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James Brown: Plays The Real Things

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On June 1, 1967, “Smash Records” released “James Brown Plays the Real Thing”, the twentieth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – organ
  • Alfred Ellis – arrangements
  • Three Lions – photography
  • Ron Oberman – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Jimmy Mack – Holland, Dozier, Holland
  2. What Do You Like – Alfred Ellis
  3. PeeWee’s Groove In “D” – Alfred Ellis
  4. Bernadette – Holland, Dozier, Holland
  5. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Joe Zawinul
  6. I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
  7. Funky Broadway – Arlester Christian
  8. D Thing – Ted Wright

Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm

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In May 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, vocals engineer
  • James Brown – lead vocals
  • Whitney Houston– lead vocals
  • Elton John– lead vocals
  • Four Tops– vocals
  • Reggie Griffin – guitar
  • Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Steve Khan– guitar
  • Narada Michael Walden– Simmons drums, synthesizer, arrangements
  • Aaron Zigman– bass vocal, keyboards
  • David Foster– electric piano, synthesizer
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, acoustic piano
  • David Paich– acoustic piano
  • Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synth bass, drum programming
  • Ren Klyce– Fairlight CMI programming, additional keyboards
  • Louis Johnson– bass guitar
  • Jerry Knight – bass guitar
  • Yogi Horton– drums
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums
  • John Robinson– drums
  • George Devens – percussion
  • Steve Kroon – percussion
  • Greg “Gigi” Gonaway – cymbal
  • Marc Russo– saxophone solo
  • Kenny G– saxophone
  • Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
  • Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
  • Chris Botti– trumpet
  • Kent Smith – trumpet
  • Mike Davis – trombone
  • Arif Mardin– arrangements
  • “Bongo” Bob Smith – drum programming
  • Sammy Merendino – additional drum samples
  • Joe Mardin – programming, sequencing, recording, mixing
  • Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
  • Edie Lehman – backing vocals
  • Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
  • Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
  • Margaret Branch – backing vocals
  • Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
  • Liz Jackson – backing vocals
  • Skyler Jett – backing vocals
  • Melisa Kary – backing vocals
  • Marti McCall – backing vocals
  • Rod Hui – recording, mixing
  • Mike Iacopelli – recording , vocal recording
  • Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
  • Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • David Frazer – engineer
  • Marlene Cohen – art direction
  • Peter Max – cover art
  • Norman Parkinson – photography

Track listing:

  1. Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
  2. Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
  3. He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
  4. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  5. Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
  6. Think – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
  7. Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
  8. If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney

James Brown: Gettin’ Down To It

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In May 1969, “King” label released “Gettin’ Down To It”, the 28th James Brown studio album. It was recorded December 1968 – March 1969, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals
  • Marva Whitney – vocal
  • Dee Felice Trio:
  • Lee Tucker – bass
  • Dee Felice – drums
  • Frank Vincent – piano
  • Kenny Poole – guitar
  • Lee Garrett – guitar

Track listing:

  1. Sunny – Bobby Hebb
  2. That’s Life – Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay
  3. Strangers in the Night – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
  4. Willow Keep Me – Ann Ronell
  5. Cold Sweat – James Brown, Alfred Ellis
  6. There Was a Time – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  7. Chicago – Fred Fisher
  8. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons – William Best, Deek Watson
  9. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  10. All the Way – Sammy Cahn
  11. It Had to Be You – Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
  12. Uncle – Frank Vincent

Foo Fighters: Wasting Light

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On April 12, 2011, “Roswell/RCA” label released “Wasting Light”, the seventh Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded September – December 2010, at Dave Grohl’s garage, and was produced by Butch Vig. In 2012, “Wasting Light” earned Foo Fighters five “Grammy Awards”, including “Best Rock Album”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
  • Pat Smear– rhythm guitar, lead guitar, baritone guitar
  • Nate Mendel– bass
  • Taylor Hawkins– drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Chris Shiflett– lead guitar, backing vocals, tenor guitar
  • Bob Mould– guitar and backing vocals, backing vocals
  • Krist Novoselic– bass, accordion
  • Rami Jaffee– keyboards, mellotron, organ
  • Jessy Greene– violin
  • Fee Waybill– backing vocals
  • Butch Vig – percussion
  • Drew Hester− percussion
  • James Brown – engineer
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Joe LaPorta– mastering
  • Emily Lazar– mastering
  • Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
  • Steve Gullick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear.

