James Brown - Funky Men
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Artist: James BrownEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1998-03-03
Music Label: Disky Records
Soundtracks:
- Rapp Payback (Where Iz Mo
- Honky Tonk
- Rock Groove Machine (Pt 1
- Way To Get Down
- Mashed Potatoes
- Funky Men
- Smokin' & Drinkin'
- Bessie (Pt 1)
- Just Wanna Make You Dance
- Headquarters (Augusta, Ga
- Back From The Dead
- Nature (Pt 1 & 2)
- Stay With Me
- Rapp Payback (Where Iz Mo
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Music Review: James Brown's "Funky People", Back Again
Rating: 5 Stars
In JB's domestic "Funky People" series (volumes 1/2/3) we get a chance to review solid efforts by members of his show, from approximately '67 to '74. In this similiarly formatted import we find the '76 to '80 period represented by various band groupings. There two particularly interesting tracks from the '76-'78 period, "Bessie" (Part One)", a powerful on the *one* groove recognizable as a standout cut on JB's "Mutha's Nature" album but presented here as an earlier release (apparently using the same rythym bed) featuring the band members playing *and* singing. Another JB album item "Nature" here appears in an almost completely different arrangement. This was a lost gem from a 1978 album, here pushing the incisive guitars up front. [Collectors please note that the "James Brown Live In Concert" video from Music Media (1984) contains a great live version of this lesser-known tune].A tremendous dance floor item from '80 (co-written by JB) called "Just Want To Make You Dance (pt. 1)" begs revisitation in any medium. This is Top Ten material, a pulsing, pounding disco entry. It's by The JBs featuring Maxxi. It appears to be a recovered album cut.
Mr. Bobby Byrd has a nice entry with "Back From The Dead", a nicely syncopated rock and soul mixture.
Bobby's the co-writer on James Brown's minor hit from '80, "Stay With Me", actuallly one his best A-sides. It's a happy statement with unusual instrumentation. The original flip is here, "Smokin' and Drinkin'", a socially conscious offer, nicely sung by Brown, who delivers melodiously. From the same period we get the single and album version of "Rapp Payback", another progressive dance floor item. [Seen on two JB videos: "America's Music - Soul 1" (Bennett Video Group) and "James Brown and His Very Special Guest B. B. King" (White Star/Kultur)].
I wish this collection could find its' way into the bins of the popular chains who (in my experience) seem to stock only the same ol' "Greatest Hits"/"Greatest Hits Live" material by the G.F.O.S.
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