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New 3CD collection from the Godfather of Soul! Mr Dynamite! The Amazing Mr Please Please Please! The hardest Working Man in Showbusiness!

"Take A Look At Those Cakes" is the 47th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in December 1978, by Polydor Records.

This essential 3-CD collector’s edition contains 75 remastered studio tracks, consisting of the fabulous early singles – both A & B sides – James Brown made for the Federal and King labels, between 1956 and 1962. This is the material upon which Brown’s kingdom was built. His early repertoire marks one of the most important building blocks of the soul and funk idioms. Highlights include “Please, Please, Please,” “Think,” “Try Me,” “Shout and Shimmy,” “Night Train,” “I Want You So Bad,” “It Was You,” and the instrumental numbers “Cross Firing” and the funky “Hold It.” Brown’s back-up singer Yvonne Fair is also featured belting out the original version of the worldwide smash “I Got You (I Feel Good)” titled “I Found You.” These recordings provide an opportunity to peek in on the still-growing Brown and hear him paying homage to his early influences. R&B balladry, doo wop, gospel and blues are all evident throughout this triple-set.

This essential 3-CD collector’s edition contains 75 remastered studio tracks, consisting of the fabulous early singles – both A & B sides – James Brown made for the Federal and King labels, between 1956 and 1962. This is the material upon which Brown’s kingdom was built. His early repertoire marks one of the most important building blocks of the soul and funk idioms. Highlights include “Please, Please, Please,” “Think,” “Try Me,” “Shout and Shimmy,” “Night Train,” “I Want You So Bad,” “It Was You,” and the instrumental numbers “Cross Firing” and the funky “Hold It.” Brown’s back-up singer Yvonne Fair is also featured belting out the original version of the worldwide smash “I Got You (I Feel Good)” titled “I Found You.” These recordings provide an opportunity to peek in on the still-growing Brown and hear him paying homage to his early influences. R&B balladry, doo wop, gospel and blues are all evident throughout this triple-set.

A double-CD retrospective of 1956-1964 recordings that charts Brown's progress from doo wop and Little Richard-influenced R&B to the verge of his groundbreaking mid-'60s funk. It doesn't include his biggest hits of the era (which are found on Star Time), but these are by and large equally exciting. Many fine overlooked R&B hits and B-sides are included like "Shout and Shimmy," "I've Got Money," the gospel-influenced "Oh Baby Don't You Weep," and "Maybe the Last Time," which inspired the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time."

James Joseph Brown, Jr. (* May 3, 1933 near Barnwell, South Carolina; † December 25, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an American musician.

James Brown, der »Godfather of Soul«, war ein erfolgreicher Sänger, Songschreiber und Bandleader sowie eine der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der Funk- und Soulmusik.

October 1, 1969, in Augusta, GA, was a homecoming for James Brown. His and his band's smoking performance at the city's Bell Auditorium was captured on tape, with an intention to make an album of the show the cornerstone of a move back to his roots. Live at Home With His Bad Self was scheduled as a lucrative holiday release. But JB and that band broke up. Soul Brother No. 1 called in a new, young band, featuring Bootsy Collins, and within a few weeks they recorded the funk anthem 'Sex Machine.' With the single flying up the charts and no album to promote along with it, JB scrapped the planned Live at Home album.

Good, Good, Twistin' is a compilation album by American musician James Brown and The Famous Flames. It consists of tracks from his first four studio albums, in addition to his recent single "Shout and Shimmy" and the previously unreleased "Have Mercy Baby". The album was released in 1962, by King Records.