2008 CD 
BGP Records
tracks 8 arranged by [arr] Gene Redd
tracks 10, 15 arranged by [arr] Nat Jones
tracks 6, 7 arranged by [arr] Sammy Lowe
tracks 22 backing vocals [bvo] Bobby Byrd
tracks 22 backing vocals [bvo] James Brown
tracks 9 bass [b] Bernard Odum
tracks 12, 18 bass [b] Hubert Perry
tracks 9 bass [b] Jimmy Nolen
tracks 2 bass [electric, el b] Bernard Odum
tracks 2 bass [electric, el b] Sam Thomas
compiled by, liner notes Dean Rudland
tracks 7 conductor [cond] Sammy Lowe
tracks 12, 18 drums [dm] Clayton Fillyau
tracks 8 drums [dm] Jimmie Robinson
tracks 9 drums [dm] John Jabo Starks
tracks 19 drums [dm] Nat Kendrick
tracks 20 drums [dm] Panama Francis
tracks 22 flute [fl] St-Clair Pinckney
tracks 1, 3, 16 guitar [g] Alfonzo Kellum
tracks 20 guitar [g] Billy Butler
tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 16 guitar [g] Jimmy Nolen
tracks 2, 10 to 12, 14, 15, 18, 19 guitar [g] Les Buie
tracks 15 guitar [g] Robert Burris
tracks 20 guitar [g] Wally Richardson
mastered by Duncan Cowell
tracks 20 organ [org] Ernie Hayes
tracks 1 to 3, 9 to 11, 15, 16, 19 organ [org] James Brown
tracks 1, 3, 16 organ [org] Nat Jones
tracks 4, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18 piano [p] James Brown
producer James Brown
tracks 1 to 4, 9, 10, 14 to 16 saxophone [alto, as] Nat Jones
tracks 20 saxophone [bass, b] Haywood Henry
tracks 11, 19 saxophone [bass, bs] Al Brisco Clark
tracks 3, 4, 9 saxophone [bass, bs] Charles Carr
tracks 1, 2, 10, 14 to 16 saxophone [bass, bs] Maceo Parker
tracks 1, 2, 10, 14 to 16, 18 saxophone [tenor, ts] Al Brisco Clark
tracks 3, 4, 11, 19 saxophone [tenor, ts] Clifford MacMillan
tracks 1 to 4, 9, 10, 12, 14 to 16 saxophone [tenor, ts] Eldee Williams
tracks 1, 2, 14, 16 saxophone [tenor, ts] Maceo Parker
tracks 5 saxophone [tenor, ts] Pee Wee Ellis
tracks 1 to 4, 9 to 12, 14 to 16, 18, 19 saxophone [tenor, ts] St-Clair Pinckney
technician [audio restoration] Rob Shread
tracks 2, 10, 15 trombone [tb] Wilmer Milton
tracks 1 to 4, 8 to 10, 14 to 16 trumpet [tp] Joe Dupars
tracks 1, 3, 14, 16 trumpet [tp] Levi Rasbury
tracks 19 trumpet [tp] Lewis Hamlin
tracks 2, 10, 15 trumpet [tp] McKinley Johnson
tracks 2, 10, 15 trumpet [tp] Robert Knight
tracks 4, 8, 9 trumpet [tp] Ron Harper
tracks 1 to 3, 10, 14 to 16 trumpet [tp] Ron Tooley
tracks 3, 12, 19 trumpet [tp] Teddy Washington
tracks 4, 8, 9 trumpet [tp] Waymon Reed
tracks 4, 9 valve trombone [tb] Levi Rasbury
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor International Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Ace Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Ace Records Ltd.
Licensed From Universal Licensing Division
Mastered At Sound Mastering
Designed At the-unknown.co.uk
Marketed By Ace
Distributed By Ace
Between 1960 and 1967 James Brown honed his live revue to become the best ticket in town. James recorded both his band and his singers on some of the finest proto funk R&B records ever. Here are the best of those recordings on one CD for the first time.
Standard jewel case.
Includes 16 page insert booklet with liner notes for each track, scans of the original 45s and photography.
Insert incorrectly credits Vicki Anderson with vocals on track 6. Main track-listing shows artist as Anna King. Correct credit used below.
Mastering and Audio Restoration at Sound Mastering Ltd.
Track 18 I Found You is an early version of the track that went on to become the James Brown classic I Got You (I Feel Good).
Original Releases / Session Details:
Track 1: Blue Rock 4024 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 8 April 1965.
Track 2: Smash 1928 (1964)
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, May 1965.
Track 3: Blue Rock 4033 (1965)
Probably recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, August or September 1965.
Track 4: King 6022 (1966)
Recorded at Arthur Smith Studios, Charlottle, North Carolina, 26 Jan 1966.
Track 5: King 6068 (1967)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. late 1966.
Track 6: Mercury 72441 (1965)
Recorded at Bell Studios, New York, 28 April 1965.
Track 7: Smash 2028 (1966)
Recorded at Bell Studios, New York, 9 September 1964.
