James Brown: Soul On Top (Vinyl 180g)

35,00

1 LP 

Jazz Music 

Verve

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27 January 2023

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Description

602445991594

Artists

James Brown (Vocals)
Louie Bellson Orchestra (Orchestra)Louie Bellson (Conductor)

Contents

  1. That’s My Desire
  2. Your Cheatin Heart
  3. What Kind Of Fool Am I
  4. It’s A Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
  5. The Man In The Glass
  6. It’s Magic
  7. September Song
  8. For Once In My Life
  9. Every Day I Have The Blues
  10. I Need Your Key
  11. Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag

In the liner notes to this groovy 1969 album with a big band led by drummer Louis Bellson and arranged by Impulse! star Oliver Nelson, the Godfather of Soul declares that he is a “jazz man” at heart. Brown’s consigliere, saxophonist Maceo Parker, helps make this album a swinging, spirited and satisfying collection of standards and JB hits.

Verve Records / UMe and Third Man Records have teamed up to revive the popular “Verve By Request” reissue series with a vinyl twist. Focusing on rare gems and fan-requested jazz albums from the Verve Label Group portfolio, the series will offer two titles each month – each hand-picked by Verve and Third Man Records. Among the records are long out-of-print titles from the vault as well as the very first vinyl pressings of albums released in the ’90s and ’80s that were originally released only on CD. Where available, the albums are remastered from original analog sources and pressed on 180-gram audiophile-quality vinyl at Third Man Pressing in Detroit.

The series begins on November 11 with a tribute to Third Man’s birthplace with two of Detroit’s finest albums, Alice Coltrane’s “Ptah, the El Daoud” (1970) and Roy Brooks’ long out-of-print “Beat” (1964). Continuing on Dec. 9 are “Chicken Fat,” blues guitarist Mel Brown’s 1967 Impulse! debut, and James Brown’s “Soul on Top,” on which the Godfather of Soul is accompanied by an 18-piece band.

“I’m a jazz man at heart,” the Godfather of Soul confesses in the liner notes to this groovy 1969 album, with a big band led by drummer Louis Bellson and arranged by Impulse! star Oliver Nelson. Brown’s partner in crime, saxophonist Maceo Parker, is also involved in making it a swinging, spirited collection of standards and James Brown hits.