James Brown fans have a reason to rejoice. Universal has released seventeen rare Brown albums digitally on all of the major retailers and streaming sites.
Also out is the box set James Brown Live at the Apollo, Volumes I-IV which includes the previously unreleased fourth volume in the set.
The seventeen albums include rare, influential instrumental albums that have been long sought after by fans and have never been available before for download or streaming. The titles are:
Good, Good Twistin’ With James Brown (1962)
Showtime (1964)
Grits and Soul (1964)
Handful of Soul (1966)
James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday (1966)
Mighty Instrumentals (1966)
Plays Nothing But Soul (1968)
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (1968)
Sho’ is Funky Down Here (1971)
Hot (1976)
Everybody Doin’ the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump (1976)
Take a Look at Those Cakes (1979)
The Original Disco Man (1979)
Jam 1980’s (1978)
People (1980)
Nonstop! (1981)
The James Brown Live at the Apollo Volumes I-IV includes the following titles:
Live at the Apollo 1962 (1963)
Live at the Apollo Volume II (1968)
Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume 3 (1971)
Get Down With James Brown: Live at the Apollo, Volume 4 (previously unreleased)
The track list for Get Down With James Brown: Live at the Apollo, Volume 4:
Introduction of the J.B.’s
Hot Pants Road
From the Back Side
Wines Spot
Introduction of James Brown
Never Can Say Goodbye
Pass the Peas
Honky Tonk
Gimme Some More
There It Is
Introduction of Lyn Collins
Do Your Thing
Think (About It)
I’ll Take You There
Introduction of Bobby Byrd
I Know You Got Soul
(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Do Right
Keep on Doin’ What You’re Doin’
UMe has also released several James Brown albums on vinyl: GET ON UP: The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring songs heard in the Universal Pictures feature film, including two previously unreleased, scorching live performances, and the best-seller 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!, each making their vinyl debuts as newly mastered 2-LP sets. The Payback, a classic double-LP from 1974 featuring the No. 1 hit title song; In The Jungle Groove, the original 2-LP compilation from 1986 featuring extended versions of the foundations of hip-hop, including Soul Power, Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing, Funky Drummer and more; and Motherlode, a 1988 collection of rarities and unreleased sides, have been newly reissued on vinyl.
In his lifetime, Brown released over seventy studio albums, 14 live albums and almost fifty compilations of his music.
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