Live at the Apollo

by James Brown & His Famous Flames, James Brown

Overview

An astonishing record of James and the Flames tearing the roof off the sucker at the mecca of R&B theatres, New York's Apollo. When King Records owner Syd Nathan refused to fund the recording, thinking it commercial folly, Brown single-mindedly proceeded anyway, paying for it out of his own pocket. He had been out on the road night after night for a while, and he knew that the magic that was part and parcel of a James Brown show was something no record had ever caught. Hit follows hit without a pause -- "I'll Go Crazy," "Try Me," "Think," "Please Please Please," "I Don't Mind," "Night Train," and more. The affirmative screams and cries of the audience are something you've never experienced unless you've seen the Brown Revue in a Black theater. If you have, I need not say more; if you haven't, suffice to say that this should be one of the very first records you ever own. ~ Rob Bowman

Product Details

Release Date:	07/29/2008
Label:	Polydor
UPC:	0042284347914
Rank:	5559

Tracks

1. Introduction
2. I'll Go Crazy
3. Try Me
4. Instrumental Bridge #1
5. Think
6. Instrumental Bridge #2
7. I Don't Mind
8. Instrumental Bridge #3
9. Lost Someone
10. Lost Someone
11. Medley: Please Please Please/You've Got the Power/I Found Someone
12. Night Train

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Brown & His Famous Flames   Primary Artist
James Brown   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
The James Brown Band   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The Famous Flames   Primary Artist
Lucas Fats Gonder   Primary Artist,Organ
St. Clair Pinckney   Guest Artist,Soloist,Sax (Tenor)
Bobby Byrd   Guest Artist,Organ,Bass (Vocal),Baritone (Vocal),Vocals (Background)
Fats Gonder   Featured Artist
Lloyd Stallworth   Vocals (Background)
Al "Brisco" Clark   Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Dicky Wells   Trombone
Bobby Bennett   Vocals (Background)
Teddy Washington   Trumpet
Les Buie   Guitar
Roscoe Patrick   Trumpet
William "Po Devil" Burgess   Sax (Alto)
Lewis Hamlin   Trumpet,Music Direction,Musical Director
Clayton Fillyau   Drums
Clifford MacMillan   Sax (Tenor)
George Sims   Drums
Hubert Perry   Bass
Dickie Wells   Trombone
Opening Fanfares   Featured Artist
William Burgess   Sax (Alto)

Technical Credits

James Brown   Producer,Composer
Tommy Nola   Engineer
Teddy Powell   Composer
Sol Marcus   Composer
Bobby Byrd   Composer
Billy Butler   Composer,Composer,Composer
Kelly Gordon   Composer
Clarence Gaskill   Composer
Fats Gonder   Introduction
Clifford Scott   Composer
Russ Columbo   Composer
Eddie Seiler   Composer
Dean Kay   Composer
Lloyd Stallworth   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Johnny Terry   Composer
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Pete Shelley   Composer
Pee Wee Ellis   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jimmy Forrest   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Bud Hobgood   Composer
Guy Wood   Composer
Chuck Seitz   Editing,Mastering
Harry Weinger   Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
James H. Brown   Producer
St. Clair Pinckney   Principal
Ellen Fitton   Digital Remastering
Leonard Whitcup   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Lewis Simpkins   Composer
Sally Nix   Composer
Vartan   Art Direction
Alan Leeds   Liner Notes
Henry Glover   Composer
Lewis C. Simpkins   Composer
Chuck Stewart   Photography
Geary Chansley   Photo Research
Sylvester Keels   Composer
Lee Lodyga   Project Assistant
Hal Neely   Coordination,Sleeve Notes
Ute Friesleben   Production Coordination
Lewis Hamlin   Principal
Clayton Fillyau   Principal
Oscar Washington   Composer
Mathieu Bitton   Design
Dan Quest   Design,Cover Art
Ryan Null   Photo Research
Nick Jones   Composer
Lucas Fats Gonder   MC
Tom Nola   Engineer
Sadie Vimmerstedt   Composer
Gene Redd   Editing