The J.B's: Food For Thought / Doing It To Death / Damn Right I Am Somebody, 2CD

•    The world’s funkiest band, the Godfather Of Soul James Brown’s backing band The J.B.’s.

•    Featuring three albums ‘Food For Thought’, ‘Doing It To Death’ & ‘Damn Right I Am Somebody’ in one double CD package.

Featuring some of the classic funk anthems such as ‘Gimme Some More’, ‘Pass The Peas’, ‘Hot Pants Road’ and the Number 1 R&B single ‘Doing It To Death’.

These albums were produced by James Brown, and although there are a few instrumentals like the mesmerising ‘Theme From King Heroin’, James Brown’s vocals are prominent and tracks such as ‘Escape-ism’ and ‘More Peas’ make you feel like you are also listening to a classic James Brown album.

But James is not the only well-known player on these albums, they also feature Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, William (Bootsy) Collins, Bobby Byrd and the backbeat supremo Clyde (The Funky Drummer) Stubblefield are all out front as well as many other famous J.B.’s.

The ‘Damn Right I Am Somebody’ album gave Fred Wesley lead billing as Band leader and the album was recorded during the same session as James Brown ‘The Payback’ album, and you can tell as the album has a similar vibe. As the original album cover stated “Think That You Are Somebody And You’ll Be Somebody – Positive Thinking.”

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE - FOOD FOR THOUGHT

1  PASS THE PEAS

2  GIMME SOME MORE

3  TO MY BROTHER

4  WINE SPOT

5  HOT PANTS ROAD

6  THE GRUNT

7  BLESSED BLACKNESS

8  ESCAPE-ISM PART 1

9  ESCAPE-ISM PART 2

10  THEME FROM KING HEROIN

11  THESE ARE THE J.B.’S

DOIN IT TO DEATH

12  INTRO TO THE JB’S

13  DOIN IT TO DEATH PART 1 & 2

14  YOU CAN HAVE YOUR WATERGATE, JUST GIVE ME SOME BUCK

15  MORE PEAS

16  LA DI DA LA DI DAY

17  YOU CAN HAVE YOUR WATERGATE JUST GIVE ME SOME BUCK

18  SUCKER

19  YOU CAN HAVE YOUR WATERGATE, JUST GIVE ME SOME BUCK

DISC TWO - DAMN RIGHT I AM SOMEBODY – FRED WESLEY & THE JB’s

1  DAMN RIGHT I'M SOMEBODY

2  BLOW YOUR HEAD

3  I’M PAYIN' TAXES, WHAT AM I BUYIN'?

4  SAME BEAT (PART 1)

5  IF YOU DON'T GET IT THE FIRST TIME, BACK UP & TRY IT AGAIN, PARRTY

6  MAKE ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE

7  GOING TO GET A THRILL

8  YOU SURE LOVE TO BALL