James Brown - Please Please Please Plus Think (2021)

Tracklist

01. Please, Please, Please
02. Chonnie-On-Chon
03. Hold My Baby's Hand
04. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
05. Just Won't Do Right
06. Baby Cries over the Ocean
07. I Don't Know
08. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
09. Try Me
10. That Dood It
11. Begging, Begging
12. I Walked Alone
13. No, No, No, No
14. That's When I Lost My Heart
15. Let's Make It
16. Love or a Game
17. Think
18. Good Good Lovin'
19. Wonder When You're Coming Home
20. I'll Go Crazy
21. This Old Heart
22. I Know It's True
23. Bewildered
24. I'll Never Never Let You Go
25. You've Got the Power
26. If You Want Me
27. Baby, You're Right
28. So Long
29. Can't Be the Same
30. Messin' with the Blues
31. You're Mine, You're Mine



Through the gospel-impassioned fury of his vocals and the complex polyrhythms of his beats, James Brown became the single most important figure in the transformation of rhythm & blues into SOUL music. He was also arguably the most influential African-American artist in the history of popular music. This quintessential collector’s edition includes James Brown & The Famous Flames’ seminal albums for the King label; consisting of their debut LP Please, Please, Please (1959) and their third album Think! (1960). These two masterpieces helped define the primal nature of soul. They offer a solid introduction into this man's special brand of musical feeling, his own passionate style, intense delivery and R&B innovation. In addition, we have included 3 bonus tracks, consisting of hard to find sides from the same period. The foot-tapping rhythms, spine-tingling stylings and sentimental mood renderings so typical of his early performances can all be heard here. This is the material upon which James Brown’s kingdom was built.

“Think! is one of his best original albums, in part because it has the highest hit quotient (“Think”, “I’ll Go Crazy”, “Good Good Lovin’” etc.) but mostly because it offers Brown’s most distinctive work to that point.” - Rolling Stone magazine
“He knew what was important. And he had the best players, the funkiest of all bands.” - Rick Rubin

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