James Brown

• EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES

• HIGH-DEFINITION VINYL FOR SUPER FIDELITY

• 180 gram VINYL –AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This essential release includes James Brown & The Famous Flames’ fourth LP for the King label, The Amazing James Brown (1961). The album helped define the primal nature of soul. It also offers a solid introduction into this man’s special brand of musical feeling – his passionate style, intense delivery and innovative R&B sound. Though not yet the innovator Brown would eventually become, he was every inch a righteous soul singer, even at this early stage in the game.

In addition to the original masterpiece, this collector’s edition on 180 gram vinyl also contains 4 bonus tracks from the same period – including the ballads “If You Want Me” and “I’ll Go Crazy,” the smash “Think,” and the danceable staple “Shout and Shimmy,” which remain essential to the James Brown catalogue and to R&B music of the early 1960s.

PERSONNEL:

• JAMES BROWN: lead vocals, plus:

• A1 & A4 / B 1 & B3:.
• The Famous Flames, featuring James C. Davis (ts), Alfred Corley (as), Roscoe Patrick (tp), Les Bule (g), Hubert Lee Perry (b), Sonny Thompson (p), Nat Kendrick (d), Bobby Bennett, Eugene “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth, Bobby Byrd (voc). Hollywood, California, September 29, 1960..

• A2 / B5 & B8: .
• James C. Davis (ts), Les Bule (g), Hubert Lee Perry (b), Bobby Byrd or Alvin “Fats” Gonder (org), Nat Kendrick (d). Cincinnati, Ohio, February 9 & 10, 1961..

• A3 & A6: .
• James C. Davis (ts), Alfred Corley (as), Roscoe Patrick (tp), Les Bule (g), Hubert Lee Perry (b), probably Sonny Thompson (p on A3), James Brown (p on A6), Nat Kendrick (d). Hollywood, California, September 27, 1960..

• A5: .
• James C. Davis (ts), Alfred Corley (as), Roscoe Patrick (tp), Les Bule (g), Hubert Lee Perry (b), Sonny Thompson or Bobby Byrd (p), Nat Kendrick (d). Hollywood, California, October 4, 1960..

• A7 & A8:.
• The Famous Flames, featuring James C. Davis (ts), Alfred Corley (as, ts)), Roscoe Patrick (tp), Bobby Roach (g), Bernard Odum (b), Alvin “Fats” Gonder (p), Nat Kendrick (d), Bobby Bennett, Eugene “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth, Bobby Byrd (backing vocals on A7). Hollywood, California, February 20, 1960..

• B2: .
• James C. Davis (ts), Alfred Corley (as), Roscoe Patrick (tp), Les Bule (g), Hubert Lee Perry (b), probably Sonny Thompson (p), Nat Kendrick (d). Hollywood, California, September 27, 1960..

• B4 and probably B6: .
• Probably James C. Davis (ts), Roscoe Patrick (tp), Les Bule (g), Hubert Lee Perry (b), Alvin “Fats” Gonder (p), Nat Kendrick (d), Eugene “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth, Bobby Bennett , Johnny Terry (backing vocals). Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1961..

• B7:
• The Famous Flames, featuring James C. Davis (ts), James McGary (as), Bobby Roach (g), Bernard Odum (b), Sonny Thompson (p), Nat Kendrick (d), Johnny Terry, Bobby Bennett, Eugene “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth (backing vocals). Cincinnati, Ohio, November 11, 1959.

TRACKS:

• A1 JUST YOU AND ME, DARLING
• A2 I LOVE YOU, YES I DO
• A3 I DON’T MIND
• A4 COME OVER HERE
• A5 THE BELLS
• A6 LOVE DON’T LOVE NOBODY
• A7 IF YOU WANT ME *
• A8 THINK *

• B1 DANCIN’ LITTLE THING
• B2 LOST SOMEONE
• B3 AND I DO JUST WHAT I WANT
• B4 SO LONG
• B5 YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO
• B6 TELL ME WHAT YOU’RE GONNA DO
• B7 I’LL GO CRAZY *
• B8 SHOUT AND SHIMMY *

• * BONUS TRACKS