Here is a clip, (well the first song performed at least) of James Brown doing his 1966 his "Ain't That a Groove." This is the first time I have ever seen this song performed and of course, it is awesome.


The weird thing, this was performed on the E Sullivan Show the same time as the much seen Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and It's a man's World performances. This one is never shown.

Shows the versatility of James Brown's band in being able to not only throw down on Funky R&B/Soul, but also shake up a shuffle.

Great tune.


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Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

II here some chicks singin' but I din't see them. I know Bobby Byrs, Baby Lloyd and the boys voices aren't that high.

It's such a shame that there seems to be so little good quality footage (as in picture and sound) of James Brown in his '60s prime. The Ed Sullivan appearance is about the best there is as far as I know.

Perhaps the greatest live artist of that era and maybe not even enough prime footage to full one DVD .

Miles said:

You know what's even more of a shame, James Brown first national television was in October 29th of 1964, almost 7 years after he had started in February of 1956. And it's not like he never had any hits before 1964. Hell "Out of Sight, # 24 Pop" (the single that really made him a big pop star) wasn't even his biggest hit at that point in his career. "Prisoner of Love" was his biggest at 18 Pop / 6 Black and ""Oh Baby, Don't You Weep" coming in his second at 23 Pop (both in 1963.)


You'd think he had performed "Try Me" (biggest black single of 1958) or something from the Apollo Live album (best selling album of 1963) on some TV variety show before late 1964.