These singles are available in the following CD collection: James Brown – The Singles 5: 1967-1969 Funk is a solid statement by 1968. James Brown and the band lay it down hard with this classic hit. Here’s some info about the song at Wikipedia.
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This single is available in the following CD collection: James Brown – Singles 8: 1972-1973 What can you say about this one? A classic through and through. Funk is defining everything that comes after it by this point. The breakdown on this kills me every time. “The long haired hippies […]
1972 Polydor 45 Get On the Good Foot, ...
This single is available in the following CD collection:Best Of: Bobby Byrd Got Soul A pop up-tempo groovy soul twist duet with Bobby and Anna King. James Brown on the production.
1964 Bobby Byrd & Anna King 45 on ...
You can get the reissue vinyl of this LP here: James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) LP James Brown hit the pop charts big time with the I Got You (I Feel Good) single. Funk is starting to take shape here. It’s bubbling up and defining itself […]
1966 King LP I Got You (I Feel ...
This single is available in this CD collection: James Brown’s Original Funky Divas A groovy soul shaker produced by James Brown. Yeah baby! More on Yvonne Fair at Wikipedia.
1963 Yvonne Fair 45 Say Yeah Yeah Yeah
A suave remix of JB clips!
James Brown video remix Jazzy TNT
You can get the vinyl reissue of this album here: James Brown – Grits & Soul LP A Smash album of blues, soul and jazz jams. The album has a loose feel to it. A couple of groovy hippie twist type of beats on it too. I included the Smash […]
James Brown 1964 Smash LP Grits & Soul
How better to illustrate soul than put JB on the cover?
Soul Illustrated Magazine from 1968
You can get these songs in this awesome CD collection of Marva’s work: Marva Whitney – It’s My Thing. The vinyl you can get here: Marva Whitney – It’s My Thing LP Marva Whitney had that powerful screech like JB. I’m Tired is an R&B soul shaker and You Got […]
1969 King 45 Marva Whitney – You Got ...
This single is available in this CD collection: Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Hank Ballard and James Brown together always killed it, and this R&B rocker is no exception.
1963 King 45 Hank Ballard – It’s Love ...
You can get these cuts on this CD: Hot Pants. You can get the Vinyl record here: hot pants LP A swinging funky groover on the People label. This single has the silver label on it as opposed to the purple or red usually on People records. Both of these […]
1971 James Brown 45 Escape-ism, Parts 1, 2 ...
JB produced several James Crawford singles. Crawford was an artist in the James Brown road show for years. JB also put out a 45 instrumental version of Stone Fox with his name on it. Stone Fox is an R&B rocker and Hold It an instrumental with the same vibe. Here’s a […]