Name: Gold
Brand: James Brown

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Supplier EU

Universal Music GmbH

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Extended format: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Signed copies: No

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Download code: No

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Bonus disc: No

Release date

2005-09-23

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Catalogue number

9832584

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602498325841

Artist

James Brown

Label EU

Polydor

Genre EU

Funk / Soul

James Brown was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and dancer, who was one of the most important and influential entertainers in 20th-century&nbsp;popular music&nbsp;and whose remarkable achievements earned him the honorific nickname “the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business.”

Brown began his career as a&nbsp;gospel&nbsp;singer and rose to prominence in the mid-1950s, building&nbsp;a reputation as a dynamic live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".

During the late 1960s, Brown moved to a new approach to music-making, emphasising stripped-down interlocking rhythms that influenced the development of funk music. By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death in 2006.

<p>over the years, there have been numerous james brown compilations. and, of course, there have been a few compilations featuring covers of james brown's repertoire. but if you thought that those releases tapped the mother lode, we have news for you: the godfather of soul was responsible for too many veins of black gold to capture them all on a couple of scantily packaged cds. so this is the le smoke disque take - a set of rocking soul and funk influenced by james brown and his mighty disciples, captured from rare vinyl released all across the world. one of lsd's favourite jb rips, mexican band rabbits and carrots 'las cuatras culturas' - really a cover of 'give it up or turn it loose' - sees the light of day here as an extended edit. for good measure, it's placed alongside the r&amp;c's 7"-only version of 'sex machine', which sounds much better when not crammed alongside four other songs on a poorly-pressed 45. also included are two incredible covers of marva whitney's 'it's my thing' : baton rouge's big boe and the nighthawks present a jazzy version, originally released on boe's tiny self-named imprint as a 45, and madrid's the presidents offer perhaps the roughest version of the track ever heard (and maybe funkiest record ever to originate from spain). through the novelty versions of jb classics from canadian private pressed lps (what kind of a name is get up with dancer anyway?) and the odd unreleased joint (don't bother looking for the obscure les watson and the panthers releases - they sound nothing like what's presented here), lsd offer a thorough investigation of the soul of jb.</p>

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