Funkadelic – Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow

People need to bare in mind you’re not going to find an audiophile recording of this album. The way in which it sounds is raw, lots of feedback almost like a live performance heard many different pressings.
Not sure what it is people want it is what it is

20 bucks new, decent enough sound and I'm happy. Early Funkadelic was crazy and on a low budget.

Better than I expected...no reissue of this album will be audiophile quality due to the way this was originally mixed but I'd say this is an excellent sounding version and thankfully, very quiet pressing. The vinyl is a cool color and is nice complement to the psych/funk content...truly a mind blowing release!

This is a terribly recorded and mixed album... the pressing sounded terrible at first but i have compared to the digital versions and it is the same , the pressing does sound better if you crank it up but it always sounds muddy and the panning gets annoying

A first press maybe sounds more organic but still the mix is the mix ...

I am happy with this pressing , especially since i picked it up used for about £10

This is almost unlistenable due to the tinny production of this pressing, made worse by the album's harsh-sounding instrumentation, but I assume the original pressing had full sound. With mid-range turned down there was improvement.

Sound on this one is truly crushing and deep! Pick this up and all the other reissues before they’re all gone! The highest recommendation I could give.

Decent. £13 for a Recoed Industry pressing who do great work so its nice and quiet. Anyone moaning about this not sounding amazing needs to accept this has always been a wonderful raw mess of a record and is all the more FUNKY for it! When the Funkadelics later sound ended up clean the band lost alot of its magic imho

DEFINITIVE. I just bought sealed copies of Funkadelic’s first three albums - all three are these 1989 pressings with blank barcodes on back cover and DMC (direct mastering) in dead wax. I’m utterly blown away by sound quality. I also own clean original copies of each, but have been looking for years for high quality reissues for daily use. It seems that every reissue of these albums pressed in the last 30 years is garbage. There must be something wrong with the masters because everything that comes out is substandard.

These 1989 blank bar code DMC pressings are just as good as my original pressings. The sound is perhaps a touch less three dimensional but still quite dynamic - clearer and punchier.

If you come across a blank barcode with DMC in dead wax - buy with total confidence - the best Funkadelic reissue pressings you will ever find.

Posting this review to all three releases…

could be a better pressing, could be a worse pressing. mine didn't really have the outright flatness issue that others have described however it's definitely lacking in sound depth. for being one of the cheaper pressings you absolutely could do worse

As the comment below says, this is a weird sounding record. I would say it's almost to the point of unpleasant. The music on here is a great and while there are some good sounding moments, it often sounds quite flat which is a shame. I managed to get a NM copy for about £30 so an absolute steal based on past sales. The jacket is nice too, I like that it is laminated.