Oh Baby Don’t You Weep/These Foolish Things/Signed Sealed & Delivered/Like A Baby/I’ll Never Let You Go/ Please Please Please/Good Good Lovin’/Shout & Shimmy
Soul legend James Brown followed up his immensely successful Live At The Apollo with another mostly live set from the Royal Theatre, Baltimore, recorded in November 1963. Given his impressive rendition of These Foolish Things it is unfortunate that he failed to channel his dynamism into better constructed songs. Thus the final comment below, attributed to the owner of his record company, has much validity. (US:10)
"1963 is about the time that this record was done. Part live and part studio intermixed. The energy is so phenomenal and overwhelming that you will pass out from exhaustion just listening to Shout & Shimmy, I'll Never Let You Go and Please Please Please."
"This is decidedly more raucous than his 1962 Live At The Apollo, with the balance leaning toward uptempo ravers like Shout & Shimmy, Signed Sealed & Delivered and the set-closing Good Good Lovin'."
"The performances are so energetic that you can't help getting caught up in the excitement."
"It is fair to say that the recording quality is primitive, even more so than on his 1962 Apollo gig; the vocals are a bit hollow, and the audience occasionally overwhelms the music."
"What a great performance, does not get better then this. He is pouring out his soul, great R & B... got that beautiful raspy voice. No one alive today has the power James Brown had over his audience."
"I never really was a big James Brown fan, but I tell you he really does an excellent job on These Foolish Things."
"Sid Nathan, the owner of JB's record company, refused to record Please Please Please. He was of the opinion that nobody would want to hear the word 'please' repeatedly endlessly."
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