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The Godfather of Soul

Description: James Brown's Godfather status is indisputable. His voice-- impassioned, dirty, raw, hankering, ecstatic--writhes with all the turbulence of a life well lived, if not always lived well. This compilation ranges from his 1956 hit, "Please Please Me", a doo-wop-ish ballad drenched by Brown's overwhelming vocal passion, to early 1970s work like "Sex Machine" and "(Call Me) Superbad" in which he upped the electric ante once more, providing future samplers with a rich seam to plunder. There is inevitably much missing here--"Cold Sweat" and "Funky Drummer", for instance, while less dist ... (more)
Manufacturer: Spectrum
Release date: 1 November 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731455004021 UPC: 731455004021
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