Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. You've Got The Power - James Brown, Bea Ford
2. A Little Taste Of Soul - Nat Hendrix Band, Sugar Pie DeSanto
3. I Found You - Yvonne Fair, James Brown
4. If I Knew - Yvonne Fair
5. You Can Make It If You Try - Yvonne Fair, James Brown
6. Straighten Up - Yvonne Fair
7. Say Yeah Yeah - Yvonne Fair
8. I Cried - Tammi Terrell
9. If You Don't Think - Tammi Terrell
10. If Somebody Told You - Anna King
11. Make Up Your Mind - Anna King
12. Baby Baby Baby - Bobby Byrd, Anna King
13. All Of Me - Elsie Mae
14. Whole Lot Of Lovin' - Elsie Mae
15. Do You Really Want To Rescue Me, Part 1 - Elsie Mae
16. This Is My Story - The Jewels, James Brown
17. Wide Awake In A Dream - Vicki Anderson
18. Baby, Don't You Know - Vicki Anderson
19. Unwind Yourself - Marva Whitney
20. I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late) - Marva Whitney
21. What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You - Marva Whitney
22. You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work You Can't Eat) - James Brown, Marva Whitney
23. It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) - Marva Whitney
24. I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, Part 1 & 2 - Marva Whitney
25. Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) - Marva Whitney
26. Answer To Mother Popcorn (I Got A Mother For You) - Vicki Anderson
27. I Want To Be In The Land Of Milk And Honey - Vicki Anderson

Disc 2:

1. The Message From The Soul Sisters - Vicki Anderson
2. Super Good (Answer To Super Bad) Part 1 & 2 - Vicki Anderson
3. I'm Too Tough For Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants) - Vicki Anderson
4. Don't Throw Your Love In The Garbage Can - Vicki Anderson
5. You're Welcome, Stop On By - Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson
6. The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow, Part 1 & 2 - Kay Robinson
7. People Make The World A Better Place - Relations, Shirley Jean Womack
8. Wheel Of Life - Lyn Collins
9. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins
10. Me And My Baby Got A Good Thing Goin' - Lyn Collins
11. Mama Feelgood - Lyn Collins, The J.B.'s
12. Take Me Just As I Am - Lyn Collins
13. Don't Make Me Over - Lyn Collins
14. What My Baby Needs Now Is A Little More Lovin' - James Brown, Lyn Collins
15. We Want To Parrty, Parrty, Parrty, Part 1 & 2 - Lyn Collins
16. Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again - Lyn Collins
17. You Can't Love Me If You Don't Respect Me - Lyn Collins
18. Put It On The Line - Lyn Collins
19. Summertime - Martha High, James Brown

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39291 in Music
• Released on: 1998-10-05
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 153 minutes

Customer Reviews

Funky Divas
Exactly what it says on the packet!James Brown

Bumper Size Hunk'o'Funk
Forget the many 'Greatest Hits' compilations that James Brown has released, with all the popular tracks such as 'Sex Machine' and 'It's a Man's, Man's World', etc. There are two essential purchases to make if you want to get the 'best of'. One is the JBs Anthology (cf.) and the other is this two CD offering. The former is superior IMHO - 2 CDs of sheer quality sweat-inducing funk from beginning to end - though this is well worth the asking price too. It contains ballads and funk tracks by all the main female vocalists to be produced and promoted by the man himself - many were also his girlfriends incidentally, surprise huh?

The first CD deals with the 60s and has only a few highlights, perhaps the best of which are the Marva Whitney offerings nearing the end. There are several tracks here from her seminal and much-sampled 'It's My Thing' album which nowadays goes for c. £200 for an original copy. It inlcudes the track 'Unwind Yourself' which was famously sampled by the 45-king for the '900 number' track.

The second CD covers the 70s and is a gem from start to finish with all the best tracks ever recorded by Vicki Anderson and Lynn Collins, including 'Message From the Soul Sisters', 'Think' and 'You Can't Love Me if You Don't Respect Me'. The gospel inspired 'Lord Will Make a Way' by T.V. Momma is also a pearl and, I think, quite rare (anyone?). Sampled by virtually everyone, the funk on this CD is electric and would make mincemeat of any dancefloor, trust me I've witnessed it!

The only problem with buying this compilation is that it takes the fun and rationale out of buying it's constituent parts on their original albums as all the best tracks are on here. Leave that to the collectors though, if you want 'the best' of JB in a cheap and accessible format this is half of it (don't forget the JBs Anthology though).