Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

Track Listings

1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine

2. Super Bad

3. Since You Been Gone [#]

4. Give It up or Turnit a Loose [Undubbed En Edited Mix]

5. There Was a Time (I Got to Move) [#]

6. Talking Loud and Saying Nothing [Complete Version][#]

7. Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved

8. Soul Power [Complete Version][#]

9. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine [Undubbed Mix]

10. Fight Against Drug Abuse [Public Service Announcement]

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
The short-lived first incarnation of the JB's, with future Parliament-arian bassist Bootsy Collins, brother Catfish Collins on guitar, Jabo Starks and/or Clyde Stubblefield on drums, this is the edgiest, meanest, leanest lineup maestro James Brown ever assembled, and the music they made in this single year is still among the freshest, most soul-stirring funk on earth decades later. Check out James's pleas for tenor saxophonist Robert McCollough to "blow me some 'Trane, brother!" Expansive, incisive. This compilation, prepared and ideally notated by Harry Weinger and one-time JB manager Alan Leeds, is so full of groove it could doubtless sub for a faulty pacemaker. --John Corbett

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Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

Average customer rating:

BUYER BEWARE--- Faulty Versions Out There

James Brown's best

BADDEST OF THE BAD! GET ON UP!

Funk! Funk! Funk!

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Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
James Brown
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music
General | R&B | Styles | Music
General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000002G81
Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
Super Bad
Since You Been Gone
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
There Was A Time (I Got To Move)
Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
Soul Power
Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
Fight Against Drug Abuse (Public Service Anouncement)

Amazon.com essential recording

The short-lived first incarnation of the JB's, with future Parliament-arian bassist Bootsy Collins, brother Catfish Collins on guitar, Jabo Starks and/or Clyde Stubblefield on drums, this is the edgiest, meanest, leanest lineup maestro James Brown ever assembled, and the music they made in this single year is still among the freshest, most soul-stirring funk on earth decades later. Check out James's pleas for tenor saxophonist Robert McCollough to "blow me some 'Trane, brother!" Expansive, incisive. This compilation, prepared and ideally notated by Harry Weinger and one-time JB manager Alan Leeds, is so full of groove it could doubtless sub for a faulty pacemaker. --John Corbett

Customer Reviews:

BUYER BEWARE--- Faulty Versions Out There.......2007-03-21

I would love to find a true copy of this album--- it is reputed to be a classic compilation of J.B. and Co. at their funky prime.

However, BUYER BEWARE:

I have purchased this CD three times-- from more than one seller--- and each time the CD that is in the case is "The James Brown Ultimate Hits" and is NOT Funk Power 1970.

I do not blame the sellers for the CD being faulty, since the insert and even the label on the CD itself wrongly identify it as Funk Power 1970.

If there is a seller out there who can listen to the CD in the jewel case and confirm that it really is Funk Power, please email me and let me know--- since I would still very much like to purchase this album.

thanks

James Brown's best.......2007-02-03

The best of all the funk James Brown albums. Worth the price soley for Bootsy's Collins' endlessly danceable bass line on "There Was a Time(I Got To Move). Was he ever better? James screeches "singin' the song with tears in my eyes," and you believe him. Great liner notes that tells the story of this unknown teenage band. The sound of the band is fresh, as if James was inventing funk music on the spot; inspired to say the least. The classic rhythm section includes Phelps "Catfish" Collins on guitar, and "Jabo" Starks on drums.

BADDEST OF THE BAD! GET ON UP!.......2006-01-31

JAMES BROWN... JAMES BROWN... JAMES BROWN... wheres the bridge?
This guy had been around for years before, and very succesful at that. He had basically created the platform for FUNK but he hadn't quite set it off, so to speak, until he got together with BOOTSY and CATFISH COLLINS. BOOTSY was a thuderous funkateer who would later be responsible for helping George Clinton get his P-Funk off the ground. In 1970 James Brown was ready to fly.. SUPER BAD! Fresh, this album kicks it out all over the place. If you are only familiar with the stuff from the sixties (I.E 20 GREATEST HITS) you have heard some goods, but you have not heard the best. SEX MACHINE just grooves, and keeps groovin', yeah, like that, like a sex machine. TALKIN LOUD AND SAYIN NOTHIN is another solid. If you dig on Funk, like Parliament you should definately peep this album once or twice and hear it for yourself. The icing on the cake here is the last track which is a public service announcement by the Godfather of Soul himself. "Don't do drugs" he says "cuz they are Super Bad!" Just like James Brown kids, Super Bad.

Funk! Funk! Funk!.......2004-12-02

Soul Brotha #1, indeed! We know him as James Brown, and we love him as James Brown; the one who is credited as inventing funk as we know it. On this compilation, we are treated to the funkmeister, while he gels with his short-lived band called The JB's (featuring a young Bootsy Collins before he would join Parliament), who created some majorly super-bad (pun intended) funk during their short-lived period in 1970. The music on here will most definitely get you shaking; it'll make you want to dance, work up a sweat; anything which'll get you moving, and you won't wanna stop till you drop!

While the music alone is powerful enough, it's also moving to hear James talking about important societal issues: drugs, race, poverty, the need for harmony amongst all people & all races, and the need for people of society to come together to help make the world a better place. To hear these messages infused in his (already powerful and empowering) music is something truly moving. However, reality can sometimes be a devastating thing to accept, as evidenced on this disc: at the end of the disc, James is heard in a 1970 recording warning many of the dangers of drug abuse, and encouraging many to stay away from them. It's heartbreaking to hear this from him, only to find out that he himself would have his own battle with drug addiction in subsequent years. It's truly a tough pill to swallow in many ways.

From James' fiery, manic, impassioned vocal delivery, to Bootsy's propulsive basslines, to Bobby Byrd's commading supporting role as co-vocalist, and the rest of the band's performance, the music on here is an unrelenting assault on the soul: it's a funk-attack, guaranteed to get that old rump of yours shaking, followed by the rest of your body. If you can grab hold of this compilation, snatch it up, as if your life depended on it! It's truly worthwhile to have in your collection: funk addict, or not!

(...).......2003-12-06

My first James Brown disc was "70"s Funk Classic's" and that was always my favorite, until I finally found this disc which has the unedited versions of "SEX MACHINE" and "SUPER BAD". Boy am I glad I found this one- HOLY-HOLY-HOLY!! This is 100% straight up no filler funk on the one!! From beginning to end is one groove after another. I also recommend the above mentioned disc which has "AINT IT FUNKY NOW", "FUNKY DRUMMER" and "THINK 73"-all classic must hear songs. Keep the Funk Alive!!

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