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James Brown: Everybody’s Doin’ The Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump

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In September 1975, “Polydor” label released “Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustl e & Dead on the Double Bump”, the 41st James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Sound Ideas Studios” in New York City, “A&R Recording” in New York City   and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals
  • Bob Both – recording, mixing, production supervision
  • David Stone, Major Little – engineer assistant
  • Douglas Gervasi – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

  1. Hustle!!! (Dead on It)
  2. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
  3. Your Love
  4. Turn On the Heat and Build Some Fire
  5. Superbad, Superslick
  6. Calm & Cool
  7. Kansas City – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Grant Green: Green is Beautiful

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In July 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Green Is Beautiful”, the 27th Grant Green album. It was recorded in January 1970, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.

Personnel:

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Neal Creque, Emmanuel Riggins – organ
  • Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Candido Camero – conga
  • Richie “Pablo” Landrum – bongos
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Claude Bartee – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

  1. Ain’t It Funky Now – James Brown
  2. A Day in the Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  3. The Windjammer – Neal Creque
  4. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  5. Dracula – Neal Creque

The Isley Brothers: Twisting and Shouting

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On July 25, 1963, “United Artists” label released “Twisting and Shouting”, the third Isley Brothers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1963, at “Bell Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Bert Bernes.

Personnel:

  • Ronald Isley – lead vocals
  • O’Kelly Isley, Jr. – backing vocals
  • Rudolph Isley – backing vocals
  • Alan Lorber – conductor 
  • Garry Sherman – conductor

Tracking listing:

All tracks by Rudolp Isley, O’ Kelly Isley and Ronald Isley, except where noted.

  1. Surf and Shout – Phil Medley, Ruth Batchelor
  2. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  3. She’s the One
  4. Tango
  5. What’cha Gonna Do
  6. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price, Harold Logan
  7. You’ll Never Leave Him – Bert Russell
  8. Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go – Hank Ballard
  9. She’s Gone
  10. Shake It with Me Baby
  11. Long Tall Sally – Enotris Johnson
  12. Do the Twist – Dale Hawkins

Cage the Elephant: Same

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On June 23, 2008, “Relentless Records” label released the self-titled, debut Cage the Elephant studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Matt Shultz – lead vocals
  • Lincoln Parish – lead guitar
  • Brad Shultz – rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Tichenor – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jared Champion – drums
  • Jason Hall – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Shultz, Lincoln Parish, Brad Shultz, Daniel Tichenor and Jared Champion.

  1. In One Far
  2. James Brown
  3. Ain’t no Rest for the Wicked
  4. Tiny Little Robots
  5. Lotus
  6. Back Against the Wall
  7. Drones in the Valley
  8. Judas
  9. Back Stabbin’ Betty
  10. Soil to the Sun
  11. Free Love

James Brown: Showtime

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In April 1964, “Smash Records” label released “Showtime”, the seventh James Brown studio album.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal
  • The Famous- Flames – vocals, backing vocals
  • Danny Ray – introduction
  • Sammy Lowe – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Introduction of James Brown & The Famous Flames
  2. Caldonia – Fleecie Moore
  3. Don’t Cry Baby – James Price Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger
  4. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  5. Out of the Blue – Johnny Terry, Ted Wright
  6. Somebody Changed the Lock of My Door – Casey Bill Weldon
  7. Evil – Ted Wright
  8. Blues for My Baby – Billy Wright, Teddy Reig
  9. For You My Love – Paul Gayten
  10. Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens – Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney Kramer
  11. The Things I Used to Do – J. Dolan
  12. You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You – James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock, Russ Morgan

Etta James: All the Way

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On March 14, 2006, “RCA Victor” label released “All the Way”, the 28th Etta James album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Sametto James, Donto James and Joshua Sklair.

