James Brown: Funk Power 1970 Brand New Thang (Polydor)

James Brown – Funk Power - 1970: A Brand New Thang CD with 12-page booklet

Label:Polydor – 31453 1684-2

Format:CD, Compilation

Country:Europe

Released:Jun 4, 1996

Genre:Funk / Soul

Style:Funk

Tracklist

1Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine5:16

2Super Bad9:03

3Since You've Been Gone4:58

4Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose Written-By – Charles Bobbit 6:24

5There Was A Time (I Got To Move) Written-By – Bud Hobgood 7:20

6Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing14:42

7Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Trumpet – Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford*   7:06

8Soul Power Guitar – Bobby Roach Tenor Saxophone – St. Clair Pinckney* 12:05

9Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (2)10:31

10Fight Against Drug Abuse (Public Service Announcement)0:34

Credits

• Artwork By [Package Design] – SMAY VISION
• Baritone Saxophone – St. Clair Pinckney* (tracks: 6, 7)
• Bass – William "Bootsy" Collins*
• Congas – Johnny Griggs (tracks: 2 to 8, 10)
• Coordinator [Project Coordination] – Terri Tierney
• Drums – Clyde Stubblefield (tracks: 3, 4, 7), John "Jabo" Starks* (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 to 10)
• Engineer – Ron Lenhoff
• Executive Producer – Bill Levenson
• Guitar – Phelps "Catfish" Collins*, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin* (tracks: 6, 7, 10)
• Liner Notes, Photography [Page 6 Left] – Alan Leeds
• Mixed By – Danny Caccavo (tracks: 4, 5, 9), Joseph M. Palmaccio (tracks: 6, 7)
• Organ – Bobby Byrd (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8 to 10)
• Other [Project Assistance] – Catherine Ladis
• Photography By [Page 6 To 7 Center, 8 & 12] – William "Bootsy" Collins*
• Photography [Page 11] – Guy Ferrell
• Photography [Page 3 & 7 Right] – Michael Ochs
• Photography [Page 5] – Charles Stewart
• Piano – James Brown (tracks: 1, 3, 9)
• Producer – James Brown
• Producer [Compilation Produced By] – Alan Leeds, Harry Weinger
• Remastered By [Digitally] – Gary N. Mayo*
• Tenor Saxophone – Robert "Chopper" McCollough* (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9, 10)
• Trombone – Fred Wesley (tracks: 8)
• Trumpet – Clayton "Chicken" Gunnels* (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8 to 10), Daryl "Hasaan" Jamison* (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 10)
• Vocals – James Brown
• Vocals [Co-vocals] – Bobby Byrd (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 9)
• Written-By – Bobby Byrd (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 9), James Brown (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9), Ron Lenhoff (tracks: 1, 7, 9)

Notes

Track 1 was recorded April 25, 1970, Starday Studios, Nashville TN. King Single, #2 R&B/#15 Pop.
Track 2 was recorded June 30, 1970, Starday Studios, Nashville TN. King Single, #1 R&B/#13 Pop.
Track 3 is the same session as "Super Bad". Previously unreleased original mix.
Track 4 was recorded July 23, 1970, King Studios, Cincinnati OH. Undubbed unedited mix.
Track 5 is a previously unreleased performance.
Track 6 was recorded October 1, 1970, Bobby Smith Studios, Macon GA. Polydor single, #1 R&B/#27 Pop. Previously unreleased complete version.
Track 7 was recorded November 3, 1970, King Studios, Cincinnati OH. King single, #4 R&B/#34 Pop.
Track 8 was recorded January 26, 1971, Rodel Studios, Washington D.C.. King single, #3 R&B/#29 Pop. Previously unreleased complete version.
Track 9 was recorded July 23, 1970, same session as "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose". Undubbed Mix.
Track 10 was recorded October 1, 1970, same session as "Talkin' Loud". Promotional Single Release.

"Super Bad", "Since You Been Gone" and "Soul Power" are mono. "Since You Been Gone" was first issued in 1988 in remixed and re-edited form. All other songs are stereo.

Tracks 4, 5 & 9 mixed at This Way Studios.