Album
Motherlode
1988 · Funk / Soul
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Motherlode is a Soul & Funk album by James Brown, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Even with the machine-gun pace of the release schedule of his ’60s and ’70s heyday, James Brown left a lot of great music in the studio vaults. <i>Motherlode</i> skims from the (mostly) unreleased sounds of the era, adding a discful of indelible funk to the canon. Sometimes rough (the polyrhythmic throwdown “She’s the One” could’ve been a hit single had Brown gone back to recut his vocal), sometimes fully realized (the extended take of “People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul” from the blaxploitation soundtrack <i>Slaughter’s Big Rip-off</i>), these tracks earn adjectives like “commanding” as surely as the better-known classics. Working through alternate arrangements (“You Got to Have a Mother for Me” sets fire to “Mother Popcorn”) and revisiting oldies (you can hear James almost chuckling at the funkafied doo-wop of “Since You Been Gone,” formerly “Just Won’t Do Right”), <i>Motherlode</i> is revelatory and mighty.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1There It Is (Live)3:05
- A2She's The One2:52
- A3Since You've Been Gone5:33
- A4Untitled Instrumental3:22
- A5Say It Loud (Say It Live)4:50
- A6Can I Get Some Help4:56
Side B
- B1You Got To Have A Mother For Me5:10
- B2Funk Bomb (Instrumental)4:12
- B3Baby, Here I Come4:27
- B4People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix)9:04
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- raw
- aggressive
- funky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Compilation of tracks recorded between 1967 & 1973.
A1-B3 previously unreleased.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- 'Sweet' Charles SherrellBASS
- Alfonzo KellumGUITAR
- Bennie ParksPERCUSSION
- Bernard OdumBASS
- Bobby ByrdKEYBOARDS ORGAN VOCALS
- Bootsy CollinsBASS
- Catfish CollinsGUITAR
- Clyde StubblefieldDRUMS
- Darryl Hassan JamisonTRUMPET
- Eldee WilliamsSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Fred ThomasBASS
- Fred WesleyLEADER , TROMBONE TROMBONE TROMBONE, LEADER
- Hearlon Cheese MartinGUITAR
- Hollie FarrisVALVE TROMBONE
- Isiah Ike OakleyTRUMPET
- James BrownORGAN ORGAN, VOCALS VOCALS
- Jerone Jasaan SanfordTRUMPET
- Jimmy NolenGUITAR
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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