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James Brown - Love Power Peace - Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 (1971)

Track listing:
  1. Intro 1:12
  2. Brother Rapp 3:02
  3. Ain't It Funky Now 5:36
  4. Georgia On My Mind 6:11
  5. It's a New Day 2:52
  6. Bewildered 4:19
  7. Sex Machine 8:45
  8. Try Me 2:19
  9. Medley: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag/I Got You (I Feel Good)/I Got the Feelin' 1:29
  10. Give It Up or Turnit A Loose 5:14
  11. It's a Man's Man's Man's World 5:43
  12. Please Please Please 2:08
  13. Sex Machine (Reprise) 0:39
  14. Super Bad 5:07
  15. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved 2:07
  16. Soul Power 4:24
  17. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Finale) 3:33

Notes

James Brown with the then newly-formed J.B.'s — the maestro's second great band, including Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins, Jabo Starks, Bobby Byrd, and Fred Wesley. Live at the Apollo had caught James Brown, the '50s gospel/rhythm and blues singer; Love Power Peace captures James the funkster. In the early '70s Brown turned up the funk, recording such litanies for Black America as "Ain't It Funky Now," "Sex Machine," "Give It Up or Turn It Loose," "Super Bad," "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved," and "Soul Power." They're all here, along with revved-up, white-hot versions of the early- and middle-period classics. Brown had planned to release this as a triple album in 1971. When several band members left shortly after it was recorded, Brown switched from King to Polydor Records, leading him to scrap it and record a new studio album instead. In 1992, Polygram decided to make the recording available for the first time.