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All Music Guide: Messing with the Blues

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Messing with the Blues

Artist James Brown

Album Title Messing with the Blues

Date of Release 1990 (release)

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Genre Rock

Tones Nocturnal, Stylish, Exuberant, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sensual, Passionate

Styles Soul , R&B

Type compilation

Time 109:37

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Although he is most famous for his innovations in soul and

funk music, James Brown never lost sight of his blues and

R&B roots. His albums often placed surprisingly rootsy

covers of old chestnuts alongside his groundbreaking

polyrhythmic workouts. This double CD compiles thirty of

the bluesiest items from his vast recorded legacy. Cut

between 1957 and 1985, most of the tracks actually date

from the '60s; many of these, in turn, were laid down in the

early part of the decade, when J.B. was gradually evolving

from his more conventional beginnings. The artists whose

songs are covered here read like a Who's Who of R&B pioneers: Louis Jordan , Roy Brown ,

Memphis Slim , Ivory Joe Hunter , Fats Domino , Chuck Willis , Little Willie John , Billy Ward ,

Guitar Slim , and Bobby Bland . It's quite an instructive insight into Brown's not-always-

visible roots. It would be fair to say that this does not rank among his most exciting material,

finding him in a smoother and more conventional style than his most innovative work. It is

nonetheless always entertaining and accomplished, with Brown's love for this material

shining through strongly in his committed interpretations. Especially intriguing are an 11-

minute cover of Chuck Willis ' "Don't Deceive Me" and a two-part, blues-based rap vamp

from the early '70s, "Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues)." The disc includes several

unreleased cuts, alternate takes, and unedited versions of previously released songs. — Richie

Unterberger

Chicago Blues

Compilation

"Chicago Blues

Now!" features

today's eminent

Chicago bluesmen

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ARTISTS:

1. Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues) [#] (Brown) -4:57

2. Don't Cry Baby [#] (Bernie/Johnson/Unger) -2:59

3. Caldonia [#] (Moore) - 2:53

4. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door [#] (Weldon) -3:37

5. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens [#] (Kramer/Whitney) -2:57

6. Good Rockin' Tonight (Brown) - 2:36

7. I Love You, Yes I Do (Glover/Nix) -2:46

z Clarence Carter

z The Detergents

z Curtis Mayfield

z Tommy Hunt

z The Drifters

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8. Messing With the Blues (Hunt) - 2:09

9. Waiting in Vain performed by Brown / Famous Flames -2:46

10. For You My Love [#] (Gayten) - 2:17

11. Blues for My Baby [#] (Reig/Wright) -3:00

12. Every Day I Have the Blues performed by Brown / Bellson, Louis & His Orchestra -4:28

13. Love Don't Love Nobody [#] performed by Brown / Sid Nathan -:48

14. Love Don't Love Nobody (Brown) -2:03

15. Goin' Home [#] (Domino/Young) -5:03

16. Have Mercy Baby (Ward) - 2:13

17. Kansas City [#] (Leiber/Stoller) - 3:22

18. The Bells [#] (Marks/Ward) - 3:37

19. Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go) [#] (Willis) - 11:40

20. The Things That I Used to Do [#] (Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones]) -2:47

21. Need Your Love So Bad (Little Willie John) -3:26

22. Like a Baby (Stone) - 2:52

23. Honky Tonk, Pts. 1 & 2 (Butler/Doggett/Scott/Shepherd) -6:08

24. Suffering With the Blues (Conyers/Pemberton) -3:05

25. Further on up the Road [#] performed by Brown / JBs -3:45

26. Radio Spot - 1:03

27. Talk to Me, Talk to Me (Seneca) - 3:27

28. Kansas City ['75] performed by Brown / JBs -7:48

29. Wonder When You're Coming Home performed by Brown / Famous Flames -2:34

30. Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues,... (Brown) -6:31

ALBUMS:

z The Boogie Kin

Lives

z Jesse Belvin: G o

My Love

z LaVern Baker: S

Fire: The Best o

Baker

z Doo Wop

z Southern Soul

z Pop-Soul

Ray Charles: Would You Believe?

