Ballads

Ballads

by James Brown
Ballads

Ballads

by James Brown

CD

$18.99 
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Overview

For good reason, much emphasis has been placed on the exhilarating revolutionary up-tempo funk classics recorded by the Godfather of Soul James Brown, but his earliest hits were actually rhythm & blues ballads. This Polydor package highlights 18 tracks that capture the energy and passion of songs like "It's a Man's Man's Man's World," "Prisoner of Love," and "If I Ruled the World." Even when strings are incorporated, Brown never becomes smothered by the arrangement and always fulfills the pleading bittersweet message that may have been lost with another performer. Ballads is a set that will satisfy any James Brown fan containing 13 original single mixes available on CD for the first time, including the rarely heard string sections on "Try Me," "Lost Someone," and "Bewildered." ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date: 10/17/2000
Label: Polydor / Universal / Universal Music
UPC: 0731454907927
Rank: 88022

Tracks

  1. Prisoner of Love
  2. These Foolish Things
  3. Someone
  4. So Long
  5. Bewildered
  6. I Don't Mind
  7. Try Me
  8. I Wanna Be Around
  9. I Loves You, Porgy
  10. Cottage for Sale
  11. That's My Desire
  12. I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry
  13. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
  14. Georgia on My Mind
  15. If I Ruled the World
  16. I Cried
  17. Sometime
  18. A Man Has to Go Back to the Crossroads

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Brown   Primary Artist
James Brown & His Famous Flames   Primary Artist
Maceo Parker   Primary Artist,Soloist,Featured Artist
Chorus   Primary Artist
Louie Bellson   Primary Artist
Cincinnati Studio Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Louie Bellson & His Jazz Orchestra   Primary Artist
Members of the Dapps   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The James Brown Band   Primary Artist
The Famous Flames   Primary Artist
New York Studio Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Featured Artist
The James Brown Orchestra   Primary Artist
Sammy Lowe   Conductor
Pee Wee Ellis   Conductor
Oliver Nelson   Conductor
Eddie Setser   Soloist
Louie Bellson Jazz Orchestra   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Alan Leeds   Creative Consultant,Track Annotations
Helmy Kressa   Composer
Carl Farruggia   Engineer
Suka Gur   Mixing,Remastering
Jason Pastori   Photo Research
Hal Neely   Producer
Margaret Goldfarb   Production Coordination
The Famous Flames   Performer
Clifford White   References
New York Studio Orchestra   Orchestration
Shapiro   Composer
Mathieu Bitton   Design,Art Direction
Cincinnati Studio Orchestra   Performer,Orchestration
Clarence Gaskill   Composer
Russ Columbo   Composer
Russ Morgan   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
David Matthews   Arranger
Lloyd Stallworth   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Chorus   Performer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Sadie Vimmerstadt   Composer
Sammy Lowe   Arranger
Sadie Vimmerstedt   Composer
Teddy Powell   Composer
Betty Jean Newsome   Composer
Bobby Byrd   Composer
Irving Melsher   Composer
Christian McBride   Mixing
Jack Strachey   Composer
Larry Conley   Composer
James Brown   Composer,Producer
Pee Wee Ellis   Arranger
Oliver Nelson   Arranger
Remus Harris   Composer
Stuart Gorrell   Composer
Bud Hobgood   Composer
Harry Link   Composer
Harry Weinger   Mixing,Compilation Producer
Willard Robison   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Carroll Loveday   Composer
Leonard Whitcup   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Holt Marvell   Composer
Vartan   Art Direction
Cyril Ornadel   Composer
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