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

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

James Brown: James Brown Sings Raw Soul

In March 1967, “King” label released “James Brown Sings Raw Soul”, the nineteenth James Brown studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by James Brown.

Personnel:

  • James Brown – vocals
  • Billy Butler, Alfonzo Kellu, Alphonso “Country” Kellum, Lonnie Mack, Jimmy Nolen, Wallace Richardson – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes – organ, piano
  • Al Lucas, Michael Moore, Bernard Odum, James Tyrell, David Williams – bass
  • John Starks, Clyde Stubblefield – drums
  • Ron Selico – bongos
  • Gene Redd – vibraphone
  • George Dorsey – alto saxophone
  • Nat Jones – alto saxophone, arranger, conductor
  • Pee Wee Ellis, Sam “The Man” Taylor, Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Carr, Haywood Henry, Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone
  • Dud Bascomb, Martha Harvin, Joe Dupars, Johnny Grimes, Waymon Reed, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Dicky Harris, Levi Rasbury – trombone
  • Sammy Lowe – arranger, conductor
  • Bobby Bird, Vicki Anderson, Margie Clark, Maretha Stewart– backing vocals
  • The Jewels – backing vocals
  • Mitchell Kanner – design
  • Harry Weinger – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Bring It Up – James Brown
  2. Don’t Be a Dropout – James Brown, Nat Jones
  3. Till Then – Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus
  4. Tell Me That You Love Me – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  5. Yours and Mine – James Brown, Bud Hobgood
  6. Money Won’t Change You, Pt. 1 – James Brown, Nat Jones
  7. Money Won’t Change You, Pt. 2 – James Brown, Nat Jones
  8. Only You – Ande Rand, Buck Ram
  9. Let Yourself Go – James Brown
  10. The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
  11. Nobody Knows – James Brown, James Crawford
  12. Stone Fox – James Brown, Bud Hobgood