180g Import LP!
James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul", began his career as a gospel singer before joining an R&B vocal group which later evolved into The Famous Flames. Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer during his time with The Flames, and their song "Shout And Shimmy", written by Brown, rose to #16 on the R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"On an album named after the R&B Top 40 title hit and featuring the 1961 Top Ten R&B hit "I Don't Mind," James Brown & His Famous Flames can be heard making music in the variety of styles -- blues, Little Richard-style rock, doo wop -- out of which they eventually would develop the James Brown funk sound of the mid-'60s. (Actually, the music is older than the copyright date, since King cobbled the LP together from non-charting singles and B-sides dating back to 1958.) It's a more primitive sound than they would later achieve, but remains infectious." - William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com
Features:
180g Vinyl
Import
Selections:
Side A:
1. Shout And Shimmy
2. Good Good Lovin'
3. Have Mercy Baby
4. Begging, Begging
5. Just Won't Do Right
6. It Was You
7. There Must Be A Reason
8. Fine Old Foxy Self
Side B:
1. I've Got To Change
2. Gonna Try
3. I Want You So Bad
4. It Hurts To Tell You
5. Hold It
6. I Won't Plead No More
7. Don't Let It Happen To Me
James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul", began his career as a gospel singer before joining an R&B vocal group which later evolved into The Famous Flames. Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer during his time with The Flames, and their song "Shout And Shimmy", written by Brown, rose to #16 on the R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"On an album named after the R&B Top 40 title hit and featuring the 1961 Top Ten R&B hit "I Don't Mind," James Brown & His Famous Flames can be heard making music in the variety of styles -- blues, Little Richard-style rock, doo wop -- out of which they eventually would develop the James Brown funk sound of the mid-'60s. (Actually, the music is older than the copyright date, since King cobbled the LP together from non-charting singles and B-sides dating back to 1958.) It's a more primitive sound than they would later achieve, but remains infectious." - William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com
Features:
180g Vinyl
Import
Selections:
Side A:
1. Shout And Shimmy
2. Good Good Lovin'
3. Have Mercy Baby
4. Begging, Begging
5. Just Won't Do Right
6. It Was You
7. There Must Be A Reason
8. Fine Old Foxy Self
Side B:
1. I've Got To Change
2. Gonna Try
3. I Want You So Bad
4. It Hurts To Tell You
5. Hold It
6. I Won't Plead No More
7. Don't Let It Happen To Me
