Roots of a Revolution
1989 compilation album by James Brown
Roots of a Revolution | ||||
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Compilation album by James Brown | ||||
Released | 1989 (UK) 1995 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1956–1963 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 108:15 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Various | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Roots of a Revolution is the first of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. Expanding on the 1984 double LP compilation of the same name[2] it covers 1956 to 1963, but omits some of Brown's big hits from that time period, which can be found on Star Time. Most of the songs were recorded by Brown with his original vocal group, The Famous Flames, who received label credit on the LP version.[3]
Track listing
All tracks composed by James Brown; except where indicated
- Disc 1
- "I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On" (Nafloyd Scott, Nashpendle Knox)
- "No, No, No, No"
- "Hold My Baby's Hand" (Bobby Byrd, James Brown, Nafloyd Scott, William Lee Diamond Smith)
- "Chonnie-On-Chon" (Bobby Byrd, James Brown, Nafloyd Scott, William Lee Diamond Smith)
- "Just Won't Do Right"
- "Let's Make It"
- "Fine Old Foxy Self"
- "Why Does Everything Happen to Me"
- "Begging, Begging" (Jessy D. Dixon, Rudolph Toombs)
- "That Dood It" (Rose Marie McCoy, Rudolph Toombs)
- "There Must Be a Reason"
- "I Want You So Bad"
- "Don't Let It Happen to Me"
- "Bewildered" (Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell)
- "Doodle Bug" (Instrumental) (James Brown, J.C. Davis)
- "This Old Heart"
- Studio Dialogue
- "I'll Never Let You Go"
- Studio Dialogue
- "You've Got The Power" (duet with Bea Ford) (James Brown, Johnny Terry)
- "Baby, You're Right" (James Brown, Joe Tex)
- "I Don't Mind"
- Disc 2
- "Come Over Here"
- "And I Do Just What I Want"
- "Just You and Me, Darling"
- "So Long"
- "Tell Me What You're Gonna Do"
- "Hold It" (Billy Butler, Clifford Scott)
- "Dancin' Little Thing" (Hank Ballard)
- "You Don't Have to Go"
- "Lost Someone" (Baby Lloyd Stallworth, Bobby Byrd, James Brown)
- "Shout and Shimmy"
- "I Found You"
- Vocals by Yvonne Fair
- "I Don't Care"
- "I've Got Money"
- "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A."
- "Signed, Sealed and Delivered"
- Studio Dialogue
- "Prisoner of Love" (Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin, Russ Columbo)
- "I Cried"
- Vocals by Tammy Montgomery
- "Oh Baby Don't You Weep Pts 1 & 2"
- "(Do The) Mashed Potatoes"
- "Maybe The Last Time" (Ted Wright)
References
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- Please Please Please
- Try Me!
- Think!
- The Amazing James Brown
- James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A.
- Prisoner of Love
- Showtime
- Grits & Soul
- Out of Sight
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
- James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday
- I Got You (I Feel Good)
- Mighty Instrumentals
- James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World
- James Brown Sings Christmas Songs
- Handful of Soul
- James Brown Sings Raw Soul
- James Brown Plays the Real Thing
- Cold Sweat
- I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
- I Got the Feelin'
- James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul
- Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
- A Soulful Christmas
- Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud
- Gettin' Down to It
- The Popcorn
- It's a Mother
- Ain't It Funky
- Soul on Top
- It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In
- Hey America
- Sho Is Funky Down Here
- Hot Pants
- There It Is
- Get on the Good Foot
- Black Caesar
- The Payback
- Hell
- Reality
- Sex Machine Today
- Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
- Hot
- Get Up Offa that Thing
- Bodyheat
- Mutha's Nature
- Jam 1980's
- Take a Look at Those Cakes
- The Original Disco Man
- People
- Soul Syndrome
- Nonstop!
- Bring It On!
- Gravity
- I'm Real
- Love Over-Due
- Universal James
- I'm Back
- The Merry Christmas Album
- The Next Step
- Live at the Apollo
- Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal
- The James Brown Show
- Live at the Garden
- Live at the Apollo, Volume II
- Sex Machine
- Super Bad
- Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III
- Hot on the One
- Live in New York
- Live at Chastain Park
- Soul Session Live
- Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971
- Live at the Apollo 1995
- Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
- Good, Good, Twistin'
- Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits
- In the Jungle Groove
- Motherlode
- Star Time
- 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
- Roots of a Revolution
- Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969
- Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
- Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975
- The Singles, Volume I: The Federal Years: 1956–1960
- The Singles, Volume II: 1960–1963
- The Singles, Volume III: 1964–1965
- The Singles, Volume IV: 1966–1967
- Discography
- Record labels owned by James Brown
- Super Bowl XXXI halftime show
- "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes"
- James Brown: Man to Man
- Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968
- Future Shock
- Tomi Rae Hynie
- Get on Up