James Brown Collection of Mp3

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20th Century Masters

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The people who put this together placed a live version of "Give it Up, Turnit Loose" on here that I can't stand, and instead of running the full lenght "Payback" here, they have a version that fades out as if you've flipped the 45 to play part II. Irritating.

Also, they put canned applause on "Papa Don't Take No Mess". Insanity. To its credit, "Superbad" is presented in its entirety and "Make ItFunky" (What You gonna do Now?) never sounded as good here.

Songlist:
01 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pts. 1 & 2
02 - Super Bad, Pts. 1-2
03 - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing, Pts. 1 & 2
04 - Give It up or Turnit a Loose [1970 'Clap Ya Hands' Version]
05 - Hot Pants, Pt. 1
06 - Make It Funky, Pt. 1
07 - Down and Out in New York City
08 - The Payback, Pts. 1-2
09 - Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
10 - Get up Offa That Thing

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James Brown - Golden Hits

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01 - (Give It Up) Turn It Loose.mp3
02 - It's To Funkey In Here.mp3
03 - Gonna Have A Funkey Good Time.mp3
04 - Try Me.mp3
05 - Get On The Good Foot.mp3
06 - Get Up Off That Thing.mp3
07 - Georgia On My Mind.mp3
08 - Hot Pants.mp3
09 - I Got The Feeling.mp3
10 - It's A Man's Man's World.mp3
11 - Gold Sweat.mp3
12 - I Can't Stand It.mp3
13 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag.mp3
14 - I Got You (I Feel Good).mp3
15 - Please, Please, Please.mp3
16 - Jam.mp3

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James Brown - Hell

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Brown's early-'70s run of classic singles and good-to-great albums is still impressive. Hell was the double album released a year after the gold selling The Payback. To some, the title might put this effort in the realm of kitsch, but in many ways Hell was one of Brown's strongest albums.

The album was the pinnacle of his work as the Minister of the Super New New Heavy Funk. From the tough and nimble Latin rhythms of "Coldblooded," and "Sayin' It and Doin' It" to the title track, all are prime pre-disco Brown. "My Thang" is probably as hard and unrelenting as he got without spontaneously combusting. The biggest surprise of Hell is that no matter how odd the song choices seemed, practically everything worked, excluding a few key songs of course.

Both "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Stormy Monday" don't belong in James Brown's catalogue, let alone the same album. Ballad-wise, Brown fares better. "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" has him getting all warm and fuzzy as he inexplicably throws in an "I'm hurt, I'm hurt" for good measure. That song, as well as the weepers "A Man Has to Go to the Cross Road Before He Finds Himself" and "Sometime," were produced by David Matthews who could always get good ragged yet poised vocals from Brown.

Although Brown did roll snake eyes on all of side three, he did leave Hell on a good note. "Papa Don't Take No Mess" is laid-back, funky jazz that's worth each of its 13-plus minutes. Despite a few detours, Hell is worth listening to

Songlist:
01 - Coldblooded
02 - Hell
03 - My Thang
04 - Sayin' And Doin' It
05 - Please, Please, Please
06 - When The Saints Go Marchin In
07 - These Foolish Things Reming Me Of You
08 - Stormy Monday
09 - A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroad Before He Finds Himself
10 - Sometime
11 - I Can'T Stand It 76
12 - Lost Someone
13 - Don'T Tell A Lie About Me And I Won'T Tell The Truth On You
14 - Papa Don'T Take Me No Mess

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James Brown - I Got the Feelin 1968

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James Brown had just made a triumphant appearance on ABC's Hollywood Palace when he recorded one of his classic hits, "I Got the Feelin'." Still in Los Angeles following the TV performance, Brown and his band began recording the track at Vox Recording Studio in nearby Van Nuys.

His crack rhythm section was starting to hit their stride after playing on other chart-topping hits by the singer: saxman Maceo Parker, guitarists Jimmy Nolan and Alphonso Kellum, baritone sax player St. Clair Pickney, and bassist Bernard Odum. Also on the track is drummer Clyde Stubbenfield, who would play on some of Brown's key sides. The horn section included arranger Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis on alto sax, Waymom Reed, Joe Dupars, Levi Rasbury, and Al Clark.

"I Got the Feelin'" held the number one R&B spot for two weeks while reaching number six pop in spring 1968. Issued during March 1968, "I Got the Feelin'" marked many significant events in Brown's life. King Records' Syd Nathan, whom the singer credits with "giving him a chance to live his dream," died in March; one of his musical idols, singer Little Willie John, died on March 27; and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 3. Just after the killing, Brown -- in an effort to help to quell some of the resulting rioting -- gave a live TV performance in Boston and appeared on TV and radio and walked the streets in the Washington, D.C., reminding people of all of the ideals that the slain civil rights leader stood for.

The I Got the Feelin' album peaked at number eight R&B and landed at number 135 pop.

Songlist:
I Got The Feelin
Maybe Ill Understand (Part 1)
Youve Got The Power
Maybe Good Maybe Bad (Part 1)
Shhhhhhh (For A Little While)
Just Plain Funk
If I Ruled The World
Maybe Ill Undertsand (Part 2)
Stone Fox
It Wont Be Me
Maybe Good Maybe Bad (Part 2)
Here I Go

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James Brown - I Cant Stand Myself When You Touch Me

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The majority of these tracks have been reissued elsewhere, which makes this a luxury purchase mainly for the most avid Brown collector. Containing the album's 12-track original playing order (sorry, no bonus cuts) and cover art including the Vox advertisement urging, "Kids stay in school and play better." The music is unquestionably some of the funkiest recorded by Brown. "I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me," "There Was a Time," "Get It Together," and the instrumentals "Funky Soul #1," "The Soul of J. B.," and, from the pen of Brown's mentor Little Willie John, "Need Your Love So Bad."

Songlist:
01 - I Cant Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Part 1)
02 - There Was A Time
03 - Get It Together (Part 1)
04 - Baby Baby Baby Baby
05 - Time After Time
06 - The Soul Of J.B. (Inst.)
07 - I Cant Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Part 2)
08 - Get It Together (Part 2)
09 - When Did You Take Your Love Away From Me
10 - Need Your Love So Bad
11 - Youve Got To Change Your Mind
12 - Funky Soul 1

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James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)

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Although historical evaluations of Brown's work during the last half of the '60s tend to focus on the innovative funk of his biggest hit singles, his repertoire—both live and on record—in fact remained pretty versatile.

Like his other '60s studio albums, Say It Loud is more R&B/pop-conscious than a lot of listeners would expect, mixing the funky monsters "Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud" and "Licking Stick" with soul ballads.

It's a notch above similar albums from earlier in the decade, however, in that the slow numbers are usually gritty slow burns that eschew syrupy orchestration. Reissued on CD in 1996, it includes a couple of minor hits ("Goodbye My Love" and "I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry") that don't turn up on the Star Time box set. Reissued on CD in 1996.

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01 - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pts....mp3
02 - I Guess I'll Have To Cry, Cry, Cry.mp3
03 - Goodbye My Love, Pts. 1 & 2.mp3
04 - Shades Of Brown.mp3
05 - Licking Stick-Licking Stick.mp3
06 - I Love You.mp3
07 - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye.mp3
08 - Let Them Talk.mp3
09 - Maybe I'll Understand.mp3
10 - I'll Lose My Mind.mp3

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James Brown - Living In America

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Living In America is a radical update of the classic James Brown sound, utilizing '80s/'90s production styles. From synth bass lines to guest rappers, turntable scratches and programmed rhythm tracks, the album is a virtual textbook of post-hip-hop recording techniques.

This 180 degree stylistic turn could be viewed as either bold or opportunistic, depending on your inclination. You might miss the tightly-wound funk of the JB's, but you have to admire Brown for refusing to stagnate.

Regardless of the backing, it's Brown's emotive grunts, shrieks and moans that are the centerpiece here, as on any of his other albums. For the faithful, that will be enough.

Songlist:
01 Living In America
02 Can't Get Any Harder
03 Just Do It
04 Show Me
05 How Do You Stop
06 I'm Real
07 Gravity
08 (So Tired Of Standing Still We Go
09 Georgia-Lina
10 Cold Sweat

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James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits

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This is, essentially, a pared-down budget version of STAR TIME, the definitive 4-CD James Brown box also released in 1991, and no finer one-disc Brown greatest-hits album exists.

Obviously, 20 ALL TIME GREATEST HITS! doesn't include everything of note that the Godfather of Soul recorded, but it certainly gets all the high points, from gritty '50s R&B ("Please Please Please") to '60s soul hits ("Think," "Night Train," "It's a Man's World") to his underrated soundtrack work ("The Payback") to the funk explosions ("Super Bad," "Hot Pants," "Mother Popcorn") that are probably Brown's most lasting contribution to 20th century pop. If you can't afford the box set, pounce.

