-Bear Family Records® provides the ultimate James Brown compilation!
-Unlike 'Best Of' CDs, which end in 1962, we deliver the complete story of his best recordings for Federal and King, from 1956 to 1965!
-Transcribed from digital copies of the original master tapes!

Revered as a pioneering soul and funk icon (not to mention as The Hardest Working Man in Show Business), James Brown would at first seem an unlikely subject for an entry in Bear Family's long-running 'Rocks' series. But undeniable evidence that Mr. Dynamite proudly belongs in any pantheon of great and timeless rock and rollers defines this compilation (after all, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him in 1986). During Brown's early years at Syd Nathan's Cincinnati-based Federal and King Records, Soul Brother Number One engaged in plenty of righteous rocking with his Famous Flames vocally backing him up, from the thundering jumpers I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On and the Little Richard-inspired Chonnie-On-Chon to a daffy Coasters-like That Dood It and into the screaming testifiers I'll Go Crazy, This Old Heart, Think, Good Good Lovin', Dancin' Little Thing, and Shout And Shimmy. Along the way, he constantly invented and perfected new grooves and beats to anoint himself as the baddest R&B singer in the land while never allowing the sweat to dry from any stage he muscularly commanded. This collection offers 30 sizzling houserockers by The Godfather of Soul (or Funk - take your pick) from his crucial primordial era, closing with his earth-shattering game-changers Papa's Got A Brand New Bag and I Got You (I Feel Good), which permanently shifted the axis of soul music with their singular funky vision. There are even a handful of Brown's all-too-often overlooked instrumentals, where he usually played drums or organ with his mighty band and grooved like a man possessed. Yes, James Brown could rock - and this scintillating compilation contains the invaluable goods!

Track Listing

• That Dood It
• I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
• And I Do Just What I Want
• Tell Me What Did I Wrong
• Shout And Shimmy
• This Old Heart
• You Don’t Have To Go
• Chonnie-On-Chon
• There Must Be A Reason
• Come Over Here
• I’ll Go Crazy
• Love Don’t Love Nobody
• Good Good Lovin'
• I’ll Never, Never Let You Go
• Signed, Sealed And Delivered
• No, No, No, No
• Three Hearts In A Tangle
• Can’t Be The Same
• Think
• Hold It
• Just You And Me, Darling
• Night Flying
• Don’t Let It Happen To Me
• Dancin‘ Little Thing
• Let’s Make It
• Choo-Choo (Locomotion)
• Baby Cries Over The Ocean
• Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
• I Got You (I Feel Good)
• Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 75:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/06/26

UPC: 4000127177759