The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away is a 1982 album by William 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...

, released by Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

. It would be the last album that Bootsy Collins would record for the label. It would also be the first album produced solely by Bootsy Collins, with the exception of the track "Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping)" which was produced (as well as written) by Bootsy Collins and 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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The album features performances from numerous individuals in 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...

/Rubber Band collective including Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...

, Maceo Parker

Maceo Parker

Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...

, Phelps Collins, and Godmoma

Godmoma

Godmoma was a trio of female vocalists. The trio consisted of Cynthia Girty, Carolyn Myles, and Tony Walker.Godmoma released an album, Godmoma Here, in 1981, on Elektra Records...

. The album was reissued first in 1990 by the Warner/Pioneer company in Japan and then by Warner Music-Europe. In 2007, the album was licensed through Rhino Records and reissued through the Collectors Choice music service.

Track listing

1. "Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton)
2. "Landshark (Just When You Thought It Was Safe)" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton)
3. "Countracula (This One's for You)" (Bootsy Collins)
4. "#1 Funkateer" (Bootsy Collins)
5. "Excon of Love" (Bootsy Collins)
6. "So Nice You Name Him Twice" (Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Joel Johnson)
7. "What's W-R-O-N-G Radio?" (Bootsy Collins, Reginald Calloway)
8. "Music to Smile By" (Bootsy Collins)
9. "Play on Playboy" (Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins)
10. "Take-A-Lickin' and Keep on Kickin" (Bootsy Collins)
11. "The Funky Funktioneer" (Bootsy Collins, Joel Johnson)

Personnel

• Bass: Bootsy Collins
• Guitars: Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins,Kevin Oliver, William "Sugarfoot" Bonner
• Drums: Bootsy Collins
• Keyboards: Joel Johnson, Bootsy Collins
• Horns: Fred Wesley
  Fred Wesley
  Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
  
  , Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker
  Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
  
  , Richard Griffith
• Background vocals: Godmoma
  Godmoma
  Godmoma was a trio of female vocalists. The trio consisted of Cynthia Girty, Carolyn Myles, and Tony Walker.Godmoma released an album, Godmoma Here, in 1981, on Elektra Records...
  
  , Robert Johnson, Garry Shider
  Garry Shider
  Garry Marshall Shider was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.-Early life:Shider was born in Plainfield, New...
  
  , Ron Ford, Jeanette McGruder, Mallia Franklin
  Mallia Franklin
  Mallia Franklin was a vocalist with P-Funk and was also known as the Queen of Funk. She introduced friends George Clinton and Bootsy Collins in 1971...
  
  , H. Bissantz, Midnight Star
  Midnight Star
  Midnight Star is an R&B and electro-funk group that had a string of R&B hits in the 1980s.-Band history:The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by trumpeter Reggie Calloway, vocalist Belinda Lipscomb, guitarist/vocalist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, multi-instrumentalist...
  
  

Singles

• "Shine-O-Myte" (Rag Popping) (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton) (released as the B-side of "Take-A-Lickin'", then released as an A-side single-Warner 7-29965)

• "Take-A-Lickin' and Keep on Kickin" (Bootsy Collins) (released as a single-Warner WBS 50044; also released as a 12" promo single-Warner PRO-A-1019)

The single version of "Take-A-Lickin' and Keep on Kickin'" is a vocal version that is not included on the album and has never been reissued on CD. The single version of "Shine-O-Myte (Rag Popping)" is an instrumental version which was also not included on the album or reissued on CD.