Songlist:
01 - I Got You (I Feel Good)
02 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1
03 - I Got The Feelin'
04 - Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1
05 - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
06 - Make It Funky, Pt. 1
07 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
08 - Think
09 - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
10 - Try Me
11 - Night Train
12 - Cold Sweat, Pt. 1
13 - Get On The Good Foot
14 - Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
15 - The Payback
16 - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1
17 - Super Bad, Pts. 1&2
18 - Hot Pants, Pt. 1
19 - Get Up Offa That Thing
20 - Please, Please, Please

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James Brown - 40th Anniversary Collection Disc 1

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James Brown's catalog was in a shambles for years, but the CD age reversed the situation to such an extent that buyers now have a wide variety of greatest-hits options to choose from. On the whole, JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection might be the best buy, cramming 40 of his biggest hit singles from 1956-1979 onto two discs. It's perhaps a little too weighted toward the '70s (which comprise all of disc two), and some decent moderate-size hits are omitted, like "Oh Baby Don't You Weep," "Bring It Up," and "Get It Together." But it does have the core classics. If you don't want to spring for the Star Time box, but want more than a single-disc collection, this is the one to have.

Songlist:
01. Please, Please, Please,
02. Try Me
03. Good Good Lovin'
04. I'll Go Crazy
05. Think
06. Lost Someone
07. Night Train
08. Prisoner Of Love
09. Out Of Sight
10. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
11. I Got You (I Feel Good)
12. It's A Man's, Man's, Man's, World
13. Money Won't Change You
14. Cold Sweat
15. There Was A Time
16. I Got The Feelin'
17. Licking Stick - Licking Stick
18. Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud
19. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
20. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Go Get Myself)
21. Mother Popcorn
22. Ain't It Funky Now

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James Brown - 40th Anniversary Collection Disc 2

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James Brown's's catalog was in a shambles for years, but the CD age reversed the situation to such an extent that buyers now have a wide variety of greatest-hits options to choose from. On the whole, JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection might be the best buy, cramming 40 of his biggest hit singles from 1956-1979 onto two discs. It's perhaps a little too weighted toward the '70s (which comprise all of disc two), and some decent moderate-size hits are omitted, like "Oh Baby Don't You Weep," "Bring It Up," and "Get It Together." But it does have the core classics. If you don't want to spring for the Star Time box, but want more than a single-disc collection, this is the one to have.

Songlist:
01. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
02. Super Bad
03. Soul Power
04. Hot Pants
05. Make It Funky
06. Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing
07. King Heroin
08. There It Is
09. Get On The Good Foot
10. Down And Out In New York
11. Doing It To Death
12. The Payback
13. Papa Don't Take No Mess
14. My Thang
15. Funky President (People It's Bad)
16. Get Up Offa That Thing
17. Bodyheat
18. It's Too Funky Here

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James Brown - Mutha's Nature

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A late lost 70's album from Mr James Brown. Not his greatest album or production (a bit muddy here and there), but there's still some decent tracks on it. There's never been a cd reissue of this, so until Polydor decides otherwise, here's a vinyl rip of it.

Songlist:
01 - Give Me Some Skin
02 - People Who Criticize
03 - Have A Happy Day
04 - Bessie
05 - If You Dont Give A Dogone About It
06 - Summertime
07 - People Wake Up And Live
08 - Take Me Higher And Groove Me

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James Brown - Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown - Unity

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The Godfather of Hip Hop meets the Godfather of Soul. This is very much a funk record, with Bambaataa and James Brown equally providing lyrics. The last track is entirely acapella, and is popular for sampling, most notably Bambaataa's line "Shake your rump-ah" used by the Beastie Boys.

A classic example of what Hip Hop was and has gone so far away from. When Hip Hop was about showing moves on the dance floor. Unity was glorified and peace the ultimate purpose. No modern Rapper could understand the genius of Bambaataa and Mr. Brown with releases such as these because their direction in there ignorance, is here on earth, or a lateral direction, while this song "Unity" is an unmistakable direction upward. Bless these guys I miss these days very much.

Songlist:
01. - Part 1 (The Third Coming)
02. - Part 2 (Because It's Coming)
03. - Part 3 (Nuclear Wild Style)
04. - Part 4 (Can You See It)
05. - Part 5 (The Light)
06. - Part 6 (World III)

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James Brown - Ain't It Funky

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Yet another killer from The Godfather, and one of his best instrumental albums of the 60s! The record has James working with the pre-JBs James Brown Band, a tight assemblage of players who really know how to craft an off-kilter groove. The guitar's popping on the beat here as much as the horns, making for a syncopated groove that's as tight as a drum! Includes some great long cuts, like the 9 minute, two-part versions of ‘Ain't It Funky’ and ‘Fat Wood’, plus some great shorter funky 45 type material, like ‘Nose Job’ (sampled by Gang Starr), ‘Use Your Mother’, ‘Give It Up Or Turnit Loose’, and a version of ‘Cold Sweat’.

Songlist:
01 - Ain't It Funky
02 - Fat Wood
03 - Cold Sweat
04 - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
05 - Nose Job
06 - Use Your Mother
07 - After You Done It

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James Brown - All Songs Considered (NPR Concert)

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Just a year before his death, the Godfather of Soul reached into his vast catalog of hit songs for a night of music, recorded live from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Hear the full performance, originally webcast live on NPR.org Dec. 28, 2005 as part of NPR Music's live concert series from All Songs Considered.

James Brown was one of the most influential artists in popular American music, often credited with turning R&B into soul and soul into funk with hits like "Please, Please, Please," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Sex Machine." He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 1992 and was a 2003 Kennedy Center honoree.

The opening act, Chuck Brown, is a native of Washington, D.C. and known as the father of "go-go" music. It's a musical hybrid Brown says is "slower and funkier" than disco, but beat-driven with Latin-flavored congos and cowbells. Performed live, the songs roll into one another, offering an almost continuous beat with plenty of audience participation.

Songlist:
Gonna Have a Funky Good Time
Try Me
Shoot
Hot Pants
My Momma Said (Instrumental)
Every Beat Of My Heart (Instrumental)
The Night Time Is The Right Time
Medly:
(Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
I Love You Too Much
It's Too Funky In Here
Hold On I'm Coming)
Living In America
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World
I Want To Scream
I Feel Good
Get On Up

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James Brown - Ballads

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The mood of "Ballads" is consistent and all the songs invite you into a beautiful mood of romantic contemplation. I will admit when I hear "These Foolish Things" I get a little swept away.

James Brown's voice has such a depth of feeling and soul it is at times overwhelmingly beautiful. For someone to feel so deeply is in itself a thing of beauty and then to be able to express your desires and longings with such perfect clarity is stunning. This intimacy in his songs on this album invite you into a world you always felt you belonged to, but couldn't find on your own.

If James Brown's music has been a part of the soundtrack of your life, I think this album is especially meaningful. The selections not only capture the depth of the human emotional experience, the lyrics speak the soul's truth. In "Lost Someone" you can feel this complexity and heartache. James Brown's music is a comfort to the heart and I think this album is an especially beautiful legacy of love.

Songlist:
01 Prisoner of Love
02 These Foolish Things (non-LP)
03 Lost Someone (Strings Version)
04 So Long (Version 2)
05 Bewildered (Strings Version)
06 I Don't Mind
07 Try Me (Strings Version)
08 I Wanna Be Around
09 I Loves You Porgy
10 Cottage For Sale
11 That's My Desire (New Mix)
12 I Guess I'll Have To Cry Cry Cry
13 It's A Man's Man's Man's World
14 Georgia On My Mind (Spoken Intro Version)
15 If I Ruled The World
16 I Cried (non-LP)
17 Sometime (Original Single Version)
18 A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads (Undubbed Version)

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James Brown - Black Caesar

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Overall, for some reason a lot of die hard JB fans aren't crazy about this album, but I think it was a nice showcase for both JB and Fred Wesley. In fact, a lot of JBs albums featured one or two hard hitting tracks, and a bunch of corn... its the compilations that give you the impression that he was pure funk. This album, compared to some others then, is actually relatively hard hitting. On the other hand, if you haven't dug the James Brown Funky People compilations... and are really looking for some heavy funk... Go There !

Songlist:
01 - Down And Out In New York City
02 - Blind Man Can See It
03 - Sportin' Life
04 - Dirty Harri
05 - The Boss
06 - Make It Good To Yourself
07 - Mama Feelgood
08 - Mama'S Dead
09 - White Lightning (I Mean Moonshine)
10 - Chase
11 - Like It Is, Like It Was

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James Brown - Cold Sweat (1967)

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If "Cold Sweat" was a revolutionary single in 1967, clearly pointing the way to funk music, the Cold Sweat LP at least promised to be something new in James Brown's catalog as well. Where Brown's albums had been collections containing his current single and miscellaneous older tracks, this one proclaimed on its cover, "All New," "Great Songs," "Never In," "An Album."

This was not quite true. While half of the tracks had been recorded during the first half of 1967, the other half (though previously unreleased) dated from 1964. That wasn't the main problem with the album, though.

Having taken a giant step forward with "Cold Sweat," Brown spent the rest of the album stepping back, covering standards such as "Nature Boy" and "Mona Lisa" (associated with Nat King Cole), "Fever" (Little Willie John), "Stagger Lee" (Lloyd Price), and other oddities, including "I Loves You Porgy" from Porgy & Bess. Brown was never anybody's idea of a smooth ballad singer, and this material was all the more incongruous when packaged with his most remarkable slab of funk yet.

