Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Escape-ism
2. Hot Pants (Parts 1 & 2)
3. I'm A Greedy Man
4. Make It Funky (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4)
5. King Heroin
6. I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance)
7. There It Is
8. Get On The Good Foot
9. Don't Tell It
10. I Got A Bag Of My Own
11. Down And Out In New York City
12. Think
13. Make It Good To Yourself (Interlude)

Disc 2:

1. The Payback
2. Stoned To The Bone
3. Mind Power (Alternate)
4. World Of Soul
5. Papa Don't Take No Mess
6. Coldblooded (Undubbed Version)
7. I Can't Stand It '76'
8. My Thang
9. Funky President (People It's Bad)
10. I Feel Good
11. Problems
12. Turn On The Heat And Build Some Fire
13. Hot Pants Finale (Live)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33627 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Best of
• Dimensions: .14 pounds

Amazon.com essential recording
Polygram tells the JB story better than anyone yet with their series of two-CD James Brown reissues, which began with Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-69), continued into the mid-1960s and onward with Foundations of Funk and this set, and then ventured into the 1980s with Dead On: The Heavy Funk. This triumphant, perfectly programmed two-disc package dredges 26 neglected gems and beloved jewels from the prolific predisco years, a time when Brown's powers were in sharp form. Waist-deep in fat freaky funk, pugilistic horn arrangements, looping modal grooves, and tuff blaxploitational kitsch--primo monster funk from the source. Fans of Parliament's nonstop party jam absolutely need this to know from whence their hardcore jollies came. --John Corbett