  1. Bridge Burning
  2. Rope
  3. Dear Rosemary
  4. White Limo
  5. Arlandria
  6. These Days
  7. Back & Forth
  8. A Matter of Time
  9. Miss the Misery
  10. I Should Have Known
  11. Walk

James Brown: Soul on Top

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In April 1970, “King” label released “Soul on Top”, the 32nd James Brown studio album. It was recorded November 1969, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown- vocal
  • Oliver Nelson- arranger and conductor
  • Ernie Watts- alto saxophone
  • Joe Romano – alto saxophone
  • Maceo Parker- tenor saxophone
  • Buddy Collette- tenor saxophone
  • Pete Christlieb- tenor saxophone
  • Jim Mulidore – baritone saxophone
  • Al Aarons- trumpet
  • Chuck Findley- trumpet
  • John Audino – trumpet
  • Tom Porello – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland- trombone
  • Nick DiMaio – trombone
  • Kenny Shroyer – trombone
  • Bill Tole – trombone
  • Frank Vincent – piano
  • Bill Pitman- guitar
  • Louis Shelton- guitar
  • Ray Brown- bass
  • Louis Bellson- drums, bandleader
  • Jack Arnold – percussion

Track listing:

  1. That’s My Desire – Helmy Kressa, Caroll Loveday
  2. Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams
  3. What Kind of Fool Am I – Leslie Bircusse, Anthony Newley
  4. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World – James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome
  5. The Man in the Glass – Bud Hobgood
  6. It’s magic – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  7. September Song – Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
  8. For Once in My Life – Ron Miller, Orlando Murden
  9. Every Day I Have the Blues – Memphis Slim
  10. I Need Your Key (To Turn Me On) – Louie Bellson
  11. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown

James Brown: I Got the Feelin’

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In April 1968, “King” label released “I Got the Feelin’”, the 23rd James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals, arrangements
  • Ron Lenhoff – engineer
  • Hughes – design
  • Bud Hobgood – production supervision

Track listing:

  1. I Got the Feelin’ – James Brown
  2. Maybe I’ll Understand Pt.1 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff
  3. You’ve Got the Power – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  4. Maybe Good-Maybe Bad Pt.2 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  5. Shhhhhh (For a Little While) – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  6. Just Plain Funk – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Troy Seals
  7. If I Ruled the World – Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse
  8. Maybe I’ll Understand, Pt. 2 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff
  9. Stone Fox – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  10. It Won’t Be Me – James Brown, Alfred Ellis
  11. Maybe Good Maybe Bad Pt.1 – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  12. Here I Go – James Brown, Bud Hobgood, D.Lewis

Clyde Stubblefield

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On February 18, 2017, Clyde Stubblefield died aged 73. He was musician (drums, percussion), best known for his work with James Brown. His recordings including “Cold Sweat”, “I Got The Feelin’, “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”, “Ain’t It Funky Now”, “Mother Popcorn”, “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” and “Sex Machine”, are considered to be the standards for funk drumming. Stubblefield became one of the most sampled drummers in the modern music, and the 20-second drum break, a snippet of a Stubblefield solo on James Brown’s 1970 single “Funky Drummer,” marked his biggest impact on music.

James Brown

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On December 25, 2006, James Joseph Brown died aged 73.  He was singer, songwriter, producer and bandleader, regarded as the creator of funk music, and one of the most important artists in the history of the modern music. Named the “Godfather of Soul” and the “Hardest Working Man in the Show Business”, for all the achievements in his six decades long career, Brown received many honors including” inductions into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”; “Songwriters Hall of Fame”; “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 34th annual “Grammy Awards”; “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 4th annual “Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards”; a star on the “Hollywood Walk of Fame”; inductee to the “New York Songwriters Hall of Fame”; honored as the first “BMI Urban Icon” at the “BMI Urban Awards”, “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the “BET Awards”, and induction into the “UK Music Hall of Fame”.Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked him at number seven on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”; in Joel Whitburn’s analysis of the “Billboard R&B” charts from 1942 to 2010, Brown was ranked as number one in “The Top 500 Artists”.list, magazine “Rolling Stone” cited him as the most sampled artist of all time, and In an article for the same magazine, critic Robert Christgau cited Brown as “The Greatest Musician of the Rock Era”. Brown is also one of the best sold artist of all times.