Songlist:
01 - Cold Sweat (Part 1)
02 - Cold Sweat (Part 2)
03 - Kansas City
04 - Fever
05 - Stagger Lee
06 - Good Rockin Tonight
07 - Mona Lisa
08 - I Want To Be Around
09 - Nature Boy
10 - Come Rain Or Come Shine
11 - I Loves You Porgy
12 - Back Stabbin'

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James Brown - Dynamite X (2007)

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James Brown represented what may well be the greatest and yet most contradictory career in the history of pop. His most enduring invention was undoubtedly the music we now know as funk
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In the mid-sixties, James Brown ignited a pop music revolution with the release of "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag." He followed through with classics such as "I Got You", "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose", "Sex Machine", "Super Bad" and many more, effectively bringing the whole thing home. Music shaped by melody gave way to music dominated by rhythm; as dry as it may sound, this in fact marked the birth of modern dance music and would decisively influence generations of music lovers.

In 2006, a select group of international producers, musicians and DJs set out to pay tribute to "Soul Brother Number One." For once "The Hardest Working Man In Show Business" was able to kick back and let others do the work. The result of this project is a collection of fascinating remixes of James Brown's classic hits. The variety of approaches in these reworkings is outstanding; each artist explores his own personal "James Brown cosmos" and leaves behind an exceptional musical fingerprint. "It's got to be funky!"

"Sex Machine" was more than just a musical milestone; it manifested something in our collective consciousness on a par with the first moon landing. Many pop stars are products of their times, real pop stars embody their times. "He was ecstatic. He had transformed a single groove into a piece of gold." (Alan M. Leeds)

Reworking James Brown's classics such as "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose", "Super Bad", "Soul Power", etc., as well as "Sex Machine" of course, was definitely a challenge. For James Brown / "Dynamite X", producers, musicians and DJs like dZihan & Kamien, ex-UFO founder Toshio Matsuura and many others have each created their own very personal homage to James Brown and his music.

Songlist:
01. Sex Machine (Readymade Jazz Defector)
02. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (dZihan & Kamien Remix)
03. Call Me Super Bad (Cay Taylan Remix)
04. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Fantasista Re-Formation)
05. Funky Drummer (Listen To The Muro Mix)
06. Cold Sweat (Captain Funk Dry Mix)
07. Sunny (Funk Master J.B. vs Funk Master J.S. Hardboiled Remix)
08. Soul Power (Jungle Funk Mix)
09. Get On The Good Foot (Mr. Drunk Remix)
10. Soul Power (Co-Fusion Mix)
11. Call Me Super Bad (Cornelius Rework)

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James Brown - Everybody's Doin' the Hustle

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After disco broke, Brown's albums mostly ranged from inconsistent to awful, but this set distills his declining years into two totally solid discs. He struggles fascinatingly with new slang and the new rhythms people were dancing to, even while almost accidentally inventing some of his own; he cops a riff from Bowie's "Fame," remakes his old tunes, takes a few stabs at ultraslick disco, and finally throws his hands up and settles in for extended funk vamps, driven by playfulness rather than urgency.Guitarist Jimmy Nolen is the secret force behind these small delights, underscoring everything with pungent, slightly atonal funk riffs.

Songlist:
01 - Hustle (Dead On It)
02 - Papas Got A Brand New Bag
03 - Your Love
04 - Turn On The Heat And Build Some Fire
05 - Superbad Superslick
06 - Calm And Cool
07 - Kansas City

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James Brown - James Brown & His Famous Flames - Try Me (1959)

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When James Brown and His Famous Flames finally scored a second hit with their 11th single, "Try Me," King Records constructed this 16-track LP, including the hit along with both sides of three of its follow-ups, "I Want You So Bad"/"There Must Be a Reason," "I've Got to Change"/"It Hurts to Tell You," and "Got to Cry"/"It Was You"; the B-side of a fourth follow-up, "Don't Let It Happen to Me"; the 1957 single "Can't Be the Same"/"Gonna Try"; the 1957 B-sides "I Won't Plead No More" and "Messing With the Blues"; the B-side of Brown's first hit ("Please Please Please"), "Why Do You Do Me"; and three other stray tracks.

The earliest work especially sounded more like that of a doo wop group rather than that of a gritty R&B solo singer. None of it measured up to "Try Me," but you could see what Brown had been aiming at, and if the set list comprised what were in effect James Brown's greatest flops, circa 1959, it demonstrated that he possessed as much promise as fervor.

Songlist:
01. Try Me
02. (You Made Me Love You) I Want You So Bad
03. I Wont Plead No More
04. There Must Be A Reason
05. Why Do You Do Me
06. Ive Got To Cry
07. Fine Old Foxy Self
08. Strange Things Happen
09. Messing With The Birds
10. It Was You
11. Ive Got To Change
12. Cant Be The Same
13. It Hurts To Tell You
14. Youre Mine Youre Mine
15. Gonna Try
16. Dont Let It Happen To Me

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James Brown - Funk Power

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Somewhere in my old vinyl collection is a JB compilation issued in the early '80's entitled "Can Your Heart Stand It?" That would have made a better parenthetical title for this disk: Heart conditions and pacemakers would be severely tested by daring to listen to this--because there's absolutely no choice in the matter: You Must and you Will get on up and get into it!

I mean, people, this cd does not stop; it's just one hard-hitting groove after another. The only tempo breaks are the few seconds between tracks--and those'll do you no good unless you have a superhuman ability to stop on a dime. Another reviewer mentioned the full-length version of "Talking Loud And Saying Nothing" as one of the highlights; I concur heartily..

I also love the full, nearly ten-minute version of "Super Bad," which, along with a relentless groove, features a couple of the most gut-splitting high-pitched screams the Godfather ever uttered. Even the anti-drug PSA is supported by the JB's getting and staying on a groove while the Minister tells you why you should stay away from the stuff.

Oh yes, you do get a few seconds to catch your breath at the beginning of the alternate version of "Sex Machine"--but you will hear James moving what sounds like a metal-legged kitchen chair out of his way, so he can do his thang yet again. ...

Songlist:
01 - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
02 - Super Bad
03 - Since You Been Gone
04 - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
05 - There Was A Time (I Got Move)
06 - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing
07 - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
08 - Soul Power
09 - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
10 - Fight Against Drug Abuse - Public Service Announcement
11 - Bonus - Super Bad (Parts 1 & 2)

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James Brown - Funky Christmas

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One doesn't generally associate the Godfather of Soul with Christmas music, but in fact, James Brown recorded a fair amount of yuletide offerings. This collection of seasonal soul draws its selections mainly from 1968's SOULFUL CHRISTMAS and 1966's JAMES BROWN AND HIS FAMOUS FLAMES SING CHRISTMAS SONGS. This is no schmaltzy holiday fare, though. Though Brown takes a turn at the venerated "Christmas Song," most of the tunes here are original compositions that bear his unmistakable mark.

"Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" (one of Brown's many contenders for best song title of all time) injects a socially conscious message into the proceedings. The blues track "Merry Christmas Baby" turns out to be a natural for Brown, who does his best slow burn on the tune. The lengthy "Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year" is a tour de force that features a spoken message from Brown, who revels in the joys of Christmas and urges his listeners to put some genuine thought and emotion into their holiday rituals.Compilation featuring 14 funky Yuletide tunes by the Godfather of Soul, including 'Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto', 'Christmas In Heaven' and 'Please Come Home For Christmas'.

At his superstar peak in the 1960s and early '70s, Brown tried to appeal to several constituencies on his many LPs, and the Christmas market was not neglected. Indeed, for a while he was on a regular schedule -- this 17-track compilation includes selections from seasonal albums cut by J.B. in 1966, 1968, and 1970. Spectrum. 2005.

Songlist:
01 - Go Power At Christmas Time
02 - Let's Unite The Whole World At Christmas
03 - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
04 - Merry Christmas Baby
05 - Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year
06 - Soulful Christmas
07 - The Christmas Song - Version 1
08 - Sweet Little Baby Boy
09 - Christmas Is Love
10 - Please Come Home For Christmas
11 - Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay
12 - Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)
13 - Santa Claus, Santa Claus
14 - Merry Christmas, I Love You
15 - Signs Of Christmas
16 - Christmas In Heaven
17 - Hey America

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James Brown - Funky Goodtime

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Songlist:
01 - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
02 - Super Bad
03 - Disco Rap
04 - Turn It Loose (Give It Up)
05 - It's Too Funky In Here
06 - Gonna Have A Funky Good Time
07 - Try Me
08 - I Got The Feeling
09 - Get On The Good Foot
10 - Prisoner Of Love
11 - Get Up Offa That Thing
12 - Georgia On My Mind
13 - Cold Sweat
14 - When You Touch Me (I Can't Stand Myself)
15 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
16 - I Got You (I Feel Good)

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James Brown - Funky Men

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This pleasantly surprised me. The audio quality is spectacular: crisp, clear, and with a strong bass end. The music also surprised me, most of it is well worth hearing. In fact, given that most of this material comes from the late '70s and early '80s, a lot of it would've been right at home on the "Dead on the Heavy Funk" 2-cd collection.

There are a couple of funky tunes from Bobby Byrd, particularly "Headquarters" and "Back from the Dead." I think Byrd is great, and vastly underrated, so if you feel the same way I highly recommend this for these tracks alone.

One track that was on the "Dead on the Heavy Funk" set is "Rapp Payback," though here it is featured in it's preferred version: the full 14 minute version. A couple tracks from "Dead on the Heavy Funk" are here, though very notably different - and better!- versions: "Bessie" and "Nature." "Nature," especially, is particularly stanky-- I love it!

Another highlight: a tune called "Stay With Me," which features a great vocal from Mr. Brown. This song is surely a high point from this era in his career.

