The Singles, Volume 8: 1972-1973

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Nothing Beats a Try but a Fail
  3:17
• 2
  Hot Pants Road (vocal)
  3:07
• 3
  King Heroin
  3:58
• 4
  Theme From King Heroin
  2:58
• 5
  Pass the Peas

  The J.B.’s
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 6
  There It Is, Part 1
  3:08
• 7
  There It Is, Part 2
  2:48
• 8
  Honky Tonk, Part 1

  The James Brown Soul Train
  3:07
• 9
  Honky Tonk, Part 2

  The James Brown Soul Train
  3:31
• 10
  Giving Up Food for Junk, Part 1

  The J.B.’s
  3:08
• 11
  Giving Up Food for Junk, Part 2

  The J.B.’s
  2:53
• 12
  Get on the Good Foot, Part 1
  3:36
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Get on the Good Foot, Part 2
  2:41
• 14
  I Got a Bag of My Own
  3:47
• 15
  Public Enemy No.1
  5:07
  5.0 ★
• 16
  I Know It’s True
  4:08
• 17
  I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1 (mono version)
  3:05
• 18
  I Got Ants in My Pants, Parts 15 & 16 (mono version)
  4:02
• 19
  I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1 (reverb version)
  3:03
• 20
  I Got Ants in My Pants, Parts 15 & 16 (reverb version)
  4:00
• CD 2
• 1
  What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin’

  James Brown & Lyn Collins
  2:55
• 2
  This Guy - This Girl’s in Love With You

  James Brown & Lyn Collins
  3:46
• 3
  Watermelon Man

  Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
  3:27
• 4
  Down and Out in New York City
  3:22
• 5
  Mama’s Dead
  4:50
• 6
  Sportin’ Life

  The J.B.’s
  3:52
• 7
  Dirty Harri

  Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
  3:12
• 8
  The Boss
  3:16
• 9
  Like It Is, Like It Was
  3:53
• 10
  Doing It to Death

  Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
  5:06
• 11
  Everybody Got Soul

  Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
  5:38
• 12
  Think (version 1)
  3:14
• 13
  Something
  3:36
• 14
  Think (version 2)
  3:22
• 15
  Woman, Part 1
  3:33
• 16
  Woman, Part 2
  3:34
• 17
  If You Don’t Get It the First Time, Back Up and Try It Again

  Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
  3:36
• 18
  You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be Straight

  Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
  3:33
• 19
  Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
  3:09
• 20
  Slaughter Theme
  3:58

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Release credits

• Bobby Roach
  guitar [12]
• David Matthews
  arranger [4], conductor [15]
• Fred Thomas
  bass [12]
• Fred Wesley
  trombone [12]
• Hearlon "Cheese" Martin
  guitar [12]
• Isiah "Ike" Oakley
  trumpet [12]
• James Brown
  arranger [1.4, 1.8-9, 1.12, 1.15, 2.3, 2.10-11], lead vocals [12], organ [12], producer [1.4, 1.8-9, 1.12, 1.15, 2.3, 2.10-11], vocal [15]
• Jimmy Parker
  alto saxophone [12]
• John Starks
  membranophone [12]
• Russell Crimes
  trumpet [12]
• St. Clair Pinckney
  tenor saxophone [12]

Issues

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  The Singles, Volume 8: 1972-1973

  2x CD
  21 December 2009