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JAMES BROWN - Star Time (1991)


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It would seem impossible to summarize James Brown's contribution to R&B--to American music--in a mere four compact discs, but somehow Star Time does it. This boxed set charts Brown's early rise as a hard-hitting R&B-styled vocalist ("Please Please Please," "Try Me") and shows how his bandleading skills (one can't forget inventive players like saxophonist Maceo Parker, bassist Bootsy Collins, drummer Jabo Starks, and many others) changed the face of soul and invented funk in the '60s and early '70s with impeccably timed ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"), highly rhythmic ("I Can't Stand It"), primal ("Licking Stick Licking Stick") hits. The box also does a definitive programming job on Brown's more spotty later years--another plus. This is where beginners should start, but several extended versions and rarities (like "Papa," raised an octave on original release, at normal speed) make it a must for completists too.

Disc: 1
01. Please Please Please
02. Why Do You Do Me
03. Try Me
04. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
05. Bewildered
06. Good Good Lovin'
07. I'll Go Crazy
08. I Know It's True
09. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1
10. Think
11. Baby, You're Right
12. Lost Someone
13. Night Train
14. I've Got Money
15. I Don't Mind (Live)
16. Prisoner Of Love
17. Devil's Den
18. Out Of The Blue
19. Out Of Sight
20. Grits
21. Maybe The Last Time
22. It's A Man's World
23. I Got You
24. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pts. 1, 2 & 3
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Disc: 2
01. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
02. I Got You (I Feel Good)
03. Ain't That A Groove
04. It's A Man's Man's Man's World
05. Money Won't Change You
06. Don't Be A Dropout
07. Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)
08. Let Yourself Go
09. Cold Sweat
10. Get It Together
11. I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1
12. I Got The Feelin'
13. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
14. Say It Loud-I'm Black And I'm Proud, Pt. 1
15. There Was A Time (Live)
16. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
17. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself)
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Disc: 3
01. Mother Popcorn
02. Funky Drummer
03. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
04. Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2
05. Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing
06. Get Up, Get Into It And Get Involved
07. Soul Power, Pts. 1 & 2
08. Brother Rapp/Ain't It Funky Now (Live)
09. Hot Pants, Pt. 1
10. I'm A Greedy Man, Pt. 1
11. Make It Funky, Pt. 1
12. It's A New Day (Live)
13. I Got Ants In My Pants, Pt. 1
14. King Heroin
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Disc: 4
1. There It Is, Pt. 1
2. Public Enemy #1, Pt. 1
3. Get On The Good Foot
4. I Got A Bag Of My Own
5. Doing It To Death
6. The Payback
7. Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
8. Stoned To The Bone, Pt. 1
9. My Thang
10. Funky President (People It's Bad)
11. Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
12. Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure)
13. Body Heat, Pt. 1
14. It's Too Funky In Here
15. Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
16. Unity, Pt. 1
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