Just keep in mind, among the tunes sung by James and Byrd, there are tracks sung by other members of the JBs, well as instrumentals. If you're specifically looking only for James Brown-sung tunes, this isn't the best compilation. But for hardcore JB fans, it really is worth purchasing.

Songlist:
01 - Rap Pay Back Part 1
02 - Prisoner Of Love
03 - Stay With Me
04 - Mashed Potatoe Time
05 - The Right Time
06 - Bring It On
07 - Honky Tonk
08 - You Cant Keep A Goodman Down
09 - Funky Men
10 - Smoking And Drinking
11 - Sex Machine
12 - Brand New Bag

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James Brown - Get On The Good Foot

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James Brown, like Johnny Cash, has more greatest hits albums than actual studio albums. So when you can find an actual studio album, you should get it. And this is an actual studio album. And it happens to be filled with some of his greatest hits, some of which are actually different versions than you may have heard already. One of the tracks, Funky Side of Town, isn't a greatest hit, but should be. It may be one of the first "shout out" songs ever recorded even. JB even gives a shout out to Johnny Cash ("Nashville Johnny Cashville"). If you love James Brown and old school JB's, then get this.

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Songlist:
01 - Get On The Good Foot (Parts 1 And 2)
02 - The Whole World Needs Liberation
03 - Your Love Was Good For Me3
04 - Cold Sweat
05 - Recitation By Hank Ballard
06 - I Got A Bag Of My Own
07 - Nothing Beats A Try But A Fail
08 - Lost Someone-Dnh
09 - Funky Side Of Town
10 - Please, Please
11 - Aint It A Groove
12 - My Part-Make It Funky (Parts 3 And 4)
13 - Dirty Harri
14 - I Know It'S True

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James Brown - Gettin' Down To It

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A great little album by James Brown -- and very different than his other work! He cut this one with the groovy Dee Felice Trio -- a jazz-based combo that he recorded on their own for King, on another very rare, very excellent record.

The band's in similar form here, although not necessarily as funky -- and they do a great job of giving James' vocals a jazzy twist that they don't have on other albums -- proving yet again that The Godfather can handle just about any sort of groove that he wants! Features a wonderfully groover version of "Sunny", which moves along very nicely -- plus remakes of "There Was A Time" and "Cold Sweat", along with the tracks "Uncle" and "That's Life".

Songlist:
01 - Sunny
02 - That'S Life
03 - Strangers In The Night
04 - Willow Weep For Me
05 - Cold Sweat
06 - There Was A Time (Instru)
07 - Chicago
08 - I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
09 - Time After Time
10 - All The Way
11 - It Had To Be You
12 - (Trio) Uncle

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James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose Cd 2

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Songlist:
01 - Introduction Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
02 - It's Too Funky In Here
03 - Doing It To Death
04 - Try Me
05 - Get On The Good Foot
06 - Get Up Offa That Thing
07 - Georgia On My Mind
08 - Hot Pants
09 - I Got The Feelin'
10 - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
11 - Cold Sweat
12 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
13 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
14 - I Got You (I Feel Good)
15 - Please, Please, Please
16 - Jam

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James Brown - Godfather of Soul

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Songlist:
01. - Papa's got a brand new bag
02. - I got you (I feel good)
03. - It's a man's man's man's world
04. - Please please please
05. - Think
06. - Night train
07. - Cold sweat
08. - Give it up or turn it a loose
09. - Funky drummer pts 1&2
10. - Get up, I feel like being a sex machine
11. - Soul power
12. - Get on the good foot
13. - Doing it to death
14. - Get up offa that thing
15. - It's too funky in here
16. - Living in america
17. - Super bad
18. - The boss

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James Brown - Gravity

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Brown didn't have much to do with this album; everything was written and produced by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, and James overdubbed his vocals when everything was finished.

This contains his last well-known hit, "Living In America," and the ballad "How Do You Stop?," later covered by Joni Mitchell (!) The sound is typical 80s pop, lots of pounding drum machines, slap bass and synths; guests include Maceo Parker, who lends his customary sound to the retro "Dr. Feelgood

Songlist:
01 - Gravity
03 - How Do You Stop ?
04 - Turn Me Loose, I'm Dr Feelgood
05 - Living In America
06 - Goliath
07 - Repeat The Beat (Faith)
08 - Return To Me

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James Brown - Grits and Soul (1964)

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Grits and Soul finds James Brown in serious Ray Charles mode, drawing inspiration from Charles' big band and organ playing. The results are pure James Brown, of course; his personality has always been too strong to allow any one influence to achieve top billing. Like Brother Ray, the band is razor sharp, no doubt from the endless one-nighters, and the strong hand of their leader.

The jazz backgrounds of most of the players are in evidence here, especially on their steady if unspectacular take of Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder." Where they really shine is on "Grits," a slow, throbbing, burbling blues that continually threatens to boil over before simmering down. Guitarist Les Buie's tasteful solo acts as a counterpoint to the wild organ solo by Alvin "Fats" Gonder. James Brown also plays organ on Grits and Soul, but this solo seems almost refined when compared to Brown's individualistic take on the instrument.

This is a strong representation of the band, including many of the players soon to be name-checked during the "Soul Brother Number One" career phase who are present here, including Bernard Odum, Maceo Parker, and his brother Melvin. "Grits & Soul" was also a slick way for Brown to sidestep his contractual obligations with King Records, as there are no vocals on this release.

Songlist:
01 - Grits
02 - Tempted
03 - There
04 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
05 - Infatuation
06 - Wee Wee
07 - Mister Hip

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James Brown - Hot Pants

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Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh - Hot Pants! Nobody but James Brown could make a great song about hot pants. Thing is. James Brown could make a great song about mouthwash or high-heeled shoes or sweet potato pie. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh sweet'tato pie! Gotta have it/in the mornin' uh/late at night/ain't it good to ya. Brown's lyrics are secondary to his Sound and their force as words with literal (literary) meaning is negligible compared to their more evocative, allusive, poetic qualities and their power as immediate sounds.

Mel Watkins writes in his essay on Brown's lyrics in Amistad 2: "... The artistry of James Brown is epitomized by the guttural grunt (uh, uh) or the equally familiar cry of 'oo-wee' that punctuates practically every song he has recorded. In those simple, primal utterances Brown comes nearer his poetic goal than in any of his more elaborate lyrics. For there, he is not singing about black life he is black life."So "Hot Pants" (subtitled "She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants") begins not only with the image of hot pants (there they are filling up the album's back cover: red knit stretched taut over a plump, round ass) but with JB's double-punch delivery of the words.

The gritty relish of his opening shout, repeated with the same sweaty excitement every time hot pants are mentioned, sets the tone and the "sense" of the song. The 8:42 of the extended cut are filled with repetitions both musical and lyrical. There is no lyric line or story, only free-association: "Stand up baby let me see where you're comin' from ... The girl over there with the hot pants on She can do the funky broadway all night long.
"A James Brown Production" with his smiling face on the label even is hard to take seriously. Which is fine. It's one of the most enjoyable albums in years, and I've had a hard time staying seated long enough to write this review. <I>Hot Pants!</I>

Songlist:
01 - Blues & Pants
02 - I Can't Stand It
03 - Escape-Ism, Pt. 1
04 - Escape-Ism, Pt. 2
05 - Hot Pants
06 - Escape-Ism [Complete Take]

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James Brown - In The Jungle Groove

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This brilliant single-disc compilation focuses on the pinnacle of James Brown's achievements: the dance music he made between 1969 and 1971, when he defined the state
of the art of rhythm, again and again and again. You may think you already know "Funky Drummer" just because you've heard the rhythm sampled on a thousand hip-hop tracks, but if you've never heard the full nine-minute jam, you need to.

Brown leads the band through a sinuous groove, punctuated by horn blasts and his own grunts, pulling on the rhythm like it was Silly Putty, seeing how far he can stretch the groove and still retain its feel. When he finally lets Clyde Stubblefield take the drum break, it's as pure a moment of release as you'll find in recorded music.

Nothing could stop Brown in these three years, not even having most of his band quit. Almost every track here clocks in between six and nine minutes, and all have an awesome, unstoppable propulsion.

Whenever Brown stops the groove for a breakdown, whether it's on "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" or "Get Up, Get Into It and Get Involved," it feels like he has ordered the ocean to stop crashing onto the beach. And, of course, the ocean obeys.

Songlist:
01 - It's A New Day
02 - Funky Drummer
03 - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Remix)
04 - I Got To Move (Previously Unreleased)
05 - Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)
06 - Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing (Remix)
07 - Get Up, Get Into It & Get Involved
08 - Soul Power (Re-Edit)
09 - Hot Pants

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James Brown - It's a Man's Man's Man's World

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In the early '60s, James Brown tended to release two vocal albums a year, one in the summer and one in the winter. Each album was keyed to Brown's latest hit single, with the remainder of the record made up of previous Brown recordings; Brown did not record LPs as such.

As late as mid-1966, this was still the case, and this album differed only in that it featured not only the title track, an R&B number one/pop Top Ten hit, and its B-side, "Is It Yes or Is It No?," but also an earlier 1966 single, "Ain't That a Groove (Part 1 and Part 2)," along with eight oldies, such as "Bewildered" and "I Don't Mind" (two 1961 singles). As such, there was slightly more contemporary material here than usual, but at the same time, Brown's evolution into his funk period was beginning to make the juxtapositions of new and old material more jarring.

