Star Time (Special pre-release copy)

~ Release by James Brown (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Mr. Dynamite
▶ CD 2: The Hardest Working Man in Show Business
▶ CD 3: Soul Brother No. 1
▼ CD 4: The Godfather of Soul
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1There It Is, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
The J.B.’s
arranger:
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
partial recording of:
There It Is
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown3:22
2Public Enemy Number One, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
conductor:
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger)
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
partial recording of:
Public Enemy #1
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) and Henry Stallings
James Brown55:10
3Get on the Good Foot
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
Get on the Good Foot
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), Joseph Mims and Fred Wesley
James Brown4:08
4I Got a Bag of My Own
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
I Got a Bag of My Own
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown3:48
5Doing It to Death
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
Doing It to Death (a.k.a. Gonna Have a Funky Good Time)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
publisher:
Dynatone Publishing Co.
James Brown5:15
6The Payback
recording engineer:
Lowell Dorn
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
mixer:
Bob Both
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recorded at:
International Recording in United States
mixed at:
Advantage Sound in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Payback
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), John Starks and Fred Wesley
James Brown4.37:29
7Papa Don’t Take No Mess, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
partial recording of:
Papa Don’t Take No Mess
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), John Starks and Fred Wesley
recording of:
Papa Don’t Take No Mess
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), John Starks and Fred Wesley
live partial recording of:
Papa Don’t Take No Mess
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), John Starks and Fred Wesley
James Brown54:24
8Stoned to the Bone, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
partial recording of:
Stoned to the Bone
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown3:28
9My Thang
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
My Thang
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown4:39
10Funky President (People It’s Bad)
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) (in 1974)
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) and Fred Wesley
recording of:
Funky President (People It's Bad) (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown33:58
11Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown5:05
12Get Up Offa That Thing (Release the Pressure)
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
Get Up Offa That Thing
lyricist and composer:
Deanna Brown (James Brown's daughter), Deidre Brown (was James Brown second spouse) and Yamma Brown (James Brown's daughter)
publisher:
Belinda Music Inc., Dynatone Publishing Co., Intersong Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
James Brown46:16
13Body Heat
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
The J.B.’s
recording of:
Bodyheat
lyricist and composer:
Deanna Brown (James Brown's daughter), Deidre Brown (was James Brown second spouse) and Yamma Brown (James Brown's daughter)
James Brown4:31
14It’s Too Funky in Here
producer:
Brad Shapiro (Producer, arranger, bass player and songwriter)
background vocals:
Brandye
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
Muscle Shoals Horns
arranger:
Brad Shapiro (Producer, arranger, bass player and songwriter)
recording of:
It’s Too Funky in Here
lyricist and composer:
George Jackson (US soul songwriter/vocalist), Robert Alton Miller (songwriter and multi-instrumentalist), Brad Shapiro (Producer, arranger, bass player and songwriter) and Walter N. Shaw (composer, lyricist)
publisher:
Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing
James Brown5:42
15Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
performer:
The J.B.’s
recording of:
Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
writer:
Deanna Brown (James Brown's daughter), James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) and Henry Stallings
James Brown34:39
16Unity, Part 1
producer:
Afrika Bambaataa (US DJ singer, songwriter & producer) and Tom Silverman
lead vocals:
Afrika Bambaataa (US DJ singer, songwriter & producer) and James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
Unity
writer:
Afrika Bambaataa (US DJ singer, songwriter & producer), Bernard Alexander, James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”), Robin Halpin, Keith LeBlanc and Doug Wimbish (bass guitarist and producer)
James Brown feat. Afrika Bambaataa3:41