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Please Please Please

Please Please Please is the oldest James Brown record that I own, having come out in 1959. The record is a collection of singles, B-sides and studio outtakes. The…

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Soul Classics

Soul Classics was one of the earliest set of James Brown compilations released by Polydor when Brown was still at the height of his musical genius. The three part…

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Dead On The Heavy Funk 74-76

Dead On The Heavy Funk is a collection of Brown’s work from the mid-1970s, just when his compositions began falling off. Five of the nine tracks are from 1975,…

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There It Is

This is another one of Brown’s early releases on Polydor. I love the graphics on this album with two silhouettes of James surrounding a figure of him singing…

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Thinking About Little Willie John And A Few Nice Things

Say It Loud, I’m Black And I’m Proud The Hip-Hop Remix 12”

This is a later release that has a small label on the generic black cover. This one obviously was released because of the growth of Hip Hop and features X-Clan’s…

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Living In America 12”

This 12” from the Rocky IV soundtrack brought James Brown back into the public eye. There are three versions of Living In America on the 12”. The A-side has an…

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Popcorn

By 1969 James Brown was in his prime and Popcorn is a perfect example. The album is actually another instrumental album with Brown on the organ. From the opening Popcorn…

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Live At The Apollo Volume II

Live At The Apollo Volume II was a double LP with a gatefold cover. Even though it was released in 1968 when Brown was spreading the Funk, the record harkens back…

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It’s A New Day So Let A Man Come In

It’s A New Day was released when Brown was at his peak. The title track is a perfect match of Funk and Soul and a dance floor burner. Let A Man Come In And Do…

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Let’s Unite The Whole World At Christmas/In The Middle Part 1

Speaking of James Brown 45s, here’s another one I got at the same swap. The A-side is a ballad with Brown singing about Christmas, and what a heart-warming thing…

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In The Jungle Groove

This is the 2nd copy of this record that I’ve found. The first one (and only time I’ve actually seen it in a record store!) I found in Tokyo. This one,…

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Sex Machine Today

You know James Brown was running into problems when he started putting Disco Soul Dance Dance Dance on his album covers. Not only that, at the beginning of the second…

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I Got You (I Feel Good)

I’ve seen this record before but it’s always been in the $15-$30 range. I picked up a copy for $4 in Montreal. Like a lot of Brown’s earlier records, this one…

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Sings Raw Soul

Sings Raw Soul was released the same year as Brown’s seminal Cold Sweat album. However, Sings Raw Soul is all RnB varying between the upbeat and ballads that…

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Slaughter’s Big Rip Off

Found a really beat up snap, crackle pop version of this record with the cover tore up as well. It’s still listenable so what the hell. The record features not…

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A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads/The Drunk

This is a James Brown 45 on Bethlehem, which was a subsidiary of King. I think the label was known mostly for Jazz releases. The A-side is a mellow mid-tempo song…

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Presents His Show Of Tomorrow

James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow was a follow up to his James Brown Show LP. Both albums feature the work of the James Brown Review, Vicki Anderson, James…

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Plays New Breed

When Brown tried to switch labels from King to Mercury subsidiary Smash, he found out he was in breach of contract. King sued and said Brown couldn’t sing on…

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I Got Ants In My Pants

There are still a few James Brown 45s that I’m hunting down, but there’s one less after I snagged this one at a record swap. I think I Got Ants In My Pants…

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