1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 1 & Part 2) [Promo Version]
2. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 1)
3. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 2)
4. (Call Me) Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2) [Promo Version]
5. Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)
6. Super Bad (Part 3)
7. Fight Against Drug Abuse Public Service Announcement
8. Hey America (vocal)
9. Hey America (sing along)
10. Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Say (vocal)
11. Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay (sing along)
12. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Part 1
13. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Part 2
14. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Part 1 [Reverb Version]
15. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Part 2 [Reverb Version]
16. I Cried
17. Soul Power Pt. 1 [Promo Version]
18. Soul Power Pt. 2 & Pt. 3 [Promo Version]

1. Soul Power Pt. 1
2. Soul Power Pt. 2 & Pt. 3
3. Spinning Wheel Pt. 1
4. Spinning Wheel Pt. 2
5. Escape-Ism (Part 1)
6. Escape-Ism (Parts 2 & 3)
7. Escape-Ism (Part 1) [Second Mix]
8. Escape-Ism (Parts 2 & 3) [Second Mix]
9. Hot Pants Pt .1 (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
10. Hot Pants Pt. 2 & Pt. 3 (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)
11. [The J.B.’s] My Brother Part 1
12. [The J.B.’s] My Brother Part 2
13. Make It Funky (Part 1)
14. Make It Funky (Part 2)
15. My Part/Make It Funky (Part 3)
16. My Part/Make It Funky (Part 4)
17. I’m A Greedy Man-Part I
18. I’m A Greedy Man-Part II
19. [Lyn Collins & James Brown] Just Won’t Do Right
20. Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothin’-Part 1
21. Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothin’-Part 2


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“Can I count it off?!”

In The Singles Volume 7: 1970-1972, the newest 2-CD set in the acclaimed series documenting every James Brown 45 RPM single release, the classic James Brown Orchestra is no more; JB has hired—in the middle of a show, and flown in—a band of hungry teens from Cincinnati, featuring the incredible tandem of brothers Bootsy and Phelps “Catfish’” Collins, on bass and lead guitar, respectively. They are augmented by a smaller horn section, and anchored by veterans Bobby Byrd and John “Jabo” Starks. Brown calls them “The J.B.’s.
James Brown immediately gets a fresh brand of funk and revitalizes his career at the moment he had, perhaps, lost a bit of momentum. “Sex Machine,” featuring JB and Byrd in an exciting call-and-response, hits right out the box. Then, in quick succession, instant smashes: “Super Bad,” “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” and “Soul Power.” (In between are a few tangent single releases, including the rare “Hey America” and its instrumental B-side, and a great Public Service Announcement.) Then, just like that, 11 months after lighting up the JBE, the J.B.’s are also gone.
Returning band director Fred Wesley helms the new recruits. The groove is simpler but super-funky and out comes more hits: “Escape-Ism,” “Hot Pants,” “Make It Funky” and “I’m A Greedy Man.” In the midst of all of this, Brown leaves his longtime label, King Records, to sign with the international conglomerate Polydor Inc.
James Brown: The Singles Volume 7, 1970-1972 charts the entire course of this volatile but explosive and creative period. JB experimented with mixes, changing his mind after a record was out; we’ve documented those. He paid tribute to disc jockey Georgie Woods on the instrumental “My Brother.” He’d hedge his funk bets and issue covers like “Spinning Wheel,” or a new version of such old songs as “Just Won’t Do Right,” in a duet with newcomer Lyn Collins, and “I Cried,” originally performed by Tammy Montgomery (a.k.a. Tammi Terrell) on a single produced by Brown. And after he had said goodbye to the Collins-dominated J.B.’s, he returned to their funk version of “Talking Loud And Saying Nothing” and released it on Polydor, a full 18 months after it was recorded. James Brown was again hitting on all cylinders.
Our CD booklet for Vol. 7 again complements the incredible music, with detailed notes, track annotations, recording data, memorabilia and rare photos from the archives of Alan Leeds, the Grammy®-winning writer and former Brown publicist and tour manager.

http://hip-oselect.com/sc...760E9A69BD

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Thought they would have included the JB's tracks, oh well ... still getting!
[Edited 3/27/09 23:33pm]
[Edited 3/28/09 16:35pm]

Anyone know what's up with all these promo versions. How are they different??

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Might be different versions of the singles...

You beat me to the punch, I just noticed this on hip o select and was going to start a thread. I'm very happy to see Vol. 7 out so soon after the lengthy wait for Vol. 6. So far these sets have been fantastic and it looks like this one will be as well. I'm not sure how far into James' career they are planning on going but I believe two more volumes (8 & 9) should take us into the early '80s. Hopefully Vol. 8 will be released before the end of 2009.

rialb said:

It's goin' to the end. Every single will be released on these sets. I doubt just two take us into the 80s'. The first 6 sets featured tracks all from the 60s' so I say maybe three at the least.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

As Timmy surmised: Could it be that the Promo Versions were later remixes? In the 90's "Promo Only" was a music subscription service for professional disc jockeys. Hm.....

