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The J.B.'s recorded under various billings in the early '70s, including the J.B.'s, Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s, Maceo & the Macks, the First Family, the Last Word, and others. This double CD gathers 30 of the prime tracks by all of the above configurations from the first half of the '70s, including all nine of their chart hits and quite a few rare singles and long versions. Often, James Brown himself chips in with incidental vocals (though this is mostly instrumental) and keyboards. The two-and-a-half-hour program can start to sound monotonous if taken all at once, but it's prime, often riveting funk, jammed with lockstep grooves that vary between basic R&B vamps and imaginative, almost jazzy improvisation.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, MainArtist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Earl Collins, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist - Phelps "Catfish" Collins, ComposerLyricist - Clyde Stubblefield, ComposerLyricist - John W. Griggs, ComposerLyricist - Clayton Isiah Gunnels, ComposerLyricist - Darrell Jamison, ComposerLyricist - Robert McCollough, ComposerLyricist - Frank Clifford Waddy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Bobbitt, ComposerLyricist - John Starks, ComposerLyricist - JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist - Charles Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - St. Clair Pickney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Billy Butler, ComposerLyricist - Bill Doggett, ComposerLyricist - Clifford Scott, ComposerLyricist - Shep Shephard, ComposerLyricist - The James Brown Soul Train, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - HERBIE HANCOCK, ComposerLyricist - Jon Hendricks, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - MACEO PARKER, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Maceo, MainArtist - Bob Both, Engineer, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fred A. Bobbit, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - MACEO PARKER, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Maceo And The Macks, MainArtist - Bob Both, Engineer, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - The Last Word, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Deidre Brown, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - The First Family, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Maceo And The Macks, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist - Charles Bobbit, Producer - Don Love, Producer
℗ 1975 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Maceo, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The J.B.'s recorded under various billings in the early '70s, including the J.B.'s, Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s, Maceo & the Macks, the First Family, the Last Word, and others. This double CD gathers 30 of the prime tracks by all of the above configurations from the first half of the '70s, including all nine of their chart hits and quite a few rare singles and long versions. Often, James Brown himself chips in with incidental vocals (though this is mostly instrumental) and keyboards. The two-and-a-half-hour program can start to sound monotonous if taken all at once, but it's prime, often riveting funk, jammed with lockstep grooves that vary between basic R&B vamps and imaginative, almost jazzy improvisation.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:33:19
- Main artists: The J.B.'s
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1995 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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