This Waxtime collector’s edition contains 20 remastered studio tracks, including the fabulous early singles – both A & B sides – James Brown made for the Federal and King labels, between 1959 and 1962. Brown’s early repertoire, much of which is presented on this indispensable LP set, marks one of the most important building blocks of the soul and funk idioms.

JAMES BROWN, lead vocals (also organ & drums on some tracks), plus:

THE FAMOUS FLAMES:
Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett, Eugene “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth & Johnny Terry (background vocals).
Also featuring: Bea Ford (vocals on Side 1, track 8 only),
Yvonne Fair (vocals on Side 2, track 3 only),
Bobby Roach, Les Buie (guitar),
Bernard Odum, Hubert Lee Perry (bass),
Sonny Thompson, Alvin “Fats” Gonder (piano),
Nat Kendrick (drums), St-Clair Pinckney (tenor sax),
Alfred Corley (alto saxophone), Al “Brisco” Clark (baritone sax),
J.C. Davis (tenor sax), Alfred Corley, George Dorsey, James McGary (alto sax)
and Roscoe Patrick (trumpet), among others.

Recorded at United Studios, Hollywood, California,
and King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1959 & 1962.