Songlist:
01 - The Scratch
02 - It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World
03 - Bewildered
04 - Is It Yes Or Is It No?
05 - Ain't That A Groove (Part 1)
06 - The Bells
07 - Ain't That A Groove (Part 2)
08 - Come Over Here
09 - In The Wee Wee Hours
10 - I Don't Mind
11 - Just You Me, Darling
12 - I Love You, Yes I Do

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James Brown - It's A Mother

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A definite mother from James Brown -- the kind of all-funky album that few of his contemporaries could ever hope to match! If you've ever doubted the sheer raw power of James at the end of the 60s, the first few notes of this one will definitely make you a convert -- and the stretched-out grooves as the album rolls on will pull you even further into the fold.

Most tracks roll on with that improvised studio jamming style that James was hitting at the time -- a pre-JBs mode that's not as long as later years, but which still makes you feel that there probably was plenty more recorded on the dates that didn't make it into the two-part versions of the tracks!

And although James is singing on most numbers, the real focus is more on the band -- hitting hard, vamping sharp, and grooving massively under shouted calls and directions from Brown. Titles include two great instrumentals -- "Popcorn With a Feeling" and "Top of the Stack" -- plus "Little Groove Maker Me (parts 1 & 2)", "Mother Popcorn (parts 1 & 2)", "Mashed Potato Popcorn (parts 1 & 2)", "Any Day Now", "You're Still Out Of Sight", and "I'm Shook" -- as well as the great mellower number "If I Ruled The World" -- redone here as an African-American anthem of pride and power!

Songlist:
01 - Mother Popcorn (Part 1)
02 - Mother Popcorn (Part 2)
03 - Mashed Potato Popcorn (Part 1)
04 - Mashed Potato Popcorn (Part 2)
05 - I'm Shook
06 - Popcorn With A Feeling (Instrumental)
07 - The Little Groove Maker Me (Parts 1 And 2)
08 - Any Day Now
09 - If I Ruled The World
10 - You're Still Out Of Sight
11 - Top Of The Stack (Instrumental)

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James Brown - It's Too Funky In Here

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Songlist:
01. Introduction - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
02. It's Too Funky In Here
03. Doing It To Death
04. Try Me
05. Get On The Good Foot
06. Get Up Offa That Thing
07. Georgia On My Mind
08. Hot Pants
09. I Got The Feelin
10. It's A Mans Mans Mans World
11. Cold Sweat
12. I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
13. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
14. I Got You I Feel Good
15. Please Please Please
16. Jam

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James Brown -Jazz (2007)

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James Brown fans might wonder at the title and at the fact that this posthumous collection is issued on Verve, the classic jazz label, but one listen through these 12 cuts will answer any questions. The Godfather was the king of soul and the architect of funk, but he also had a yen for jazzier flavors, as this excellent swinging set demonstrates.

Brown helms dynamic takes on contemporary jazz tunes (Cannonball Adderley's "Tengo Tango" and Joe Zawinul's "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)," among others), as well as revitalizing much-loved standards like "That's My Desire." The material ranges through the 1960s and '70s, and features a number of alternate mixes and singles edits, some of which have never seen the light of day (making the set a must for Brown collectors).

Songlist:
01 - Thats My Desire (Vocal)
02 - After Youre Through (Extended Vesion)
03 - Tengo Tango (Previously Unreleased)
04 - Home At Last (Vocal)
05 - All About My Girl
06 - There (Previously Unreleased Version)
07 - All The Way (Vocal)
08 - Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
09 - What Do You Like (Previously Unreleased Stereo Single Edit)
10 - Cottage For Sale (Vocal)
11 - Go On Now
12 - For Once In My Life (Vocal)

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James Brown - Live at Chastain Park [2006]

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Songlist:
01 - Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
02 - It's Too Funky in Here
03 - Doing It to Death
04 - Try Me
05 - Get on the Good Foot
06 - Get Up Offa That Thing
07 - Georgia on My Mind
08 - Hot Pants
09 - I Got the Feelin'
10 - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World
11 - Cold Sweat
12 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
13 - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
14 - I Got You (I Feel Good)
15 - Please, Please, Please
16 - Jam

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James Brown - Live At The Apollo Theatre (1968) Part 1

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Do not mistake this for the much more historically important earlier Live At The Apollo release. This is a two-record set on one CD, packed with overlong emotive ballads ("Prisoner Of Love") and show tunes ("That's Life"). Uptempo numbers like "I Got You (I Feel Good)" are reduced to unsatisfying 30-second snippets. But Brown makes it all worthwhile with incredible rhythm guitar-driven funk on side two building to an unforgettable audience participation bit ("There Was A Time"/"I Feel Alright").

Songlist:
01 - Introduction
02 - Think (Vocal Duett With Mara Withney)
03 - I Want To Be Around (Violin Accomp. By Sylvia Medford)
04 - Thanks
05 - That's Live (Violin Accomp. By Sylvia Medford)
06 - Kansas City
07 - Let Yourself Go
08 - There Was A Time
09 - I Feel All Right
10 - Cold Sweat

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James Brown -Live At The Apollo Theatre (1968) Part 2

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Do not mistake this for the much more historically important earlier Live At The Apollo release. This is a two-record set on one CD, packed with overlong emotive ballads ("Prisoner Of Love") and show tunes ("That's Life"). Uptempo numbers like "I Got You (I Feel Good)" are reduced to unsatisfying 30-second snippets. But Brown makes it all worthwhile with incredible rhythm guitar-driven funk on side two building to an unforgettable audience participation bit ("There Was A Time"/"I Feel Alright").

Songlist:
01 - It May Be The Last Time
02 - I Feel Good (I Got You)
03 - Prisoner Of Love
04 - Out Of Sight
05 - Try Me
06 - Bring It Up
07 - It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World
08 - Lost Someone (Medley)
09 - Please, Please, Please

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James Brown - Live At The Apollo

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Live At The Apollo is more than a pop phenomenon. it is a document of one of America's greatest performers at the peak of his artistic powers. Brown's singing is orgasmic--just listen to the opening squeal on "I Go Crazy"--and the intensity never lets up. Brown drives his crack band through breakneck versions of early hits before dragging them through the 11-minute bump-and-grind of "Lost Someone," the high point of a show that is nothing but high points. Decades later, this is still one of the greatest live albums of all-time.

Songlist:
01 - Theatre Introduction By Fats Gonder & Opening Fanfare
02 - I'll Go Crazy
03 - Try Me
04 - Instrumental Bridge #1
05 - Think
06 - Instrumental Bridge #2
07 - Lost Someone
08 - Instrumental Bridge #3
09 - Medley Of Please Please Please & You've Got The Power Etc
10 - Night Train Closing
11 - I Don't Mind

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James Brown - Live In Concert 1995

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Songlist:
01 - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
02 - It's Too Funky In Here
03 - Doing It To Death (Gonna Have A 04 - Funky Good Time)
05 - Try Me
06 - Get On The Good Foot
07 - Prisoner Of Love
08 - Get Up Offa That Thing
09 - Georgia On My Mind
10 - I Got The Feelin'
11 - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
12 - Super Bad
13 - Disco Rap
14 - Cold Sweat
15 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
16 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
I Got You (I Feel Good)

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James Brown - Live Onstage At Studio 54

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Legendary Godfather still manages to live up to his rep as the "hardest working man in show-business." With an active repertoire of leg-splits and lightning quick dance steps, Brown always puts on a yeoman performance, featuring a healthy dose of his greatest hits like ‘It’s Too Funky In Here’, ‘Gonna Have A Funky Good Time’, ‘Cold Sweat’, ‘Get On The Good Foot’ and a ‘Remember 1965’ medley of ‘Poppa’s Got A Brand New Bag’ and ‘I Feel Good’.

Songlist:
01 - Gonna Have A Funky Good Time (Doing It To Death)
02 - Get Up Off A That Thing
03 - Get Up Offa That Thing
04 - Sex Machine
05 - Try Me
06 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
07 - Get On The Good Foot
08 - Medley: It's A Man's Man's Man's World/Lost Someone
09 - I Got The Feelin'
10 - Cold Sweat
11 - Please, Please, Please
12 -Jam
13 - Medley: Payback/It’s Too Funky In Here

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James Brown - Mixtape On Triple J Radio (4-2-06)

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The Godfather of soul, James Brown came to Australia in Feb 05 to play at the Good Vibrations festival, so we're celebrating with the James Brown mixtape on triple j. You'll hear a mix of all of James' greatest hits, from 'Please, Please, Please' to 'Funky Drummer' to 'I Got You (I Feel Good)'. You won't be able to stop your feet from dancing!

Songlist:
It’s A New Day (intro)
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)
Cold Sweat
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
Make It Funky
Soul Power
Mother Popcorn
I Got Ants In My Pants
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
It’s A Man Man Man’s World
Hot Pants
Funky Drummer
The Payback
The Grunt
Super Bad
Get Up Off That Thing
You Can Have Watergate…
Get On The Good Foot
Say It Loud (I’m Black & I’m Proud)
There It Is
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
Cold Sweat (reprise)
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (reprise)
I Got You (I Feel Good)

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James Brown - Motherlode

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James Brown's most groundbreaking period, 1968-72 or so, has always been a little under-appreciated and the world is still learning how important his work at that time truly was. Of course, during these years James was almost single-handedly inventing funk, with some of the most relentless and tightest bands the world has ever seen.

