RECORDING INFO:

Dates: April 8 - May 1985
Players: Flea, Hillel Slovak, Cliff Martinez, Anthony Kiedis
Additional Performers: "The Horny Horns" (Horns), Maceo Parker (Saxophone), Larry Fratangelo (Percussion), George Clinton (Backing Vocals)
Recorded at: United Sound Studios, 5840 2nd Avenue, Detroit, MI
Produced by: George Clinton
Engineered by: Greg Ward
Mixed by: Jim Vitti, Greg Ward, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jim Bauerlin, Bruce Nazarrian
Mixed at: United Sound Studios, 5840 2nd Avenue, Detroit, MI and Gnome Sound, Detroit, MI
Released on: August 16, 1985

SONGS RECORDED:

• Jungle Man

• Hollywood (Africa)

• American Ghost Dance

• If You Want Me To Stay

• Nevermind

• Freaky Styley

• Blackeyed Blonde

• The Brothers Cup

• Battleship

• Lovin' And Touchin'

• Catholic School Girls Rule

• Sex Rap

• Thirty Dirty Birds

• Yertle the Turtle
  released on the album Freaky Styley

• Millionaires Against Hunger
  released on several Mothers Milk-era singles and the remastered version of Freaky Styley in 2003

• Stranded
  released on the Jungle Man 12" single - a different version than what appears on the demo two years earlier

• Oom Chucka Willie

• Prince Of Sadness
  leaked online as part of the Freaky Styley Session Tape - there’s a chance Prince Of Sadness is a mislabeled demo.

WORKING TITLES:

Blowjob Park = Battleship

Supposedly the band wanted to call the album Butt Seriously.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES:

Freaky Styley instrumental mixes
Unknown source. Leaked to the internet in the mid-2000s and contains rough instrumental mixes of about half the album with some minor differences, such as Hollywood having an extended ending. Also included Oom Chucka Willie, which the band had already recorded during their first demo session.

More here.

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