Live at the Apollo Vol. 2 [Limited Edition]

by James Brown, James Brown & His Famous Flames

Overview

According to Alan Leeds -- tour director of the James Brown show in the late '60s -- by 1968 Brown was honored with the distinction of selling one million concert tickets during his various appearances at the famed Apollo Theatre. The first volume of Live at the Apollo [1963] captured the R&B fury that would single-handedly define the soul music genre. While this volume reveals Brown's updated stage show, it more importantly offers another prolific observation into the future of R&B -- funk. It would be nearly two years before Brown would discover the likes of Bootsy Collins and ultimately form the J.B.'s. However, as Live at the Apollo, Vol. II testifies, "soul brother number one" is already submerging his band into more extended musical tangents, bobbing and weaving within a tight framework. This yields exciting new readings of familiar classics such as "It's a Man's Man's Man's World." Not only does Brown brilliantly incorporate the track "Lost Someone" -- recalling the extended workout given on Live at the Apollo [1963] -- Brown's percussive, heart-attack inducing call and response will leave even the most unflappable enthusiast slack jawed. ~ Lindsay Planer

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2015
Label:	IMPORTS
UPC:	4988005886996

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Brown   Primary Artist,Organ,Vocals
Sad Sam   Primary Artist
The J.B Dancers   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bobby Byrd   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Organ,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
The James Brown Band   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Frankie Crocker   Primary Artist
Marva Whitney   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
James Brown & His Famous Flames   Primary Artist
Maceo Parker   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Pee Wee Ellis   Guest Artist,Organ,Bandleader,Sax (Alto)
Jimmy Nolen   Guitar
Clyde Stubblefield   Drums
John Starks   Drums
Lloyd Stallworth   Vocals (Background)
Ron Selico   Drums,Bongos
Al "Brisco" Clark   Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Eldee Williams   Sax (Tenor)
Levi Rasbury   Trombone (Valve)
Mack Johnson   Trumpet
Bernard Odum   Bass
Waymon Reed   Trumpet
Joe Dupars   Trumpet
Alan Clark   Sax (Baritone)
St. Clair Pinckney   Vocals,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Dicky Wells   Trombone
Alphonso "Country" Kellum   Guitar
Bobby Bennett   Vocals
Sam Latham   Drums
Richard Jones   Violin
Louis Hambun   Trumpet
Teddy Washington   Trumpet
Les Buie   Guitar
Roscoe Patrick   Trumpet
Mackinley Johnson   Trumpet
The Famous Flames   Vocals
Lewis Hamlin   Trumpet
Clayton Fillyau   Drums
Clifford MacMillan   Sax (Tenor)
Lucas Fats Gonder   Organ
Louis Hamblin   Trumpet,Director
Bob Bennett   Vocals (Background)
Hubert Perry   Bass

Technical Credits

Nick Jones   Composer
Alfred Ellis   Composer
Alfred James Ellis   Composer
Betty Jean Newsome   Composer
Bobby Byrd   Composer
Bob Marley   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Kelly Gordon   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
James Brown   Composer,Producer
Clarence Gaskill   Composer
E. Harris   Composer
Charles Bobbit   Composer
Russ Columbo   Composer
David Lindup   Composer
Dean Kay   Composer
Lloyd Stallworth   Composer
Ronald White   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Johnny Terry   Composer
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Sadie Vimmerstadt   Composer
Ron Lenhoff   Mixing
Juan Tizol   Composer
Pee Wee Ellis   Composer
Gene Redd   Editing
Marva Whitney   Performer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
One Eye Open   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Bud Hobgood   Composer,Production Manager
Arthur Conley   Composer
Ted Wright   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Sad Sam   Composer
Nat Jones   Composer
Eugene Stallworth   Composer
Hal Neely   Liner Notes
Frankie Crocker   Composer
Spoken Word   Composer
Lucas Fats Gonder   MC
Sadie Vimmerstedt   Composer