records

Rhino Entertainment

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' 2004 limited-edition reissue of Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs.

Despite being heavily sought after by collectors, Rest In P has never been released outside of Japan.

Tracks

1. "Until It Rains" (Grace Cook)
2. "Beyond Word and Measure" (Grace Cook)
3. "Relic 'Delic (Purple Hazel)" (Grace Cook)
4. "Straighten Up" (Grace Cook)
5. "Juicy Fingers" (Grace Cook)
6. "We Three" (Grace Cook, George Clinton
   George Clinton (funk musician)
   George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
   
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7. "Why Cry?" (Grace Cook)
8. "We Are One" (Grace Cook)
9. "No, It's Not!" (Grace Cook, George Clinton)
10. "Until It Rains" (Reprise)

Grace Cook is Eddie Hazel's mother. He would occasionally write songs under her name for contractual purposes.

Personnel

• Eddie Hazel
  Eddie Hazel
  Edward Earl "Eddie" Hazel was a guitarist in early funk music in the United States who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic...
  
  
• Billy Bass Nelson
  Billy Bass Nelson
  William "Billy Bass" Nelson is a U.S. musician, who was the original bassist for Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic....
  
  
• Tiki Fulwood
  Tiki Fulwood
  Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood was a drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic...
  
  
• Bernie Worrell
  Bernie Worrell
  George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
  
  
• Bootsy Collins
  Bootsy Collins
  William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
  
  
• Buddy Miles
  Buddy Miles
  George Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...
  
  
• Jerome Brailey
• Lynn Mabry
  Lynn Mabry
  Lynn Mabry is an American vocalist. She got her start in Sly and the Family Stone, along with Dawn Silva. In 1977 she joined P-Funk . The following year Mabry and Silva became the original Brides Of Funkenstein, releasing their first album Funk Or Walk. Lynn became pregnant and left the band in 1979...
  
  
• Dawn Silva
  Dawn Silva
  Dawn Silva is an American funk vocalist.Silva was born in Sacramento, California. She started her career as a background vocalist for Sly and The Family Stone. She joined P-Funk in 1977. She was the only original Brides of Funkenstein member to continue through Brides' career. In 1978, with Lynn...