Even the unreleased outtakes were still extremely influential to large chunks of the music world. This is a remastered reissue of a compilation that was put together in 1988, which in turn collected outtakes from the funk years. Here we can see the building blocks of all funk to come, as later musicians built entire empires on the ideas that James starts here.

Songlist:
01 - There It Is (Live At The Apollo 1972)
02 - She's The One
03 - Since You've Been Gone
04 - Untitled Instrumental
05 - Say It Loud (Say It Live)
06 - Can I Get Some Help
07 - You Got To Have A Mother For Me
08 - Funk Bomb (Instrumental)
09 - Baby Here I Come
10 - People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix)
11 - I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance) (Remix)
12 - You've Changed
13 - Bodyheat (Alternate Mix)

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James Brown - Number 1s (2007)

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James Brown's back catalog is one of the biggest, craziest, and most complicated in the history of the music business -- as befits someone whose run of charted singles matched that of Elvis or Fats Domino, there's a lot to sift through. Yet you could hardly do better than to steer young or otherwise interested fans to this single-disc overview of Soul Brother Number One and his output, which was absolutely essential to the maturation of R&B and the creation of both soul and funk.

That said, it's his funk output that's mostly spotlighted here: anyone looking for "Please Please Please" or something off of Live At The Apollo will have to shell out a few extra bucks for some of the larger compilations. "Try Me" and "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" fit in nicely at the beginning of this CD with his early experiments in inverting the rock and roll beat, but from then on it's all about the one and the three -- a cornucopia of funk's greatest grooves, from "Sex Machine" to "My Thang" to "Hot Pants," all in their original one-part 45 single versions so you can get used to the beat without getting bogged down in it.

If all this means next to nothing to you, worry not: you actually know more of these grooves than you realize, as James has been endlessly featured on movie soundtracks and sampled by hip-hop's greatest hitmakers. Once you digest this, you can pick up Apollo, the Foundations of Funk series, or even Star Time to get the other pieces of the puzzle. One disc can't hope to sum him up, but hey: they didn't call him The Hardest Working Man in Show Business for nothing.

Songlist:
01 - Papas Got A Brand New Bag
02 - I Got You (I Feel Good)
03 - Try Me
04 - Its A Mans Mans Mans World
05 - Cold Sweat
06 - I Got The Feelin
07 - Say It Loud - Im Black And Im Proud
08 - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
09 - Mother Popcorn
10 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
11 - Super Bad Parts 1 And 2
12 - Hot Pants
13 - Make It Funky
14 - Talkin Loud And Sayin Nothing
15 - Get On The Good Foot
16 - Doing It To Death (With Fred Wesley And The Jbs)
17 - The Payback
18 - My Thang
19 - Papa Dont Take No Mess

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Out Of Sight (1964)

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Smash Records first released this collection in 1964 when James Brown made his highly publicized moved from the King label. An odd album; outside of a few funky numbers, the material consists of standards -- songs more commonly sung by Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, such as "I Wanna Be Around," "Mona Lisa," "Come Rain or Shine," "Nature Boy," and others.

Brown does a good job; the man could actually sing ballads -- in the '50s and early '60s he made a reputation singing about love changes and could make you cry with his touching deliveries. But this was 1964, and Brown had a brand-new thing in the form of "Out of Sight," a horn-blaring, rhythmic dancefloor jam that he implodes on. For some reason, Smash put "Maybe the Last Time," one of Brown's best songs, on the flip side, but it was so dominant that it surfaced and became a staple of his concerts. Only three other cuts funk: "Somethin' Else," an early version of "I Got You," and "Good Rockin' Tonight."

Songlist:
01 - Out Of Sight
02 - Come Rain Or Come Shine
03 - Good Rockin' Tonight
04 - Till Then
05 - Nature Boy
06 - I Wanna Be Around
07 - I Got You
08 - Maybe The Last Time
09 - Mona Lisa
10 - I Love You Porgy
11 - Only You
12 - Somethin' Else

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James Brown - Reality

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Brown was riding a serious bummer throughout 1974, and his view of Reality is harsh: plant closings, drugs, violence, despair. But it doesn't stop him from writing one kinetic, funky dance groove after another (title track, "Funky President," "Check Your Body").

The odd touch on this record is a wide-ranging batch of cover tunes, from Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" to the Briscusse show tune "Who Can I Turn To" to the blues "Further On Up The Road" to an unrecognizable rendition of Hank Ballard's "The Twist."

He doesn't have much vocal technique in any traditional sense, but somehow he pulls off these disparate genres with nothing but his compelling sense of urgency. Listenable all the way through, without any of the irritating tracks that James was prone to in this period.

Songlist:
01 - Reality
02 - Funky President (People It's Bad)
03 - Further On Up The Road
04 - Check Your Body
05 - Don't Fence Me In
06 - All For One
07 - I'm Broken Hearted
08 - The Twist
09 - Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

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James Brown - Revolution of the Mind

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Subtitled "Recorded Live at the Apollo, Vol. III," Revolution of the Mind presents a 1971 James Brown concert performance, which means the set list is given over largely to the singles Brown had released over the previous couple of years, including "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose," "Super Bad," and "Make It Funky," all of them groove tunes with chanted slogans for lyrics, plus a medley of slightly less recent hits and the occasional real oldie, such as "Try Me."

Brown concentrates on communicating with his audience, generating female screams, for example, when he comes out against dieting "'cause the more you got, the more I want." On the one hand, this can be considered indulgent — Brown spends the nearly 13 minutes of "Make It Funky" introducing the band by asking each member where he's from — on the other hand, the aural evidence suggests it went over better in the theater than it does in your living room. That wasn't true of the first Live at the Apollo, though. (Initially released as a double-LP, Revolution of the Mind was reissued on CD in 1993.)

Songlist:
01 - It's a New Day So Let a Man Come in and Do
02 - Bewildered
03 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
04 - Escape-Ism
05 - Make It Funky
06 - Try Me
07 - Fast Medley I Can't Stand ItMother...
08 - Give It up or Turnit a Loose
09 - Super Bad
10 - Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved
11 - Soul Power
12 - Hot Pants

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James Brown - Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown (2006)

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After playing this album to a mate of mine in the car the other day, I managed to convert him to the funky sound that is James Brown. Includes his `50's and `60's hits Please, Please, Please and Night Train aswell as his `70's disco anthem Sex Machine.

The real treat is the final track - Soul Power "Live". Being strategically placed at the end of the album, it makes the listener beg for more thus resulting in the purchase of many live albums. Bobby Byrd backs the Godfather up as fantastically as he does, stepping into the limelight at just the right times for the right amount of time to make it all work. Great stuff.

Songlist:
01 Please, Please, Please
02 Think
03 Night Train
04 Out Of Sight
05 Papas Got A Brand New Bag Pt.1
06 I Got You (I Feel Good)
07 Its A Mans, Mans,Mans, World
08 Cold Sweat
09 Say It Loud I'M Black And I'M Proud
10 Get Up (I Feel Like Being A)
11 Hey America
12 Make It Funky Pt.1
13 Im A Greedy Man Pt.1
14 Get On The Good Foot
15 Get Up Offa That Thing
16 Its Too Funky In Here
17 Living In America
18 I'M Real
19 Hot Pants Pt.1
20 Soul Power (Live)

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James Brown - Sex Machine

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Maybe the reason i don't like hip-hop is because i heard this album (and many others) by the master of minimalism and soul. James Brown released a lot of hot albums, but this one oozes sweat and energy. That simple. Listening to this album is like standing at a primordial swamp at the dawn of creation: a TON of contemporary black music is directly indebted to and descended from J.B and especially this album. Just *$^@+++$&&!&!~ing listen to it.

Songlist:
01. - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
02. - Brother Rapp, Pts. 1 & 2
03. - Medley - Bewildered
04. - I Got The Feelin'
05. - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
06. - I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
07. - Licking Stick-Licking Stick
08. - Lowdown Popcorn
09. - Spinning Wheel
10. - If I Ruled The World
11. - There Was A Time
12. - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
13. - Please, Please, Please
14. - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
15. - Mother Popcorn

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James Brown - Sings Raw Soul

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Songlist:
01 - Bring It Up
02 - Don'T Be A Dropout
03 - Till Then
04 - Tell Me That You Love Me
05 - Yours And Mine
06 - Money Wont Change You Part 1
07 - Money Wont Change You Part 2
08 - Only You
09 - Let Yourself Go
10 - The Nearness Of You
11 - Nobody Knows
12 - Stone Fox

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James Brown - Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

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1973 was an extremely busy year for Brown. Not only did he continue to release two-plus albums a year, he was also producing and writing for the J.B.'s, plus other acts. During the early '70s Brown was still doing great work, but not much of it shows up here.

While the earlier Black Caesar soundtrack found Brown engaged enough to offer great tracks, particularly, "The Boss" and "Down and Out in New York City," this one, also a soundtrack, finds him preoccupied.

The swaggering and slick title track kicks things off here. "Trying to Get Over" and "Big Strong" both fall into the traps of bad movie music. Since an album of Brown doing chase themes seems horrifying, Slaughter's Big Rip Off does offer more.

