James Brown
Singles, Vol. 6: 1969-1970
Release Date:
January 27, 2009
Label: Hip-O Select
Label: Hip-O Select
Table of Contents
The hardest working man in show business may be gone, but the sixth entry into James Brown’s ongoing series of single compilations continues to ensure that he won’t be forgotten. And judging by just a few of the songs here -- gems like "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1" and "Super Bad - Pt. 1" -- being forgotten isn't something Brown would have to worry about, anyway.
Disc 1
| 1 | You Got to Have a Mother for Me, Pt. 1 |
| 2 | Little Grove Maker Me |
| 3 | You Got to Have a Mother for Me [Long Version] |
| 4 | I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It M |
| 5 | I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It M |
| 6 | I Love You |
| 7 | Maybe I'll Understand |
| 8 | Any Day Now |
| 9 | I'm Shook |
| 10 | Popcorn |
| 11 | Chicken |
| 12 | Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me), Pt. 1 |
| 13 | Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me), Pt. 2 |
| 14 | Lowdown Popcorn |
| 15 | Top of the Stack |
| 16 | World, Pt. 1 |
| 17 | World, Pt. 2 |
| 18 | Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn, Pt. 1 |
| 19 | Sometime |
| 20 | I'm Not Demanding, Pt. 1/I'm Not Demanding, Pt. 2 |
Disc 2
| 1 | It's a Christmas Tree, Pt. 1 |
| 2 | It's a Christmas Tree, Pt. 2 |
| 3 | Ain't It Funky Now, Pt. 1 |
| 4 | Ain't It Funky Now, Pt. 2 |
| 5 | Popcorn with a Feeling |
| 6 | Part Two (Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn) |
| 7 | Gittin' a Little Hipper, Pt. 2 |
| 8 | Brother Got to Rap, Pt. 1 |
| 9 | Brother Got to Rap, Pt. 2 |
| 10 | It's a New Day, Pts. 1 & 2 |
| 11 | Georgia on My Mind |
| 12 | Funky Drummer, Pt. 1 |
| 13 | Funky Drummer, Pt. 2 |
| 14 | Let It Be Me |
| 15 | Talkin Loud and Saying Nothin', Pts. 1 & 2 |
| 16 | Bewildered |
| 17 | Brother Rapp, Pts. 1 & 2 |
| 18 | Man Has to Go Back to the Crossroads |
| 19 | Drunk |
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The two songs that Mr. Woods namechecks in his abstract do not appear on this release. Thankfully, a good number of JB's greatest tracks *do* appear here ("I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin'," "Mother Popcorn," "Ain't It Funky Now," "Funky Drummer") along with some wonderful obscurities (I tend toward "Any Day Now," myself). For those who have collected the other releases in this series, it is interesting to note that volume six contains the first JB singles to be released in stereo (notwithstanding two oddities on the first volume), beginning with the canceled "Any Day Now." Brilliant stuff, to be sure.