The 50th Anniversary Collection

~ Release by James Brown (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1It’s a New Day, Part 1
partial recording of:
It’s a New Day
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown3:08
2Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Part 1
bass:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) (on 1970-04-25)
guitar:
Catfish Collins (on 1970-04-25)
membranophone:
John Starks (on 1970-04-25)
organ and background vocals:
Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group) (on 1970-04-25)
piano and lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1970-04-25)
tenor saxophone:
Robert McCollough (on 1970-04-25)
trumpet:
Clayton Gunnells (on 1970-04-25) and Darryl Hassan Jamison (on 1970-04-25)
recorded at:
Starday Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1970-04-25)
partial recording of:
Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine (on 1970-04-25)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group) and Ron Lenhoff
publisher:
Dynatone Publishing Co. and Intersong Music Ltd.
James Brown42:51
3Super Bad, Part 1
recording of:
Super Bad
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown2:52
4Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Part 1
partial recording of:
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group) and Ron Lenhoff
publisher:
Crited Music Inc. and Unichappell Music
James Brown3:32
5Soul Power, Part 1
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (in 1971-02)
recording of:
Soul Power (in 1971-02)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
partial recording of:
Soul Power
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown43:20
6Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants), Part 1
partial recording of:
Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
James Brown3:07
7Make It Funky, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
partial recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown33:16
8I’m a Greedy Man, Part 1
partial recording of:
I’m a Greedy Man
writer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown2:48
9Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing, Part 1
partial cover recording of:
Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group)
James Brown3:16
10There It Is, Part 1
recording of:
There It Is
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown3:07
11Get on the Good Foot, Part 1
partial recording of:
Get on the Good Foot
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Joseph Mims and Fred Wesley
James Brown3:30
12I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1
recording of:
I Got Ants in My Pants
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Publishing Co. and Unichappell & Co.
James Brown2:53
13Down and Out in New York City
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Down and Out in New York City
writer:
Bodie Chandler and Barry De Vorzon
publisher:
Dijon Music
James Brown3:16
14Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
James Brown3:06
15Doing It to Death, Part 1
recording of:
Doing It to Death (a.k.a. Gonna Have a Funky Good Time)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Pub. Co. and Unichappell & Co.
James Brown, Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s3:04
16The Payback, Part 1
partial recording of:
The Payback
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), John Starks and Fred Wesley
James Brown53:32
17My Thang
recording of:
My Thang
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown4:09
18Papa Don’t Take No Mess, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
alto saxophone:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) (on 1973-08-23)
drums (drum set):
John 'Jabo' Starks (on 1973-08-23)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Fred Thomas or Charles Sherrell ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1973-08-23)
guitar:
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin (on 1973-08-23) and Jimmy Nolen (on 1973-08-23)
percussion:
John Moran (US percussionist) (on 1973-08-23)
tenor saxophone:
St. Clair Pinckney (on 1973-08-23)
trombone:
Fred Wesley (on 1973-08-23)
trumpet:
Isiah "Ike" Oakley (on 1973-08-23)
background vocals:
Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group) (on 1973-08-23)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1973-08-23)
performer:
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s (on 1973-08-23)
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recorded at:
International Studios in Augusta, Georgia, United States (on 1973-08-23)
partial recording of:
Papa Don’t Take No Mess (on 1973-08-23)
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), John Starks and Fred Wesley
James Brown54:29
19Funky President (People It’s Bad)
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (in 1974)
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
recording of:
Funky President (People It’s Bad) (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown33:55
20Get Up Offa That Thing
recording of:
Get Up Offa That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Deanna Brown (James Brown’s daughter), Deidre Brown (was James Brown second spouse) and Yamma Brown (James Brown’s daughter)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Publishing Co., Intersong Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
James Brown4:01
21Bodyheat, Part 1
partial recording of:
Bodyheat
lyricist and composer:
Deanna Brown (James Brown’s daughter), Deidre Brown (was James Brown second spouse) and Yamma Brown (James Brown’s daughter)
James Brown3:57
22It’s Too Funky in Here
recording of:
It’s Too Funky in Here
lyricist and composer:
George Jackson (US soul songwriter/vocalist), Robert Alton Miller (songwriter and multi-instrumentalist), Brad Shapiro (Producer, arranger, bass player and songwriter) and Walter N. Shaw (composer, lyricist)
publisher:
Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing
James Brown3:45
23Static, Parts 1 & 2
engineer:
Andre DeBourg and Tony Maserati (engineer / mixer)
producer:
Full Force (American R&B group, frequent collab w/ Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam)
mixer:
Andre DeBourg and Full Force (American R&B group, frequent collab w/ Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam)
arranger:
Full Force (American R&B group, frequent collab w/ Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam)
recording of:
Static
lyricist and composer:
Full Force (American R&B group, frequent collab w/ Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam)
James Brown4:53

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