Play Me or Trade Me

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Play Me or Trade Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1980
Recorded1980
Genre Funk
Length38:39
Label Casablanca Records
Producer George Clinton, Ron Dunbar
Parlet chronology
Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers
(1979)
Play Me or Trade Me
(1980)
The Best Of Parlet featuring Parliament
(1994)
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Play Me or Trade Me is the third and final studio album by the P-Funk spin off act Parlet. The album was released by Casablanca Records in May of 1980 and was produced by George Clinton and Ron Dunbar. Like many albums released by the label during this year, it would be totally ignored in terms of promotion due to the label being bought by Polygram Records (now Universal Music). The vocal line up for this album (Jeanette Washington, Janice Evans, and Shirley Hayden) remained the same as the previous album. Play Me or Trade Me failed to enter on the Billboard R&B album charts.

Contents

Play Me or Trade Me was reissued on CD in Japan on the Casablanca/Polystar label in 1992.

Track listing

  1. "Help From My Friends" (Ron Dunbar, Tyrone Lampkin)-released as a single, NB 2293 and 12" single, NB 20220. 6:08
  2. "Watch Me Do My Thang" (Ron Dunbar, Bootsy Collins) 4:36
  3. "Wolf Tickets" (Jimmy Ali, George Clinton. Robert Johnson)-released as a single, NB 2260 and as the A-side to the single "Help From My Friends" 8:57
  4. "Play Me Or Trade Me" (Ron Dunbar, Ron Ford, George Clinton) 5:12
  5. "I'm Mo Be Hitting It" (Ron Dunbar, Garry Shider, George Clinton) 4:36
  6. "Funk Until The Edge of Time" (Steve Pannell, Jeanette Washington, Ron Dunbar) 4:49
  7. "Wonderful One" (Ron Dunbar, Cordell Mosson) 4:05

Personnel

Singles

Both tracks were released as one 12" single (Casablanca NBD 20220 DJ)

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