Hot James Brown Organ Track!

This track can be found in “Singles Mixer Vol. 1”

Not a whole lot to write about with this one since I think most folks know James Brown. This 45 was issued in the United states on King and is at the end of the era where The Famous Flames would be specifically named as his backing band though they did go on to release some more records into the 70s.

This side of the 45 finds James and the Flames absolutely murdering it with heavy drums and some bonkers organ with The Godfather of Soul tossing in some occasional grunts and words of advice (‘gimme some respect’). 

Though getting late in the 60s i like the lack of horns and the pared down quartet (there’s a guitar buried in there!) vibe that swings back to his more R&B oriented records of the mid / early 60s but with a brutality that comes with his harder funk of the late 60s/early 70s.

Always a safe bet to pick up anything by James and make sure you listen to both sides because you never know what he was trying out.

I picked up this copy in Montreal so it’s on Delta the Canadian label lucky enough to get distribution of the King material Brown released in the states.

Hope you like it and look forward to talking about some more music soon.

-George / Snack Attack