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As is the case with the JB's and other James Brown protégés, Bobby Byrd's legacy is spread over numerous out-of-print, difficult-to-find vinyl records. So this 22-song retrospective, which gathers numerous singles, and a couple of previously unreleased tracks spanning 1964 to 1973, is a welcome consolidation of his most significant work into one package. Solid stuff, covering both standard soul from the '60s and hard funk (usually featuring the JB's) from the early '70s, though it sounds a lot more like a James Brown record with a different vocalist than a Bobby Byrd record that happens to benefit from James Brown's backing crew. Brown produced (and occasionally contributed to) all of the recordings here, and duets with Bobby on the 1968 single "You've Got to Change Your Mind."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Charles Bobbitt, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Hearlon Martin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist - Teddy Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - St. Clair Pinckney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Byrd, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bud Hobgood, Producer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Matthews, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - St. Clair Pinckney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Isaac Hayes, ComposerLyricist - David Porter, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist - Bud J. Hobgood, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Lowe, Arranger, Work Arranger - Anna King, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lee Garrett, ComposerLyricist - Lula Mae Hardaway, ComposerLyricist - Syreeta Wright, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist - Waymon L. Reed, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Griggs, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - St. Clair Pinckney, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Nolen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Thomas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Parker, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Crimes, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John "Jabo" Starks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ike Oakley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jasaan Sanford, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Bobby Byrd, MainArtist - Teddy Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
As is the case with the JB's and other James Brown protégés, Bobby Byrd's legacy is spread over numerous out-of-print, difficult-to-find vinyl records. So this 22-song retrospective, which gathers numerous singles, and a couple of previously unreleased tracks spanning 1964 to 1973, is a welcome consolidation of his most significant work into one package. Solid stuff, covering both standard soul from the '60s and hard funk (usually featuring the JB's) from the early '70s, though it sounds a lot more like a James Brown record with a different vocalist than a Bobby Byrd record that happens to benefit from James Brown's backing crew. Brown produced (and occasionally contributed to) all of the recordings here, and duets with Bobby on the 1968 single "You've Got to Change Your Mind."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:53
- Main artists: Bobby Byrd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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