The Boogie Kings: Nine Lives

LaVern Baker: Soul on Fire: The Best of LaVern Baker

Jesse Belvin: Goodnight, My Love

Various Artists: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box]

Ambient pioneer Pete

Namlook 's Fax Record

released almost 300 al

since its formation in

Amazingly, most featu

Namlook either as the

or as a collaborator wi

many partners, includi

Mixmaster Morris , Te

Klaus Schulze , Bill La

Richie Hawtin , and A t

James Brown - Piano, Vocals, Producer

Louie Bellson - Drums

Pete Christlieb - Sax (Tenor)

Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone

Buddy Collette - Sax (Tenor)

Jimmy McGary - Sax (Alto)

Oliver Nelson - Arranger, Conductor

Joe Newman - Trumpet

St. Clair Pinckney - Sax (Tenor)

Dud Bascomb - Trumpet

Seldon Powell - Saxophone

Ernie Royal - Trumpet

Pee Wee Ellis - Keyboards

Maceo Parker - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)

Al Corley - Sax (Alto)

Sonny Thompson - Piano

Bobby Byrd - Organ

Al Aarons - Trumpet

Jack Arnold - Percussion

Les Asch - Sax (Tenor)

John Audino - Trumpet

Ray Brown - Bass

Garnett Brown - Trombone

Les Buie - Guitar

Sax (Baritone)

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Al "Brisco" Clark -

Edwyn Conley - Bass

Nick Dimaio - Trombone

The Famous Flames - Performer

Clayton Fillyau - Drums

David "Panama" Francis - Drums

Lucas Fats Gonder - Organ, Piano, Director

Johnny Griggs - Percussion

Reginald Hall - Drums

Ernie Hayes - Keyboards

Haywood Henry - Saxophone

The J.B.'s - Performer

Bill Levenson - Executive Producer

Carl Lynch - Guitar

Clifford MacMillan - Sax (Tenor)

Dave Parkinson - Sax (Baritone)

Hubert Perry - Bass

Bill Pitman - Guitar

Tommy Porello - Trumpet

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Drums

Waymon Reed - Trumpet

Joe Romano - Sax (Alto)

Kenny Shroyer - Trombone

Maretha Stewart - Vocals

Fred Thomas - Bass

Ernie Watts - Sax (Alto)

Harry Weinger - Liner Notes, Mixing, Compilation Producer

Fred Wesley - Trombone

Billy Wright

Oscar A. Yong - Executive Producer

Billy Butler - Guitar

Dennis M. Drake - Digital Editing, Mixing

Chuck Finley - Trumpet

Alan Leeds - Orchestration

Al Lucas - Bass

Leo Sacks - Assistant Producer

Lewis Hamlin - Trumpet

Roscoe Patrick - Trumpet

J.C. "Cleo" Davis - Sax (Tenor)

Johnny Grimes - Trumpet

Tom "Curly" Ruff - Digital Editing, Mixing

Sheryl Lutz-Brown - Art Direction, Design

Wallace Richardson - Guitar

John "Jabo" Starks - Drums

Jimmy Nolen - Guitar

Bobby Roach - Guitar

Bobby Bennett - Vocals (bckgr)

Louis Shelton - Guitar

Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - Guitar

Jimmy Parker - Sax (Alto)

Sammy Lowe - Conductor

Clifford White - Liner Notes, Compilation Producer

Bernard Odum - Bass

Bud Hobgood - Producer

Trumpet

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Isiah "Ike" Oakley -

Kenny Poole - Guitar

Eugene Stallworth - Vocals (bckgr)

Bill Tole - Trombone

William Bowman - Drums

Frank Vincent - Piano

Tim Rogers - Mixing

James Brown Band

Dicky Harris - Trombone, Trumpet

1990

Polydor

847258

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