Sex Machine

by James Brown

Sex Machine cover art

Sex Machine is a 1970 double album by James Brown. It showcases the playing of the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins, and includes an 11-minute rendition of the album's title song, different from the original recording of the title song which was released as a two-part single in 1970. Sex Machine purports to be a live recording. However, the first LP's worth of material consists of tracks recorded in studio settings with added reverberation and overdubbed applause (some of which subsequently were released in unadulterated mixes, most notably on the 1996 Funk Power compilation CD.). All but one track of the second LP apparently were recorded live in concert in Brown's hometown of Augusta, Georgia, although this material, too, features added reverb and overdubbed applause.

Genres

  • Funk
  • Soul

Tracklist

  1. Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
  2. Brother Rapp - Pts.1 & 2
  3. Bewildered
  4. I Got The Feelin'
  5. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
  6. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  7. Licking Stick - Licking Stick - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  8. Lowdown Popcorn
  9. Spinning Wheel - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  10. If I Ruled The World - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  11. There Was A Time - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  12. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  13. Please, Please, Please - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  14. I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969
  15. Mother Popcorn - Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969