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James Brown - Sings Raw Soul (1967) {Universal Music Japan Mini LP UICY-9288 rel 2003}
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© 1967, 2003 Polydor / Universal Music Japan | UICY-9288 | Cardboard Sleeve | 24bit remastering
Funk / R'n'B / Soul / Funky Jam

Limited to 5000 copies. Paper sleeve. RAW SOUL, originally released as KING-1610 was James Brown's second of five album releases in 1967. The iconic "rainbow" cover was traded for a more "hip" line drawing when the album was reissued in 1970. The original 1967 UK release on Pye International had it's own unique jacket as well. All subsequent CD issues reverted to the original art. The album was the usual mix of recent single releases with two cuts (3 & 8) from the unreleased (at the time) OUT OF SIGHT and one rare (for Brown at the time) LP only track (10).

James Brown is featured here with the then newly formed J.B.'s – the maestro's second great band, including Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins, Jabo Starks, Bobby Byrd, and Fred Wesley. Live at the Apollo had caught James Brown the '50s gospel/R&B singer; Love Power Peace captures James Brown the funkster. In the early '70s Brown turned up the funk, recording such litanies for Black America as "Ain't It Funky Now," "Sex Machine," "Give It Up or Turn It Loose," "Super Bad," "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved," and "Soul Power." They're all here, along with revved-up, white-hot versions of the early- and middle-period classics. Brown had planned to release this as a triple album in 1971. When several bandmembers left shortly after it was recorded, Brown switched from King to Polydor Records, leading him to scrap it and record a new studio album instead. In 1992, Polygram decided to make the recording available for the first time.

James Brown - I Got The Feelin' (1968) {Universal Music Japan Mini LP UICY-9291 rel 2003}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 233 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 85 Mb
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© 1968, 2003 Polydor / Universal Music Japan | UICY-9291 | Cardboard Sleeve | 24bit remastering
Funk / R'n'B / Soul / Funky Jam

Limited to 5000 copies. Paper sleeve. I GOT THE FEELIN' was released in 1968 as KING KS-1031 in stereo. It was released in France and Germany as KING OF SOUL with cover art that portrayed Brown dressed as Uncle Sam! It was released in Japan numerous times on CD, including a 2007 mini-LP sleeve issue. Although it has the usual mix of previously released singles, it's one of his earliest thematically sound albums, with all the tracks having been recorded within a year's time, between March '67 and '68.