Track 8: Smash 1970 (1964)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 17 April 1965 and at King Studios, Cincinnati, 4 May 1966.
Track 9: Federal 12543 (1966)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 7 February 1966.
Track 10: Blue Rock 4009 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, August 1964.
Track 11: Try Me 28006 (1963)
Probably recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1963.
Track 12: King 5687 (1962)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, 30 July 1962.
Track 13: Federal 12542 / Crescent 5180 (1966)
Probably recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1966.
Track 14: Mercury 72393 (1965)
Recorded in Washington, DC, 4 December 1964.
Track 15: Smash 1963 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios Miami, Florida, August 1963.
Track 16: Smash 1985 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios Miami, Florida, 8 April 1965.
Track 17: King 6069 (1967)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, c. Late April 1966.
Track 18: King 5594 (1962)
Recorded at Dukoff Studio, Miami, Florida, 8 January 1962.
Track 19: Try Me 28007 / Fontana 1909 (1963)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, May 1963.
Vocal overdub recorded May 1964.
Track 20: Smash 1904 (1964)
Recorded at Bell Sound Studio, New York, 18 January 1964.
Track 21: Federal 12486 (1963)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, 8 March 1963.
Track 22: Try Me 28001 (1963)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, February 1963.
The copyrights in these sound recordings are owned by by Polydor Int. Licensed from Universal Licensing Division, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd and are licensed to Ace Records Ltd. © Polydor Int. Licensed from Universal Licensing Division, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
BGP Records marketed and distributed by Ace Records Ltd.
This compilation ℗ 2008 Ace Records Ltd.
© 2008 Ace Records Ltd.
Made in the EU.
Tracks 1, 8 & 10 Fort Knox Music Inc/Trio Music Co Inc/Freddie Bienstock Music Co.
Tracks 2, 14 & 21 Fort Knox Music Inc/Trio Music Co Inc.
Track 3 Toccoa Industries Inc.
Tracks 4 & 7 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Track 5 Universal Music Pub MGB.
Tracks 6 & 13 Intersong Music Ltd.
Track 9 Creole Music Ltd.
Tracks 11 & 19 Freddie Bienstock Music Co.
Tracks 12, 15, 18, 20 & 22 Lark Music Ltd.
Tracks 16 & 17 Dynatone Pub Co.
Barcode: 0 29667 51942 7
Label Code: LC 05502
Rights Society: MCPS
Matrix / Runout: SOUND PERFORMANCE [Logo x2] CDBGPD194 01 IFPI L136 IFPI 04BF
tracks 10, 15 arranged by [arr] Nat Jones
tracks 6, 7 arranged by [arr] Sammy Lowe
tracks 22 backing vocals [bvo] Bobby Byrd
tracks 22 backing vocals [bvo] James Brown
tracks 9 bass [b] Bernard Odum
tracks 12, 18 bass [b] Hubert Perry
tracks 9 bass [b] Jimmy Nolen
tracks 2 bass [electric, el b] Bernard Odum
tracks 2 bass [electric, el b] Sam Thomas
compiled by, liner notes Dean Rudland
tracks 7 conductor [cond] Sammy Lowe
tracks 12, 18 drums [dm] Clayton Fillyau
tracks 8 drums [dm] Jimmie Robinson
tracks 9 drums [dm] John Jabo Starks
tracks 19 drums [dm] Nat Kendrick
tracks 20 drums [dm] Panama Francis
tracks 22 flute [fl] St-Clair Pinckney
tracks 1, 3, 16 guitar [g] Alfonzo Kellum
tracks 20 guitar [g] Billy Butler
tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 16 guitar [g] Jimmy Nolen
tracks 2, 10 to 12, 14, 15, 18, 19 guitar [g] Les Buie
tracks 15 guitar [g] Robert Burris
tracks 20 guitar [g] Wally Richardson
mastered by Duncan Cowell
tracks 20 organ [org] Ernie Hayes
tracks 1 to 3, 9 to 11, 15, 16, 19 organ [org] James Brown
tracks 1, 3, 16 organ [org] Nat Jones
tracks 4, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18 piano [p] James Brown
producer James Brown
tracks 1 to 4, 9, 10, 14 to 16 saxophone [alto, as] Nat Jones
tracks 20 saxophone [bass, b] Haywood Henry
tracks 11, 19 saxophone [bass, bs] Al Brisco Clark
tracks 3, 4, 9 saxophone [bass, bs] Charles Carr
tracks 1, 2, 10, 14 to 16 saxophone [bass, bs] Maceo Parker
tracks 1, 2, 10, 14 to 16, 18 saxophone [tenor, ts] Al Brisco Clark
tracks 3, 4, 11, 19 saxophone [tenor, ts] Clifford MacMillan
tracks 1 to 4, 9, 10, 12, 14 to 16 saxophone [tenor, ts] Eldee Williams
tracks 1, 2, 14, 16 saxophone [tenor, ts] Maceo Parker
tracks 5 saxophone [tenor, ts] Pee Wee Ellis
tracks 1 to 4, 9 to 12, 14 to 16, 18, 19 saxophone [tenor, ts] St-Clair Pinckney
technician [audio restoration] Rob Shread
tracks 2, 10, 15 trombone [tb] Wilmer Milton
tracks 1 to 4, 8 to 10, 14 to 16 trumpet [tp] Joe Dupars
tracks 1, 3, 14, 16 trumpet [tp] Levi Rasbury
tracks 19 trumpet [tp] Lewis Hamlin
tracks 2, 10, 15 trumpet [tp] McKinley Johnson
tracks 2, 10, 15 trumpet [tp] Robert Knight
tracks 4, 8, 9 trumpet [tp] Ron Harper
tracks 1 to 3, 10, 14 to 16 trumpet [tp] Ron Tooley
tracks 3, 12, 19 trumpet [tp] Teddy Washington
tracks 4, 8, 9 trumpet [tp] Waymon Reed
tracks 4, 9 valve trombone [tb] Levi Rasbury
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor International Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Ace Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Ace Records Ltd.