James Brown: Get On The Good Foot

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On November 20, 1972, “Polydor” label released “Get on the Good Foot”, the 39th James Brown studio album. It was recorded 1970 – 1972, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocal, arrangements
  • Dave Matthews – arrangements
  • Sammy Lowe – arrangements
  • Bob Both – mixing, production supervision
  • Kames Spencer – photography

Track listing:

  1. Get on the Good Foot, Pts. 1& 2 – James Brown, Fred Wesley, Joe Mims
  2. The Whole World Needs Liberation – James Brown, Bobby Byrd
  3. Your Love Was Good for Me – J. Barnes, Whiz Whisenhut
  4. Cold Sweat (remake) – James Brown, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis
  5. Recitation by Hank Ballard – James Brown, Hank Ballard
  6. I Got a Bag of My Own – James Brown
  7. Nothing Beats a Failure (But a Try) – James Brown
  8. Lost Someone” (remake) – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Lloyd Stallworth
  9. Funky Side of Town – James Brown
  10. Please, Please, Please (remake) – James Brown, Johnny Terry
  11. Ain’t It a Groove – James brown, Nat Jones
  12. My Part/Make It Funky, Parts 3 & 4 – James Brown, Charles Bobbit
  13. Dirty Harri – James Brown

Massive Attack: Protection

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On September 26, 1994, “Circa” label released “Protection” the second Massive Attack album. It was recorded 1993–1994, at “Wild Bunch Studios” in London; “Massive Attack” and “Antenna Studios” in Bristol, and was produced by Robert Del Naja, Adrian Nicholas Thaws, Andrew Vowles, Grantley Evan Marshall and Nellee Hooper.

Personnel:

  • Robert Del Naja – vocals, keyboards, programming, mixing, artwork
  • Grant “Daddy G” Marshall (Grantley Evan Marshall) – vocals, programming, mixing, artwork
  • Andrew Vowles – drums, percussion, keyboards, turntables
  • Tricky (Adrian Nicholas Thaws) – vocals, programming, mixing, artwork
  • Chester Kamen– guitar
  • Craig Armstrong– piano
  • Rob Merril – drums
  • Tracey Thorn, Horace Andy, Nicolette– vocals
  • Marius De Vries, Andy Wright, The Insects, Nick Warren– programming
  • Jeremy “Jim Bob” Wheatley – additional engineering
  • Al Stone – additional engineering
  • Nellee Hooper– mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent– mixing
  • Jim Abbiss – mixing
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Michael – Nash Assoc. – artwork
  • Matthew Donaldson, Jean Baptiste Mondino, Eddie Monsoon – photography

Personnel:

  1. Protection (sampled “The Payback” by James Brown) – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Tracey Thorn
  2. Karmacoma – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Tricky, Norfolk, Locke
  3. Three – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Nellee Hooper, Suwoton
  4. Weather Storm (sampled “It’s Time for Love” by Pieces of a Dream)) – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, Harmon, Napoleon, Lloyd, Murray
  5. Spying Glass (sampled “Chapter 3” by Joe Gibbs & the Professionals, and, “Shaft in Africa” by Johnny Pate – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Nellee Hooper, Andy Wright
  6. Better Things (sampled “Never Can Say Goodbye” by James Brown) – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Tracey Thorn, Watt, Brown
  7. Eurochild (sampled “Cheetah” by Startled Insects) – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Tricky, Norfolk, Locke
  8. Sly (sampled “Africa Talks to You ‘The Asphalt Jungle'” by Sly and the Family Stone) – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja Grantley Evan Marshall, Nellee Hooper, Suwoton, Goldman
  9. Heat Miser – Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grantley Evan Marshall, Nellee Hooper, Marius de Vries
  10. Light My Fire (live) (sampled “Light My Fire” by Jackie Wilson,  The Doors)