@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Parliament - Flash Light Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Funk, P-Funk, Plainfield, New Jersey 7/26 Matrix #: NB 909 Condition: G+, shows wear but plays fine with some surface noise (TC) | Members: Parliament (N/A) Cultural Facts:
Production Style: Bernie Worrell built the song’s famous bass line on a Minimoog synthesizer, creating a rubbery electronic sound that helped reshape funk and later hip-hop production.
Player Spotlight: Bootsy Collins was closely associated with Parliament’s bass-heavy sound, but “Flash Light” features Worrell performing the central bass part on synthesizer instead of electric bass.
Scene Ecology: “Flash Light” became one of Parliament’s defining dance-floor records and was later sampled and referenced throughout hip-hop, extending the influence of the P-Funk universe.