Personnel:

  • Etta James – lead and backing vocals, executive producer
  • Joshua Sklair – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals, recording, mastering, music director
  • Bobby Murray – electric guitar
  • David K. Mathews – keyboards, strings
  • Sametto James – acoustic and electric bass, backing vocals, recording
  • Donto James – drums, percussion, backing vocals, recording
  • Ronnie Buttacavoli – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Randy Williams – backing vocals
  • Tamara Oliver – backing vocals
  • Ed Cherney – mixing, mastering
  • Anthony Montes De Oca – photography
  • Lithofayne Pridgeon – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. All the Way – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  2. Stop On By – Thomas Truman, Bobby Womack
  3. Strung Out – Johnny Watson
  4. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  5. Holding Back the Years – Michael James Hucknall, Neil Moss
  6. Imagine – John Lennon
  7. I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
  8. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Newsome
  9. Purple Rain – Prince
  10. What’s Going On – Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
  11. Calling You – Robert E. Telson

James Brown: The Original Disco Man

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In July 1979, “Polydor” label released “The Original Disco Man”, the 48th James Brown album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Brad Shapiro.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal, arrangements
  • Brad Shapiro – arrangements
  • Bob Heimall – art direction
  • Stephanie Zuras – design
  • Joel Brodsky – photography

Track listing:

  1. It’s Too Funky in Here – Brad Shapiro, George Jackson, Walter Shaw, Robert Miller
  2. Let the Boogie Do the Rest – Brad Shapiro, Randy McCormick
  3. Still – Bill Anderson
  4. Star Generation – Brad Shapiro
  5. Women Are Something Else – Brad Shapiro, Randy McCormick
  6. The Original Disco Man – Brad Shapiro, Randy McCormick

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Same

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In June 1968, “Track” label released the self-titled, debut Crazy World of Arthur Brown (The) debut studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Kit Lambert.

Personnel:

  • Arthur Brown – vocals
  • Vincent Crane – keyboards, vibes, arrangements, orchestration
  • Nick Greenwood – bass guitar
  • Drachen Theaker – drums
  • John Marshall – drums
  • David King – design
  • David Montgomery – photography
  • Pete Townshend – associate producer

Track listing:

  1. Prelude/Nightmare – Arthur Brown
  2. Fanfare/Fire Poem – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  3. Fire – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker
  4. Come and Buy – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  5. Time/Confusion – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  6. I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  7. Spontaneous Apple Creation – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  8. Rest Cure – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane
  9. I’ve Got Money – James Brown
  10. Child of My Kingdom – Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane

James Brown: Sho Is Funky Down Here

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In April 1971, “King” label released “Sho Is Funky Down Here”, the 31st James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “King Studios” in Cincinnati, US, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – organ, harpsichord
  • David Matthews – organ
  • Kenny Poole – guitar
  • Michael Moore – bass
  • Jimmy Madison – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown and David Matthews.

  1. Sho Is Fynky Down Here
  2. Don’t Mind
  3. Bob Scoward
  4. Just Enough Room for Storage
  5. You Mother You
  6. Cab Mind

James Brown: I Can’t Stand Myself When You Touch Me

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In March 1968, “King” label released “I Can’t Stand Myself When You Touch Me”, the eighteenth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – lead vocal

The Dapps:

  • Tim Hedding – organ
  • “Fat Eddie” Setser – guitar
  • Tim Drummond – bass
  • William “Beau Dollar” Bowman – drums

Track listing:

  1. I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) Pt. 1 – James Brown
  2. There Was a Time – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  3. Get It Together Pt. 1 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Alfred Ellis
  4. Baby, Baby, Baby – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, James Crawford
  5. Time After Time – Jyle Styne, Sammy Cahn
  6. The Soul of J.B. – James Brown, Bud Hodgood, Gladys Knochelman
  7. I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) Pt. 2 – James Brown
  8. Get It Together Pt. 2 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Alfred Ellis
  9. Why Did You Take Your Love Away from Me – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  10. Need Your Love So Bad – Little Willie John
  11. You’ve Got to Change Your Mind – James Brown, Bobby Bird, Gene Redd, Ron Lenhoff
  12. Funky Soul #1 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, James Crawford