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While the first half of the 1970s saw James Brown's sales and art start to slowly decline, at their best he and the J.B.'s remained capable of generating a lot of heat. Record-wise it was a very erratic period, especially on his albums, which makes this two-and-a-half-hour double-disc compilation of his best material from the era especially welcome. Besides his biggest hits from the time ("Make It Funky," "Get on the Good Foot," "The Payback," "Funky President"), it has a number of high-charting R&B 45s that didn't make it onto the Star Time box. Familiar hits are sometimes presented in their full unedited mega-versions (12 minutes of "Make It Funky," 14 of "Papa Don't Take No Mess"), and there are also a few previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions. It's only a disappointment relative to the towering accomplishments of his 1960s and early-'70s classics. On its own terms, it's excellent funk, if rather homogenous taken all at once, with occasional departures from the formula, like "Down and Out in New York City," with its poppy woodwinds.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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John Starks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Organ, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE MATTHEWS, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Griggs, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hearlon Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Parker, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Coleman, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Bobbit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - Mark Bruce Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Louis Mims, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist - Deidra Brown, ComposerLyricist - Yamma Brown, ComposerLyricist - Deanna Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVE MATTHEWS, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Bodie Chandler, ComposerLyricist - Barry De Vorzon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Bennett, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE MATTHEWS, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lowman Pauling, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Davis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Kendrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Odum, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Roach, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - "Baby" Lloyd Stallworth, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Hollings, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Corley, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
John Starks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Griggs, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Morgan, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Nolen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hearlon Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lowell Dorn, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Both, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Starks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Organ, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - MACEO PARKER, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Griggs, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Morgan, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Nolen, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hearlon Martin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lowell Dorn, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Both, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isiah Oakley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - St. Clair Pinckney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Starks, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Bobbitt, Producer - JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Bobbitt, Producer - JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leon Austin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Hustle Rats, Producer
℗ 1975 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
While the first half of the 1970s saw James Brown's sales and art start to slowly decline, at their best he and the J.B.'s remained capable of generating a lot of heat. Record-wise it was a very erratic period, especially on his albums, which makes this two-and-a-half-hour double-disc compilation of his best material from the era especially welcome. Besides his biggest hits from the time ("Make It Funky," "Get on the Good Foot," "The Payback," "Funky President"), it has a number of high-charting R&B 45s that didn't make it onto the Star Time box. Familiar hits are sometimes presented in their full unedited mega-versions (12 minutes of "Make It Funky," 14 of "Papa Don't Take No Mess"), and there are also a few previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions. It's only a disappointment relative to the towering accomplishments of his 1960s and early-'70s classics. On its own terms, it's excellent funk, if rather homogenous taken all at once, with occasional departures from the formula, like "Down and Out in New York City," with its poppy woodwinds.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 02:32:51
- Main artists: James Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1996 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1996 UMG Recordings Inc.
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