The 50th Anniversary Collection

Compilation by James Brown

Released 16 September 2003

funk soul

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Please, Please, Please
2:45
2
Try Me
2:31
5.0 ★
3
Good Good Lovin’
2:15
4.0 ★
4
I’ll Go Crazy
2:08
5
Think
2:50
6
Bewildered
2:24
3.0 ★
7
Lost Someone
3:06
8
Night Train
3:31
2.0 ★
9
Prisoner of Love
2:22
4.0 ★
10
Out of Sight
2:23
3.6 ★
11
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, Part 1
2:07
3.6 ★
12
I Got You (I Feel Good)
2:47
4.5 ★
13
It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
2:48
4.5 ★
14
Bring It Up
2:45
4.0 ★
15
Let Yourself Go
2:58
16
Cold Sweat, Part 1
2:52
17
Get It Together, Part 1
3:51
18
There Was a Time
3:35
19
I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Part 1
3:31
20
I Got the Feelin’
2:37
4.0 ★
21
Licking Stick‐Licking Stick, Part 1
2:48
22
Say It Loud‐I’m Black and I’m Proud, Part 1
2:48
23
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
2:50
24
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself), Part 1
3:05
25
The Popcorn
3:02
26
Mother Popcorn, Part 1
3:17
4.0 ★
27
Ain’t It Funky Now, Part 1
3:08
CD 2
1
It’s a New Day, Part 1
3:08
2
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Part 1
2:50
4.0 ★
3
Super Bad, Part 1
2:52
4
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Part 1
3:32
5
Soul Power, Part 1
3:20
4.0 ★
6
Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants), Part 1
3:07
7
Make It Funky, Part 1
3:15
3.0 ★
8
I’m a Greedy Man, Part 1
2:48
9
Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing, Part 1
3:15
10
There It Is, Part 1
3:06
11
Get on the Good Foot, Part 1
3:29
12
I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1
2:53
13
Down and Out in New York City
3:16
14
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
3:06
15
Doing It to Death, Part 1
James Brown, Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s
3:03
16
The Payback, Part 1
3:32
5.0 ★
17
My Thang
4:09
18
Papa Don’t Take No Mess, Part 1
4:29
5.0 ★
19
Funky President (People It’s Bad)
3:55
3.0 ★
20
Get Up Offa That Thing
4:00
21
Bodyheat, Part 1
3:57
22
It’s Too Funky in Here
3:45
23
Static, Parts 1 & 2
4:52

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Release credits

Al Brisco Clark
tenor saxophone [10-12]
Alfonzo Kellum
guitar [12, 20, 26]
Alfred Corley
alto saxophone [5]
Andre DeBourg
engineer [23], mix [23]
Andy Gibson
producer [2, 6]
Bernard Odum
bass [3-4, 10-12, 20], electric bass guitar [5-6]
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
drums (drum set) [13]
Bill Hollings
background vocals [2, 6], vocal [5]
Billy Butler
guitar [13]
Bobby Bennett
background vocals [3-4], vocal [5]
Bobby Byrd
background vocals [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 2.2, 2.18], organ [1.7-8, 2.2], piano [3], vocal [5]
Bobby Roach
guitar [3-6]
Bootsy Collins
bass [2]
Carl Pruitt
bass [2]
Catfish Collins
guitar [2]
Clarence Mack
bass [1]
Clayton Gunnells
trumpet [2]
Clifford Scott
tenor saxophone [2]
Clyde Stubblefield
drums (drum set) [26], membranophone [20]
Darryl Hassan Jamison
trumpet [2]
Edison Gore
drums (drum set) [1]
Eldee Williams
tenor saxophone [10-12]
Ernest Hayes
piano [2]
Fred Wesley
arranger [19], trombone [18]
Full Force
arranger [23], mix [23], producer [23]
George Dorsey
alto saxophone [2-3, 6]
Hal Neely
producer [9]
Haywood Henry
baritone saxophone [13]
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin
guitar [18]
Hubert Perry
bass [7], electric bass guitar [8]
Isiah "Ike" Oakley
trumpet [18]
J.C. Davis
tenor saxophone [3-8]
J.W. Archer
background vocals [2, 6]
James Brown
arranger [18-19], drums (drum set) [8], lead vocals [2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 2.13, 2.18-19, 1.1-15, 1.19-24, 1.26], piano [2], producer [1.9-13, 1.19-20, 1.22, 1.26, 2.7, 2.18-19]
James Brown & The Famous Flames
performer [1-6]
James Brown Orchestra
performer [20, 22]
James McGary
alto saxophone [4]
Jimmy Nolen
guitar [2.18, 1.11-12, 1.20, 1.26]
Joe Dupars
trumpet [10-12, 20]
John Moran
percussion [18]
John Starks
drums (drum set) [18], membranophone [2]
Johnny Terry
background vocals [1-4], vocal [5]
Kenny Burrell
guitar [2]
Kenny Poole
guitar [26]
Lammar Wright
trumpet [13]
Les Buie
guitar [7-8, 10]
Levi Rasbury
trombone [11-12, 20]
Lloyd Stallworth
background vocals [3-4], vocal [5]
Louis Madison
background vocals [2], keyboard [6]
Lucas Fats Gonder
piano [1]
Maceo Parker
alto saxophone [1.12, 2.18], baritone saxophone [10-11], tenor saxophone [11, 20, 26]
Mack Johnson
trumpet [10]
Melvin Parker
drums (drum set) [10-12]
Mike Ridley
trumpet [12]
Nafloyd Scott
guitar [1]
Nashpendle Knox
background vocals [1]
Nat Jones
alto saxophone [10-12], organ [11-12]
Nat Kendrick
drums (drum set) [3-6], membranophone [7]
Panama Francis
drums (drum set) [2]
Pee Wee Ellis
alto saxophone [20, 26]
Ralph Bass
producer [1]
Ray Felder
tenor saxophone [1]
Robert Knight
trumpet [10]
Robert McCollough
tenor saxophone [2]
Ron Lenhoff
engineer [13]
Ron Tooley
trumpet [10-12]
Roscoe Patrick
trumpet [7-8]
Sam Thomas
bass [11]
Sonny Thompson
piano [4]
St. Clair Pinckney
baritone saxophone [20, 26], tenor saxophone [1.10-12, 2.18]
Sylvester Keels
background vocals [1]
The Dapps
performer [19]
The J.B.’s
performer [18]
The James Brown Band
performer [4, 8, 10-11], performing orchestra [5, 7]
Tony Maserati
engineer [23]
Waymon Reed
trumpet [13, 20]
Wilbert Smith
tenor saxophone [1]
Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb
trumpet [13]
Willie Johnson
background vocals [3-4]
Wilmer Milton
trombone [10-11]
[unknown]
electric bass guitar [18]
“Sweet” Charles Sherrell
electric bass guitar [26]

Issues

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The 50th Anniversary Collection
2x CD
16 September 2003
T
The 50th Anniversary Collection
2x CD
2003