Throughout this effort he recycles some of his classic tracks; the oddly titled "Happy for the Poor" is actually a Latinized version of the J.B.'s 1971 single, "Gimme Some More." He goes back even further for his own 1970 classic, "Brother Rapp," which makes an appearance and has the "live" crowd removed.

While it's unclear why he would resort to such odd song choices, he had one more shocker in store. "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" uses the exact backing track from his 1967 hit "Money Won't Change You," with new vocals and lyrics on top.

The sad part is that it works too well. While Slaughter's Big Rip Off proved that he wasn't going to be a soundtrack innovator, the idea of Brown in the film-scoring business has its own appeal.

Songlist:
01 - Slaughter's Theme
02 - Tryin' to Get Over
03 - Transmorgrapfication
04 - Happy for the Poor
05 - Brother Rapp
06 - Big & Strong
07 - Really, Really, Really
08 - Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
09 - To My Brother
10 - How Long Can I Keep It Up
11 - People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul
12 - King Slaughter
13 - Straight Ahead

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James Brown - Soul Legends

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Part of the brilliant Universal Soul Legends series comes housed in a digipak with simple yet eye-catching artwork and includes brief sleevenotes. The track listing not only features some of the artist's biggest hits but also a handful of rarities and album tracks. The Godfather Of Soul gets down and funky on 20 tracks including 'Please Please Please', 'The Payback', 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Pt. 1)' and many others.

Songlist:
01 - Please Please Please
02 - Good Good Lovin
03 - Shout and Shimmy
04 - I Dont Mind
05 - Just You and Me Darling
06 - Think
07 - Night Train
08 - Out of Sight
09 - Why Did You Take Your Love Away From Me
10 - Stone Fox
11 - I Cant Stand Myself
12 - There Was a Time
13 - I Got the Feelin
14 - Papas Got a Brand New Bag
15 - Cold Sweat
16 - Say It Loud Im Black and Im Proud
17 - Make It Funky
18 - Talkin Loud and Sayin Nothing
19 - Get Up Get Into It Get Involved
20 - The Payback

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James Brown - Soul On Top

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"When people talk about soul music, they only talk about gospel and r&b coming together. That's accurate about a lot of soul, but if you are going to talk about mine, you have to remember the jazz in it. That's what made my music so different and allowed it to change and grow" - James Brown

On this 1969 recording, Soul Brother #1 makes no secret of his love of jazz and his own phenomenal gifts as an improviser. In collaboration with Louis Bellson, one of jazz's most impressive drummers and Oliver Nelson, one of it's most expressive arrangers, Brown tears through jazz standards and gives his own hits a new twist.

For the first time ever this classic James Brown album is reissued on cd, remastered and containing a previously unissued track "There Was A Time" and unedited versions of 4 other tracks. Enjoy

Songlist:
01 - Thats My Desire
02 - Your Cheatin Heart
03 - What Kind Of Fool Am I
04 - Its A Mans Mans Mans World
05 - The Man In The Glass
06 - Its Magic
07 - September Song
08 - For Once In My Life
09 - Every Day I Have The Blues
10 - I Need Your Key (To Turn Me On)
11 - Papas Got A Brand New Bag
12 - There Was A Time

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James Brown - Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-1969) Cd 1

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Everyone knows how hot James Brown's bands were, but not everyone's aware that he and his sidemen recorded lots of instrumental sides in the '60s. Originally scattered haphazardly over many out-of-print singles and albums, Soul Pride brings together the best of this work into one cohesive and chronological package.

These cuts are nearly equal in power to J.B.'s vocal performances. Not only does the band cook on most of these insinuating vamps, but you can also hear the evolution of the man's sound from gritty R&B to tight-as-a-drum soul to free-form funk. Soul Brother number one himself plays organ and adds unpredictable shouts and screams on most of these tracks. But the chief stars are sidemen like Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, and Pee Wee Ellis, who broke new ground with their compulsive counterpoint riffs.

Songlist:
01 - Hold It
02 - The Scratch
03 - Suds
04 - Cross Firing
05 - Limbo Jimbo
06 - Joggin' Along
07 - Doin' The Limbo
08 - Choo-Choo (Locomotion)
09 - (Can You) Feel It, Part 1
10 - Soul Food, Parts 1 & 2
11 - Evil
12 - Infatuation
13 - Headache
14 - Every Beat Of My Heart
15 - Try Me
16 - New Breed
17 - Jabo
18 - Fat Bag
19 - Sumpin' Else
20 - Devil's Den [Live]

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James Brown - Star Time Cd 1 (Mr. Dynamite 1956-1965)

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James Brown had a hit with his first single, in 1956. 'Please Please Please' reached #6 on the Billboard R&B chart. Nine more singles were issued over the next two years, and they went nowhere. 'Try Me' hit #1 on the chart in 1958, and his hungry years were over.

All the songs on disc one are great. They were recorded over a period of ten years, so there's some inconsistency. The best are virtually perfect. The weakest have a great artist and band trying to find their sound.

'Please Please Please', the first hit, already demonstrates James Brown's great soul voice, and his tendency towards repetition. It's a great arrangement, especially in the use of backing vocals. 'Why Do You Do Me' was the B-side, and its as good as the more famous A-side.

'Try Me' is unwisely sung in a higher key. It's almost whiny. The arrangement is great, though, as always.

Several excellent though lesser minor hits follow. 'Bewildered' has some really dramatic lyrics and vocal swings.

'I'll Go Crazy' is the first song that sounds like the James Brown we would come to know. His voice is finally in the right key, the bass is funky, and the horn charts bite. The backing vocals are still 'old fashioned' though. 'I Know it's True' is great, but a throwback to his earlier style.

'Mashed Potatoes' is the weakest of a few pleasant but lesser instrumentals on the first CD. Very repetitive and silly. 'Devil's Den' and 'Grits' have a great electric organ all over them.

'Think' is the best track yet. Incredibly funky. Love that sax. Even the backing vocals fit perfectly.

'Baby, You're Right' is another throwback. 'Lost Someone' has a really funky bass line, repeated ad infinitium, as is a later horn riff. Which gives James Brown support for his outrageous, imploring vocals. There is apparently no note that is unable to reach.

I would say that 'Night Train' is the funkiest song ever recorded. But then there's all those perfect JB tracks on CDs #2 and #3. It's a sonic marvel. The sax fills are amazing. How many takes could it have taken?
Has a band ever been this good before?

'I Don't Mind' is from Brown's most famous album, 'Live at the Apollo'. This made it all the way to #2 on the Billboard album charts, easily his highest charting. And it stayed on the charts for over a year. Most of Brown's albums were inconsistent. His live albums were sort of a 'greatest hits' package. The band was as tight onstage as in the studio.

'Prisoner of Love', like 'It's a Man's World', are great songs that are burdened with overdubbed strings. That style was in vogue at the time, Ray Charles used heavy strings on his hits. These songs are very melodramatic.

'Out of the Blue' is another throwback. 'Out of Sight' is another classic funky masterpiece. The bass and that sax is great. Brown's talents as a bandleader are often ignored. He's not just a singer who grunts and screams, as his parodies would have you believe.

'Maybe the Last Time' is the final throwback. The backing vocals aren't quite right.

'I Got You' is an early recording of the future JB masterpiece. The instrument mix is different from the later hit, but the arrangement is
otherwise very similar.

'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' is the original seven minute session take of the future breakthrough JB hit. It would be heavily edited and mixed for the single. It's fun to hear James pronounce the song over. But the band knows better, and keeps on playing.

Songlist:
01 - Please, Please, Please
02 - Why Do You Do Me
03 - Try Me
04 - Tell Me What I Did Wrong
05 - Bewildered
06 - Good Good Lovin'
07 - I'll Go Crazy
08 - I Know It's True
09 - (Do the) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1
10 - Think
11 - Baby, You're Right (Alternate Take)
12 - Lost Someone
13 - Night Train
14 - I've Got Money
15 - I Don't Mind (Live)
16 - Prisoner of Love
17 - Devil's Den
18 - Out of the Blue (Alternate Take)
19 - Out of Sight
20 - Grits
21 - Maybe the Last Time
22 - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
23 - I Got You
24 - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pts. 1-3 (Complete Take)

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James Brown - Star Time Cd 2 (Hardest Working Man in Show Business 1965-1969)

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By 1965, James Brown was one of the top selling black artists in the country. He would remain so for another decade. Although his albums remained inconsistent, his singles were of the highest quality.

Most of James Brown's best known songs are on this CD, including his biggest crossover pop hits. 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' was his second #1 hit on the R&B charts. But it was his first to reach the pop top ten. 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' made it to R&B #1 and pop #3. Despite laughably sexist lyrics and dubbed strings, 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' made R&B #1 and pop #8. 'Cold Sweat', 'I Got the Feelin', and 'Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud' were also R&B #1 and pop top ten.

By now, he had established his unique style. Typically, his band would construct a groove. This involved a complicated drumming pattern, a rhythm guitar hook, and a funky bass. This groove would go on indefinitely. JB would work through the verses, with horn charts carefully punctuating them. Once finished with the lyrics, JB would ad lib at length. He would even call to individual band members, requesting them to play a specific flourish.

It all sounds simple enough, but he would have no real imitators until the 1970s. The band was tight and funky like none before, and the R&B arrangements wouldn't be matched until Sly & The Family Stone came along. And James Brown was a great singer. He was the funkiest man alive in those days, and his band played to his beck and call. His favorite was incredibly talented sax player Maceo Parker.

