Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971

by James Brown

Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 June 1992
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:48
  • Community rating: 4.23/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Unreleased for over twenty years, this blistering recording features the original, staggeringly tight J.B.'s lineup starring Bootsy Collins on bass. The incredibly fast, relentlessly rhythmic performance is universally regarded as a defining pinnacle of raw, hard funk execution before the group splintered.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, party, live, funky, soulful, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Intro - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (1:12)
  2. Brother Rapp - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (3:03)
  3. Ain't It Funky Now - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (5:36)
  4. Georgia On My Mind - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (6:11)
  5. It's A New Day - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (2:52)
  6. Bewildered - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (4:19)
  7. Sex Machine - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (8:45)
  8. Try Me - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (2:19)
  9. Medley: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag / I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Got The Feelin' - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (1:28)
  10. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (5:14)
  11. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (5:43)
  12. Please Please Please - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (2:08)
  13. Sex Machine (Reprise) - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (0:39)
  14. Super Bad - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (5:07)
  15. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (2:07)
  16. Soul Power - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (4:24)
  17. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Finale) - Live At The Olympia, Paris / 1971 (3:33)

Credits

  • Bobby Byrd - band [the jb's], organ, mc, vocals, written-by
  • Bootsy Collins - band [the jb's], bass
  • Catfish Collins - band [the jb's], lead guitar
  • Clayton Gunnells - band [the jb's], trumpet
  • Darryl Hassan Jamison - band [the jb's], trumpet
  • Dave Matthews - band [the jb's], conductor [horns and strings]
  • Fred Wesley - band [the jb's], trombone
  • Hearlon Cheese Martin - band [the jb's], rhythm guitar

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