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Prior to the tracklisting for Vol. 7 being released I had worked out how many volumes should be necessary to take us into the early '80s. I hadn't taken into account promo versions, reverb versions or the inclusion of songs credited to the J.B.'s. Not counting any bonus tracks and assuming that each disc had about twenty tracks the next three volumes would have been:

The Singles, Vol. 7: 1970-1972 ("Get Up [I Feel Like Being A] Sex Machine"-"This Guy [Girl's] In Love With You")
The Singles, Vol. 8: 1973-1976 ("I Got Ants In My Pants"-"Goodnight My Love")
The Singles, Vol. 9: 1976-1980 ("Get Up Offa That Thing"-"It's Too Funky In Here [Live]")

Of course after seeing the tracklist for Vol. 7 my imaginary tracklists have been completely invalidated. Still, even with bonus tracks we should make it to the '80s by volume 10. By the mid-late '70s James was releasing far fewer singles than he did in the '60s. I'm not sure how good the material from the '80s on will mesh with the older stuff. I think it would probably be better if the Singles collections stopped in 1980 when James left Polydor.

Has anyone managed to pick up a copy of this yet? I know that it was only released this past Friday (April 3) but I am curious because I am having a bit of trouble finding it. The shipping from hip-o select to Canada is pretty crazy and I got the other volumes from Amazon but so far it is not listed there.

rialb said:

http://www.soulmusicstore...vo712.html

Apr 10th instead of 3rd but $10 more. I'm thinkin' Amazon might list it tomorrow.

shit! i can't keep up with these!

errant said:

I can, got all 6ix, (and waitin' on the 7th.)

I sincerely hope it sticks up to the very last JB single, "Killing is out, School is in", from 2002? ... Or am I missing some other single? -Nevermind, lovely collection.

What would you like to see released once the singles collection is complete? ... More album reissues? ... Vault material? ... Previously unreleased footage on DVD? ... Concerts?

I just can't get enough JB.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Thanks for the info.

psyche2 said:

I just want his whole back catalog to be back in print. It's kind of sad that every five years or so it seems like everything that Elvis ever released is reissued but much of J.B.'s material remains out of print.

Anyone know if there is an update on this release? It's listed on Amazon but only as an MP3. I hope Hip O Select did not decide to discontinue the cd releases.

rialb said:

It's not discontinued, just hasn't been sent out to the other distributors yet. You can only get the set from HipO and soulmusicstore at this moment.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I seem to recall that the last volume (6) was made available on Amazon the same day it was released on the Hip O Select site. I was going to order it directly from Hip O Select but they were going to charge me $46.98 in shipping!

rialb said:

I found it, it'll be released May 26th, if you wanna wait. But the price will be way cheaper. CD Universe will have it for a little over $23

http://www.amazon.com/Vol...77&sr=8-23

How many singles did James release?

bboy87 said:

A lot, About 200 I'd say. There was a period where homie would release a single or two a month. And than if you count his pseudonyms that's a whole bunch more.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I say more than that if you add the JB's. He had a hit under one pseudonym called "Do the Mashed Potatoes" but I think he and King Records had a fight over James releasing his recordings elsewhere (the "Out of Sight" situation at Smash Records and King refusing to release it at first) so James went under the name "Nat Kendrick". But people could tell it was a James Brown production though the vocals were mainly muddled.

Timmy84 said:

Yep, and he had other earlier pseudonym's. James Davis, with a track single called "Bucket Head" in 59 and another in 59. It was something "Roach." He'd release earlier instrumental singles under a band member name (Al Briscoe Clarke) or just make a name for some one shot singles (The Poets or The James brown Dancers among others)

And King didn't have a problem with Smash releasing JB material until ""Out Of Sight" became a Smash (his other Smash singles with the label were charting in the lower section of Billboard)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh for real? I was sure there was a problem, lol. But yeah James did release a lot of singles under different names. I keep thinking he has about 100 hits he's not credited. Between 1956 and 1974 at least, the guy already recorded like 1,000 songs or some shit!

Timmy84 said:

Yeah, he was trying to get out his King contract around mid 63. He actually didn't record any new material for almost 2 years. Singles and albums released between late 63 to early 65 (besides the already stated Poets band and "Oh Baby. Don't You Weep" meant to his his last release with the label and it was technically) were already recorded songs in the vault. He signed with Smash in late 63 under a instrumental clause only but started doing vocal tracks.


King could care less as his singles weren't making much of a dent on the charts for Smash and King was still cashing in on Brown using his vaulted material and charting higher than his new material with Smash (until "Out of Sight" hit in the summer of 64.) King said "wait a minute, Mr. brown is still under contract with us" This is the reason why the LP "Out Of Sight" wasn't released until 1968 and there are two versions of "I Feel Good."

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah I heard that story. The whole deal with Smash proved to King that James was SERIOUS especially after "Out of Sight".

Timmy84 said:

Yep, King doubted him a bunch of times. All they was back to his debut in 56' They hated "Please." They said it would never be a hit, all dude keeps shouting is "Please, Please, Please!!"

Around 59' he wanted to start releasing instrumental records, King said nawl, so he cut a single called "Bucket Head" under James Davis and said that was the name of his drummer. Later that year, he cut "(Do The) Mashed Potatoes" und Nat Kendrick and the Swans and for a different label, another smash. King said, "Okay, do your thing crazy James Brown"

In 62, he wanted to record a Live LP. King didn't back it so JB took his own money and financed it, hence the "Live At The Apollo" LP.

In late 63' "Oh Baby, Don't You Weep" was meant to be his last King single, even then they had problems. They told JB this musically isn't right. Oh well, #23 on the Pop charts baby.

ect, ect, ect.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

James gave that company success even WHILE they was hating! I love that song too ("Oh Baby, Don't You Weep").