James Brown's Original Funky Divas

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Producer: James Brown, Bob Geddins, Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid. Compilation producer: Harry Weinger. Includes liner notes by Alan Leeds. Digitally remastered by Gary N. Mayo and Suha Gur at Polygram Studios. Personnel: James Brown (vocals, piano, organ, background vocals); Kay Robinson (vocals, piano); Lyn Collins (vocals, hand claps); Marva Whitney, Anna King, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Tammy Montgomery, Vicki Anderson, Yvonne Fair (vocals); Wallace Richardson, Alphonso "Country" Kellum, Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza, Eddie Setser, Robert Coleman , Hugh McCracken, Bobby Roach, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Les Buie, Jimmy Nolen, Joe Beck , Troy Seals, Phelps "Catfish" Collins (guitar); Sam T. Brown (acoustic guitar); Maceo Parker (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); David Sanborn, Joe Poff, Jimmy Parker , Nat Jones, Pee Wee Ellis (alto saxophone); Eldee Williams, Al "Brisco" Clark, Les Asch, Clifford MacMillan, Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone); Charles Carr, Haywood Henry (baritone saxophone); Lewis Hamlin (trumpet, trombone); Joe Dupars, Waymon Reed, Russell Crimes, Robert Knight , Isiah "Ike" Oakley, McKinley Johnson, Joseph Davis , John Turk, Jerone "Jasaan Sanford" Melson, Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells, Roscoe Patrick, Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison, Teddy Washington, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Richard "Kush" Griffith, Burt Collins, Ron Tooley (trumpet); Wilmer Milton, Fred Wesley, Sam Hurt (trombone); Alvin "Fats" Gonder (piano, organ); Sweet Charles Sherrell (piano); Clarence Reid (electric piano); Leon Pendarvis (Clavinet); Bobby Byrd (organ, background vocals); Timothy Hedding, Ernie Hayes (organ); Ben Aronov (synthesizer); Clyde Stubblefield, Melvin Parker, Frankie "Kash" Waddy, Jimmie Robinson, John Morgan, Clayton Fillyau, Jimmy Madison, John Starks, Panama Francis, Tony Cook, Beau Dollar Bowman (drums); Johnny Griggs (congas, tambourine, percussion); David Matthews (tambourine); Bill Hollings, Martha Harvin, Eugene Stallworth, Deborah McDuffie, Maretha Stewart, Johnny Terry, Hilda Harris, Bobby Bennett, Tasha Thomas (background vocals). Recording information: Dukoff Studios, Miami, FL (02/20/1960-03/??/1977); King Studios, Cincinnati, OH (02/20/1960-03/??/1977); Sierra Sound, Berkeley, CA (02/20/1960-03/??/1977); United Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA (02/20/1960-03/??/1977). Photographers: James Brown ; Yvonne Fair. Unknown Contributor Roles: The Famous Flames; The Jewels. Arrangers: Clarence Reid; David Matthews ; Fred Wesley; James Brown ; Nat Jones; Sammy Lowe. Over the decades, James Brown collaborated with, and encouraged, some of funk's leading ladies. During the '60s and early '70s in particular, every Brown show featured a 15- or 20-minute break when he would leave the stage, turning it over to a young female singer who'd perform her own mini set -- an event that became a tradition and an important part of the revue. It is these women who are collected across this marvelous and historically potent two-disc set. The first disc (1960s) kicks off with Bea Ford's "You've Got the Power." A duet with Brown, it's a sweetly charged ballad with a sleepy tempo, and marks the only song the duo ever recorded, although Ford would stay with Brown for nearly a year after. From January 1962, Yvonne Fair's "I Found You," meanwhile, would be reworked by Brown himself in 1965 as "I Got You (I Feel Good)." Other '60s highlights include the 1964 Anna King/Bobby Byrd duet "Baby Baby Baby" and Fair's impassioned, powerful tribute to strong women doing what they have to do, "You Can Make It if You Try." The 1970s disc features long "sets" from Brown's most successful proteges, Vicki Anderson (who also makes an appearance on the '60s collection) and Lyn Collins, together consuming 16 of the 19 tracks. Standouts from Anderson's portion are the supremely funky "The Message From the Soul Sisters, Pts. 1-2," which features both outstanding horn arrangements and some elastic bass from Bootsy Collins, and the always to be continued...
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