Star Time (4CD)

James Brown - Star Time (4CD)

Star Time (4CD)
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Artist: James Brown
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1991-05-07
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Please, Please, Please
  2. Why Do You Do Me - James Brown, Byrd, Bobby
  3. Try Me
  4. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
  5. Bewildered - James Brown, Powell, Teddy
  6. Good Good Lovin'
  7. I'll Go Crazy
  8. I Know It's True
  9. (Do the) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1 - James Brown, Kendrick, Nat
  10. Think - James Brown, Pauling, Lowman
  11. Baby, You're Right
  12. Lost Someone
  13. Night Train - James Brown, Forrest, Jimmy
  14. I've Got Money
  15. I Don't Mind
  16. Prisoner of Love - James Brown, Columbo, Russ
  17. Devil's Den - James Brown, Wright, Ted
  18. Out of the Blue - James Brown, Terry, Johnny
  19. Out of Sight - James Brown, Wright, Ted
  20. Grits - James Brown, Jones, Nat
  21. Maybe the Last Time - James Brown, Wright, Ted
  22. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
  23. I Got You - James Brown, Wright, Ted
  24. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pts. 1-3
Music CD 2
  1. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
  2. I Got You (I Feel Good)
  3. Ain't That a Groove
  4. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
  5. Money Won't Change You
  6. Don't Be a Dropout
  7. Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)
  8. Let Yourself Go
  9. Cold Sweat
  10. Get It Together
  11. I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1
  12. I Got the Feelin'
  13. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
  14. Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)
  15. There Was a Time
  16. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose - James Brown, Bobbit, Charles
  17. I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get ...)
Music CD 3
  1. Mother Popcorn
  2. Funky Drummer
  3. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
  4. Super Bad, Pts. 1-2
  5. Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
  6. Soul Power, Pt. 1 & 2
  7. Brother Rapp/Ain't It Funky Now
  8. Hot Pants, Pt. 1
  9. I'm a Greedy Man, Pt. 1 - James Brown, Bobbit, Charles
  10. Make It Funky, Pt. 1 - James Brown, Bobbit, Charles
  11. It's a New Day
  12. I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance), Pt. 1
  13. King Heroin - James Brown, Bobbit, Charles
Music CD 4
  1. There It Is, Pt. 1
  2. Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1 - James Brown, Bobbit, Charles
  3. Get on the Good Foot
  4. I Got a Bag of My Own
  5. Doing It to Death
  6. The Payback
  7. Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1 - James Brown, Bobbit, Charles
  8. Stoned to the Bone, Pt. 1
  9. My Thang
  10. Funky President (People It's Bad)
  11. Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
  12. Get up Offa That Thing - James Brown, Brown, Deanna
  13. Body Heat, Pt. 1 - James Brown, Brown, Deidra
  14. It's Too Funky in Here - James Brown, Jackson, George
  15. Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?) - James Brown, Brown, Susaye
  16. Unity, Pt. 1: The Third Coming - James Brown, Alexander, Bernard

Free Music Notes for Star Time (4CD)

Free Music Review: The Amazing Mr. Please Please Himself
Hit: 5 Stars

It's not an accident that almost all reviews of this box set give it five stars; it's also no accident that several people say they've owned this for over a decade and still find it fresh. James Brown was the most important American musician ever, completely altering the shape of music the world over, and this admirably complete collection will give you all the evidence you need as to why. Often shortened for 45s and radio play, the songs are presented in their full length; a few tracks (besides those from JB's famous "Live at the Apollo" record) are presented in well-selected live versions, giving those of us who never attended a concert some idea of the James Brown Band's consummate musicianship.

The first CD, "Mr. Dynamite", covers Brown's early years up to the recording of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag". His major innovations were still to come, but he was a powerful conventional R&B singer and arranger, and the material stacks up very favorably with other '50s acts. The second CD, "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", is where the magic happens: the band stretches out, rhythmically and in song length, such that tracks like "Cold Sweat" inaugurate a musical revolution -- and JB begins to articulate the new black consciousness in unforgettably clever aphorisms. "Soul Brother No. 1" illustrates the full-bore funk of Brown's "New Breed" (Bootsy Collins et al.); "The Godfather of Soul", the weakest CD (although that's not saying much), covers Brown's late-'70s and '80s output.

Out of all the CDs I ever purchased, these are my clear favorites: and if any of the non-rock popular music of the last thirty years (hip-hop to house) has moved you, this will help you get an idea of where it all began.

Star Time (4CD) Poster

4 CD Set.
It would seem impossible to summarize James Brown's contribution to R&B--to American music--in a mere four compact discs, but somehow Star Time does it. This boxed set charts Brown's early rise as a hard-hitting R&B-styled vocalist ("Please Please Please," "Try Me") and shows how his bandleading skills (one can't forget inventive players like saxophonist Maceo Parker, bassist Bootsy Collins, drummer Jabo Starks, and many others) changed the face of soul and invented funk in the '60s and early '70s with impeccably timed ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"), highly rhythmic ("I Can't Stand It"), primal ("Licking Stick Licking Stick") hits. The box also does a definitive programming job on Brown's more spotty later years--another plus. This is where beginners should start, but several extended versions and rarities (like "Papa," raised an octave on original release, at normal speed) make it a must for completists too. --Don Harrison

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