James Brown took advantage of his position to insert social commentary into some of his songs. The titles speak for themselves: 'Don't be a Dropout', 'Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud', 'I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open the Door I'll Get it Myself)'. 'I'm Black and I'm Proud' made it into the pop top ten, despite having a hook half sung by a children's choir.

Songlist:
01 - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
02 - I Got You (I Feel Good)
03 - Ain't That a Groove
04 - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
05 - Money Won't Change You (Complete Version)
06 - Don't Be a Dropout (Unedited Version)
07 - Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue) (Unedited Version)
08 - Let Yourself Go (Unedited Version)
09 - Cold Sweat
10 - Get It Together
11 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1
12 - I Got the Feelin'
13 - Licking Stick-Licking Stick
14 - Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)
15 - There Was a Time (Live)
16 - Give It up or Turnit a Loose
17 - I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)

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James Brown - Star Time Cd 3 ( Soul Brother No. 1 1969-1972)

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The third CD tackles material from 1969 to 1972. During this time, James Brown continued to have great success on the R&B charts. He still scored on the pop charts, but would not see the top ten, as he had in the years before.

Unfortunately, the third CD chronicles a decline in the quality of his output. The first five tracks are among the very best of his career. It's downhill from there, although he was still good and still sold records consistently, at least until 1974.

'Mother Popcorn' was #1 R&B and #11 pop. It follows the classic JB formula: intricate, funky rhythm section, with difficult horn charts punctuating the verses, changing up for the chorus. James Brown followed his success with other 'Popcorn' songs, e.g. 'Lowdown Popcorn', 'Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn', 'Popcorn with a Feeling'.

These singles aren't included in the box set. But we do have 'Funky Drummer'. This is James Brown's most impressive instrumental. He does sing, but it's all ad-lib. The horn charts swing like a big band sometimes. And the drummer is funky. Sure, it's repetitive, but what a groove!

'Sex Machine' is one of JB's best songs. Just when you think it can't get any funkier, it does. There's a lot of call and response in the verses, and James Brown makes frequent calls to his session players to do their part.

'Super Bad' was yet another #1 R&B single. James Brown may be bragging on himself, but he can sure back it up. He can seemingly hit any note, high or low. Plus, he has the tightest, funkiest band ever, and they are completely under his control.

'Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing' is more social commentary from JB. He makes good use of backing vocals here. He gets a great sound from the conga drums. It sounds different from his other songs, much heavier in percussion.

'Get Up, Get Into It and Get Involved' is the first sign of miscalculation. The horn charts are too busy. It's almost annoying. It's still a great song, but a step down from his immediately preceding classics.

'Soul Power' may be the last great song from JB. The horns are back on track, and its funky in all the right ways.

'Brother Rapp', 'Ain't It Funky Now', and 'It's a New Day' are all live versions. Taken with the few live tracks on CDs 1 and 2, a pattern can be seen. Each live song is weaker than the last. No doubt it was exciting to see JB move on stage, especially during the early 1960s. But the commitment seems to be dropping. 'Brother Rapp' is still pretty good, but the remaining two live songs are less interesting.

In 1971, James Brown changed labels, leaving King for Polydor. The hits continued as before. 'Hot Pants' was his first #1 R&B single with Polydor. The rhythm guitar is funky, but extremely repetitive. The lyrics are entertaining. Brown sings the virtues of women wearing shorts. No social commentary here!

'I'm a Greedy Man' is funky but familiar. With 'Make it Funky', the slow decline continues. The horns are messy, the rhythm is repeated forever, there's no attempt at songwriting. It's still very good, but sloppy. The bridge is a little better than the 'verses'.

'I Got Ants In My Pants' is a lesser effort. It sounds like a pretty good parody of James Brown, beginning with the title. The bass playing is good, but it becomes more noticeable due to the uninteresting horn charts.

'King Heroin' is something different. It's a slow groove, with James Brown rapping (talking) rather than singing. The spoken lyrics are chillingly anti-drug.

Songlist:
01 - Mother Popcorn
02 - Funky Drummer
03 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
04 - Super Bad, Pts. 1-2 (Stereo Mix)
05 - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing (Extended Version)
06 - Soul Power, Pt. 1 & 2 (Stereo Mix-Unedited)
07 - Brother Rapp, Ain't It Funky Now (Live)
08 - Hot Pants, Pt. 1
09 - I'm a Greedy Man, Pt. 1
10 - Make It Funky, Pt. 1
11 - It's a New Day (Live)
12 - I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance), Pt. 1
13 - King Heroin
14 - [Hidden Track]

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James Brown - Star Time Cd 4 (The Godfather of Soul 1972-1984)

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The final disc in the set picks up where CD #3 left off. James Brown is still a legend, and still a good artist. But his days of greatness are behind him. Commercial success would continue, at least through 1974. After that, his singles tended to peak in the middle of the R&B charts, with an occasional hit.

'There it is' was a slight improvement over the previous few singles. The rhythm guitar is funky, and the horns mix well with JB's ad libs. It's not classic James Brown, but it's still pretty good.

'Public Enemy #1' is a lesser follow up to his earlier hit, 'King Heroin'. The horns are subdued and sad. JB half sings, and half preaches. You can't dance to it, though.

'Get on the Good Foot' topped the R&B charts. The rhythm guitar is not only really repetitive, but a little mindless as well. The horns are good, at least.

'I've Got a Bag of My Own' has the typical James Brown energy. But it sounds like a pale imitation of his past hits.

'Doing it to Death' repeats the same guitar hook throughout the entire five minute song. Doing it to death indeed. It's a party song without real lyrics. Everyone is having a great time, though. JB ad libs with his band, commanding them to do their little bit. Just like the old days, except it isn't nearly as good.

'The Payback', then, comes as a big surprise. It's easily the best JB song since 1971, three years before. It's slower, tighter, and more serious. JB gets angry: "Sold me out for chicken change!" "I don't know karate, but I know karazy!" The sudden improvement caused an improvement in sales. It was his first R&B #1 in two years, and his next two singles also topped the R&B charts.

Recorded the same month as 'Payback', 'Papa Don't Take No Mess' was also a solid effort. It was his final R&B #1 hit. The guitar hook is repetitive as always, but sly, and with a different sound. James Brown remembers his childhood: "Papa didn't cuss, didn't raise a whole lotta fuss, but when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us!" Too bad the CD only includes the A side of the two part single.

JB's career improvement was short-lived. 'Stoned to the Bone' is tired funk. 'My Thing' is very catchy, but repetitive a little annoying. 'Funky President' would be his last R&B top ten hit for a couple of years. James Brown was probably the only person who thought that Gerald Ford was funky.

'Hot' rips off David Bowie's contemporary hit, 'Fame'. The sneaky, funky hook that is all over 'Fame' is stolen, note for note. But even when he steals, he's still not that good anymore.

'Get up Offa That Thing' was a small comeback for JB. It was his first big hit for a couple of years. He still has a lot of energy. The horns are okay, but the rhythm section is so lame compared to its past glory.

'Body Heat' has JB trying to adapt to the disco era. Like his singles from the past few years, it is by no means bad. But it isn't particularly good, either.

'It's Too Funky in Here' was another short-lived chart comeback for James Brown. The rhythm tracks are pretty good. They're also produced by somebody else, Brad Shapiro.

'Rapp Payback' has JB reviving his best post-1971 song. This time, the tempo is much faster, and there's a steady disco beat. Technically, it was his best song in six years. But it is still a pale echo of what James Brown was in his prime.

'Unity' caused some noise in critical circles in 1984. It's a duet with rapper Afrika Bambaataa. James Brown proves that he remembers the hook from 'Soul Power'. Bambaataa produced, and JB is out of his element.

The box set doesn't include JB's big comeback hit from 1985, "Living in America". JB has since had many legal problems. Channel flipping caught him on the Jerry Springer show in the early 1990s, where I remember him giving a great concert. His battery is always fully charged.

Songlist:
01 - There It Is, Pt. 1
02 - Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1
03 - Get on the Good Foot
04 - I Got a Bag of My Own
05 - Doing It to Death
06 - The Payback
07 - Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
08 - Stoned to the Bone, Pt. 1
09 - My Thang (Undubbed Mix)
10 - Funky President (People It's Bad)
11 - Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
12 - Get up Offa That Thing
13 - Body Heat, Pt. 1
14 - It's Too Funky in Here
15 - Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
16 - Unity, Pt. 1- The Third Coming (feat. Afrika Bambaataa)

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James Brown - The Payback

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This is one of the James Brown classics that I really could just listen to end to end non-stop for hours. Start in the morning to get the day off to a groovy start, have lunch to it so the steady funk helps your digestion, chill in the afternoon hearing them sit on the one, and then in the evening get everybody dancing, coz don't forget this is damn funky.
The sound here is very controlled, very tight, and sparse, but that's just what you want from JB at his peak (and I do consider this to be his peak). Maceo's playing here shines too - the rhythm, the motifs, the interplay with the rest of the band. In short, top stuff, and essential for anyone who thinks they ever might consider owning any James Brown (which really ought to cover everybody in the world).

Songlist:
01 The Payback
02 Doing The Best I Can
03 Take Some... Leave Some
04 Shoot Your Shot
05 Forever Suffering
06 Time Is Running Out Fast
07 Stone To The Bone
08 Mind Power


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