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SITE PRE-SALE DATE: 10/30/2009
SITE SHIP DATE: 11/13/2009
LIMITED EDITION QUANTITY: 6500

Get ready for another exiting round of genius grooves from James Brown in The Singles Vol. 8: 1972-1973, a new 2-CD set in the acclaimed series that illuminates when JB became “The Godfather Of Soul.”

By this era, Black music was shifting – fast. “Sixties veterans Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield managed to evolve with the changing times, but relative newcomers Isaac Hayes, Al Green and Barry White loomed as the last of a dying breed,” writes compiler and former James Brown staffer Alan Leeds in the set’s liner notes. “The era of the stage shaking, Gospel-based Southern soul man was all but over… Established stars, like Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Jackie Wilson, couldn’t buy a hit record. Somehow, James Brown was still standing.”

Standing he was, rocking the globe with “Get On The Good Foot,” “There It Is” and “I Got Ants In My Pants”; cautioning youth with the antidrug tale “King Heroin;” helping deliver hits for his super-funky band The J.B.’s with irresistible tracks “Pass The Peas” and “Doing It To Death,” now an all-time classic. He also experimented: a pop duet with Lyn Collins, “What My Baby Needs Now Is A Little More Lovin’”; a remake of his hit “Think”; a rare cover of The Beatles’ “Something”; working with bandleader Fred Wesley on the score to Black Caesar, resulting in the hits “Down And Out In New York City” and “Sexy Sexy Sexy.”

Several rarities give the package extra collectability: an unreleased vocal version of “Hot Pants Road”; the single version of “Honky Tonk”; the U.K.-only release “I Know It’s True”; the rare mono promo mix of “Ants”; the rare single cover version of “Watermelon Man” by Wesley that features JB on drums; and a second re-cut of “Think.”

All tracks have been newly remastered from the analog singles masters, sounding better than ever – and several of the original single mixes are now on CD for the first time. The set is accompanied, as with previous releases, by a booklet thick with detailed track annotations, track-by-track anecdotes that serve as a James Brown career timeline, rare photos and reproductions of memorabilia from back in the day, and a sessionography complete with recording dates and band personnel.


DISC 1
1. Nothing Beats A Try But A Fail
2. Hot Pants Road (Vocal)
3. King Heroin
4. Theme From King Heroin
5. Pass The Peas
6. Hot Pants Road (Instrumental)
7. There It Is Part 1
8. There It Is Part 2
9. Honky Tonk – Part 1
10. Honky Tonk – Part 2
11. Giving Up Food For Funk Pt.1
12. Giving Up Food For Funk Pt.2
13. Get On The Good Foot Pt.1
14. Get On The Good Foot Pt.2
15. I Got A Bag Of My Own
16. Public Enemy #1
17. I Got Ants In My Pants – Pt. 1
18. I Got Ants In My Pants – Pts 15 & 16
19. Got Ants In My Pants - Pt. 1 single remix
20. I Got Ants In My Pants - Pt. 2 single remix
DISC 2
1. What My Baby Needs Now Is A Little More Lovin’
2. This Guy – This Girl’s In Love With You
3. Watermelon Man
4. Down And Out In New York City
5. Mama’s Dead
6. Sportin’ Life
7. Dirty Harri
8. The Boss
9. Like It Is, Like It Was
10. Doing It To Death
11. Everybody Got Soul
12. Think (Version 1)
13. Something
14. Think (Version 2)
15. Woman Pt. 1
16. Woman Pt. 2
17. If You Don’t Get It The First Time (Back Up And Try It Again)
18. You Can Have Watergate, Just Gimme Some Bucks And I’ll Be Straight
19. Sexy Sexy Sexy
20. Slaughter Theme


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Damn, I piked up the first seven volumes and we've only gotten up to 1973 by vol 8 ... slow down JB!!
[Edited 11/2/09 19:33pm]

There's vocals to Hot Pants Road??

No one will ever take James Brown's title as "the hardest working man alive"...EVER!

funkpill said:

It was never released, so until now, there wasn't.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

So I will buy that one cd, even tho I pretty much have airthang that listed on there, just hear that one song??


dang...

funkpill said:

u should collect all 7 (or 8.) Great series for only 22.99 and you get a nice 30 page booklet with each set.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I have them already friend

on other sets and collections

extended versions in fact
[Edited 11/2/09 20:43pm]

funkpill said:

but i know i'm gonna be tempted to get this one just to hear that one tune

funkpill said:

i love these damn things.

i might consider it

How many singles did James release?!

bboy87 said:

Dude, James released around 100-some singles, man. He has a lot of shit radio won't even play.
[Edited 11/2/09 22:17pm]

Thanks for the info.

I have Vol. 1-7 already and all I can say that this is a must have if you´re into funk.

It´s great that the JBs tracks are included, too

I think of you everytime there is a new one. I admit I downloaded the other 2 to my ipod, but I should buy this one. I just didnt have an-t money @ the time and I actually feel bad about it.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's well worth the money... i'm a poor MF at the mo, and i know i'll pay double later on just to get my hands on these bits of pure gold !

JB - is the BOSS

I'll have a look on Amazon, see if i can pick any up 'used', they're cheaper and usually have only been opened and played/ripped once.

.....

Timmy84 said:

Way more than 100 ... he had 130 chart!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah that.

paisleypark4 said:

why ?
it's not like he still needs the money

Dewrede said:

Because I will know nothing on the history of the songs

Timmy84 said:

Close to 400. We had that discussion recently, remember?

OMG, WHY did I open this thread?!?! I'd never seen these sets before and now, of course, I want them all, especially since they're Limited Editions.

My wallet does not thank you guys, but my soul sure as hell does!

Damn the 1st 3 volumes are going for crazy prices on Amazon!!!!!

I'll just download the mp3zzz, it's cheaper.

So whats the difference between the songs from "The Singles" and the ones from his official albums? In other words, why should I buy them

I don't have anything from the singles series,,,,yet I'm intrigued.

lotusflw3r said:

Yeah, but you don't get the 30 page booklet. Are they sold out on the Hip=O website??

LittleBLUECorvette said:

For Vols 1 & 2, they only have mp3s available for $20. It says they have #3 in stock for $30 though.


eta: Amazon has Vol 3 on sale for $27 right now.
[Edited 11/5/09 19:13pm]

MrSoulpower said:

When you add his charted works with the JB's, his Hot 100 charters that didn't hit the R&B charts and his produced numbers with his proteges, yeah that's around that number.

Serena said:

I just checked the sight, they're sold out. Thank goodness I got mine right when they were released.