In the '60s, James's instrumental recordings--both as bandleader and occasional organist, pianist and drummer--all but constituted a second disc career for the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. It was a career that gave him the odd hit single--"The Popcorn," "Ain't It Funky Now"- -but mainly allowed him to fill out LPs with tight band workouts and ultra-hip mood music. Soul Pride brings the word, as it were, from a succession of great lineups, bearing witness as the music evolves from early-'60s remembrances of jump blues through soul jazz and the full-on funk. The usual fascinating liner notes by compilation producers Harry Weinger and Alan Leeds complement the music. --Rickey Wright
Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-69),James Brown,Polygram Records,Funk,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues
Christian Music:
- Soul: When a Man Loves a Woman [Import]
- Soulful Sound of Dobie Gray [Import]
- Stranded in the Jungle
- Sweet Love
- Sweet Soul Music [Import]
- Tears in My Heart
- Testify! [Original recording remastered]
- The Best of Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio [Import]
- The Low End Theory
- The Preacher
Christian Music
Century of Blues: Celebrating 100 Years of Great Blues [Box set] [Import]
Feelin' Fine [CD-single] [Import]
Brubeck - The Gates of Justice (Milken Archive American Jewish Music)
Cypher Documents, Vol. 1 [Import]