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Mr Dynamite--those are pretty arrogant titles, but not many people would try to put across the notion thatJames Brown doesn't deserve them. No other soul musician in his prime put on a more exhilarating stage show: as the 1970 set ofSex Machineattests, Brown was a marvel of athletic, almost inhuman stamina and split-second timing. Recorded at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, this is one of two essential live James Brown albums--the other isLive At The Apollo, originally released in 1963. The 15-trackSex Machinenot only captures the fervour of a Godfather of Soul's concert in all its glory--the calculated spontaneity combined with the raw power of his 20-plus strong band--but it also shows everyone how a live album should be done. From the fantastic stop-start version of "Get Up, I Feel Like A Sex Machine" through the nascent strains of early rap on "Brother Rap 1 and 11" and beyond, this gives you a real taste of Brown at his best. Much of the credit for the impeccable sound onSex Machineshould be attributed to his guest musicians which now reads like the funk-soul Hall of Fame: the P-Funk Collins brothers, Catfish and Bootsy on guitar and bass respectively, Bobby Byrd on organ, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker on saxophones and Clyde Stubblefield on drums, among many others, are a credit to Brown's brilliant leadership, gospel-impassioned vocals and wonderful songs. --Na'solo So'Fahed
Mr Dynamite--those are pretty arrogant titles, but not many people would try to put across the notion that James Brown doesn't deserve them. No other soul musician in his prime put on a more exhilarating stage show: as the 1970 set ofSex Machineattests, Brown was a marvel of athletic, almost inhuman stamina and split-second timing. Recorded at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, this is one of two essential live James Brown albums--the other isLive At The Apollo, originally released in 1963. The 15-trackSex Machinenot only captures the fervour of a Godfather of Soul's concert in all its glory--the calculated spontaneity combined with the raw power of his 20-plus strong band--but it also shows everyone how a live album should be done. From the fantastic stop-start version of "Get Up, I Feel Like A Sex Machine" through the nascent strains of early rap on "Brother Rap 1 and 11" and beyond, this gives you a real taste of Brown at his best. Much of the credit for the impeccable sound onSex Machineshould be attributed to his guest musicians which now reads like the funk-soul Hall of Fame: the P-Funk Collins brothers, Catfish and Bootsy on guitar and bass respectively, Bobby Byrd on organ, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker on saxophones and Clyde Stubblefield on drums, among many others, are a credit to Brown's brilliant leadership,gospel-impassioned vocals and wonderful songs. --Na'solo So'Fahed
Mr Dynamite--those are pretty arrogant titles, but not many people would try to put across the notion that James Brown doesn't deserve them. No other soul musician in his prime put on a more exhilarating stage show: as the 1970 set ofSex Machineattests, Brown was a marvel of athletic, almost inhuman stamina and split-second timing. Recorded at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, this is one of two essential live James Brown albums--the other isLive At The Apollo, originally released in 1963. The 15-trackSex Machinenot only captures the fervour of a Godfather of Soul's concert in all its glory--the calculated spontaneity combined with the raw power of his 20-plus strong band--but it also shows everyone how a live album should be done. From the fantastic stop-start version of "Get Up, I Feel Like A Sex Machine" through the nascent strains of early rap on "Brother Rap 1 and 11" and beyond, this gives you a real taste of Brown at his best. Much of the credit for the impeccable sound onSex Machineshould be attributed to his guest musicians which now reads like the funk-soul Hall of Fame: the P-Funk Collins brothers, Catfish and Bootsy on guitar and bass respectively, Bobby Byrd on organ, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker on saxophones and Clyde Stubblefield on drums, among many others, are a credit to Brown's brilliant leadership, gospel-impassioned vocals and wonderful songs. --Na'solo So'Fahed
...the blandly sanitized, James Brown's Sex Machine is a rousing shot of pure energy, a reminder that music can have the ability to move its listeners in more ways than one. Sex Machine is a supreme distillation of decades worth of black music, compressing rock, soul, and R&B into a lean, frighteningly efficient sound that's had hips shaking since its release. Regardless of your age, race, or any other irrelevant superficial characteristic, this hour-plus-long ... ...I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine, Brother Rapp (Part I & Part II), I Got the Feelin', and the high-octane closer Mother Popcorn. Driven by propulsive grooves and frenetic arrangements, these tracks and others like them all prove extremely effective when it comes to loosening inhibitions and provoking unconscious spasms of head-bobbing and foot-tapping. However, that's not to discount the record's emotional, horn-fueled balladry, led by the supremely ...
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Advantages: Makes you remember all the good times! Great songs! Disadvantages: Surely there must be more songs they can add!
...Are Everything - Real Thing
11. Nights Over Egypt - Jones Girls
12. Midas Touch - Midnight Star
13. Let The Music Play - Shannon
14. We Got The Funk - Positive Force
15. Can You Handle It -, Sharon Redd
16. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
17. Love Town - Newberry, Booker III
18. Zoom - Fat Larry's Band
19. Check Out The Groove -, Bobby Thurston
1. Word Up - Cameo
2. Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang
3. Trapped - Colonel Abrams
4. Get Down Saturday Night -, Oliver Cheatham
5. Southern Freez - Freeez
6. I Believe In Miracles - Jackson Sisters
7. Get Up I Feel Like Being A SexMachine (part 1) -, JamesBrown
8. All This Love That I'm Giving -, Gwen McCrae
9. I Know You Got Soul -, Bobby Byrd
10. Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & The Macks
11. Joy And Pain - Maze & Frankie Beverly
12. All Night Long - Mary Jane...
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Album Notes: Personnel: James Brown (vocals, piano, organ); Catfish Collins, Jimmy Nolen (guitar); Alphonso Kellum (guitar, bass); Kenny Poole (guitar); Alfred Ellis (alto saxophone); St. Clair Pinckney (tenor & baritone saxophones); Maceo Parker (tenor saxophone, organ); Robert McCollough, Eldee Williams (tenor saxophone); Clayton Gunnells, Richard Griffith, Darryl Jamison, Joseph Davis (trumpet); Fred Wesley (trombone); Bobby Byrd (organ, vocals); William "Bootsy" Collins, Charles Sherrell (bass); John Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Melvin Parker (drums); Johnny Griggs (congas); Art Lopez (percussion); Marva Whitney, Robert Graham, Jerry Shearin (background vocals).
Titles on disc 1
1.: Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
2.: Brother Rap
3.: Bewildered
4.: I Got The Feelin'
5.: Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
6.: I Don't Want Nobdy To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll
7.: Lickin' Stick
8.: Lowdown Popcorn
9.: Spinning Wheel
10.: If I Ruled The World
11.: There Was A Time
12.: It's A Man's Man's Man's World
13.: Please Please Please
14.: I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)
15.: Mother Popcorn
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