Licensed From Universal Licensing Division
Mastered At Sound Mastering
Designed At the-unknown.co.uk
Marketed By Ace
Distributed By Ace
Between 1960 and 1967 James Brown honed his live revue to become the best ticket in town. James recorded both his band and his singers on some of the finest proto funk R&B records ever. Here are the best of those recordings on one CD for the first time.
Standard jewel case.
Includes 16 page insert booklet with liner notes for each track, scans of the original 45s and photography.
Insert incorrectly credits Vicki Anderson with vocals on track 6. Main track-listing shows artist as Anna King. Correct credit used below.
Mastering and Audio Restoration at Sound Mastering Ltd.
Track 18 I Found You is an early version of the track that went on to become the James Brown classic I Got You (I Feel Good).
Original Releases / Session Details:
Track 1: Blue Rock 4024 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 8 April 1965.
Track 2: Smash 1928 (1964)
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, May 1965.
Track 3: Blue Rock 4033 (1965)
Probably recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, August or September 1965.
Track 4: King 6022 (1966)
Recorded at Arthur Smith Studios, Charlottle, North Carolina, 26 Jan 1966.
Track 5: King 6068 (1967)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. late 1966.
Track 6: Mercury 72441 (1965)
Recorded at Bell Studios, New York, 28 April 1965.
Track 7: Smash 2028 (1966)
Recorded at Bell Studios, New York, 9 September 1964.
Track 8: Smash 1970 (1964)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 17 April 1965 and at King Studios, Cincinnati, 4 May 1966.
Track 9: Federal 12543 (1966)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 7 February 1966.
Track 10: Blue Rock 4009 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, August 1964.
Track 11: Try Me 28006 (1963)
Probably recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1963.
Track 12: King 5687 (1962)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, 30 July 1962.
Track 13: Federal 12542 / Crescent 5180 (1966)
Probably recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1966.
Track 14: Mercury 72393 (1965)
Recorded in Washington, DC, 4 December 1964.
Track 15: Smash 1963 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios Miami, Florida, August 1963.
Track 16: Smash 1985 (1965)
Recorded at Criteria Studios Miami, Florida, 8 April 1965.
Track 17: King 6069 (1967)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, c. Late April 1966.
Track 18: King 5594 (1962)
Recorded at Dukoff Studio, Miami, Florida, 8 January 1962.
Track 19: Try Me 28007 / Fontana 1909 (1963)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, May 1963.
Vocal overdub recorded May 1964.
Track 20: Smash 1904 (1964)
Recorded at Bell Sound Studio, New York, 18 January 1964.
Track 21: Federal 12486 (1963)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, 8 March 1963.
Track 22: Try Me 28001 (1963)
Recorded at King Studios, Cincinnati, February 1963.
The copyrights in these sound recordings are owned by by Polydor Int. Licensed from Universal Licensing Division, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd and are licensed to Ace Records Ltd. © Polydor Int. Licensed from Universal Licensing Division, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
BGP Records marketed and distributed by Ace Records Ltd.
This compilation ℗ 2008 Ace Records Ltd.
© 2008 Ace Records Ltd.
Made in the EU.
Tracks 1, 8 & 10 Fort Knox Music Inc/Trio Music Co Inc/Freddie Bienstock Music Co.
Tracks 2, 14 & 21 Fort Knox Music Inc/Trio Music Co Inc.
Track 3 Toccoa Industries Inc.
Tracks 4 & 7 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Track 5 Universal Music Pub MGB.
Tracks 6 & 13 Intersong Music Ltd.
Track 9 Creole Music Ltd.
Tracks 11 & 19 Freddie Bienstock Music Co.
Tracks 12, 15, 18, 20 & 22 Lark Music Ltd.
Tracks 16 & 17 Dynatone Pub Co.
Barcode: 0 29667 51942 7
Label Code: LC 05502
Rights Society: MCPS
Matrix / Runout: SOUND PERFORMANCE [Logo x2] CDBGPD194 01 IFPI L136 IFPI 04BF