James Brown Plays James Brown: Today & Yesterday

by James Brown

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1966
  • Label: Smash
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:52
  • Community rating: 3.04/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'James Brown Plays James Brown: Today & Yesterday' reworks Brown-associated material in an instrumental and band-focused format. The album is part of the transitional moment when his rhythm-and-blues base was hardening into the groove-centered language that would define funk.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, rhythmic, funky

Tracklist

  1. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Pt. 1 / Instrumental (3:53)
  2. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Pt. 2 / Instrumental (4:26)
  3. Oh Baby Don鈥檛 You Weep - Instrumental (6:46)
  4. Try Me - Instrumental (3:08)
  5. Sidewinder (6:56)
  6. Out Of Sight - Instrumental (2:38)
  7. Maybe The Last Time - Instrumental (5:14)
  8. Every Beat Of My Heart - Instrumental (5:02)
  9. Hold It - Instrumental (4:38)
  10. A Song For My Father - Pt. 1 (2:18)
  11. A Song For My Father - Pt. 2 (1:48)

Credits

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