Live at the Apollo (Remastered)
James Brown
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Introduction By Fats Gonder (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 1:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I'll Go Crazy (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 2:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Try Me (with Instrumental Bridge) [Live] | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 2:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Think (with Instrumental Bridge) [Live] | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 1:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Don't Mind (with Intstrumental Bridge) [Live] | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 2:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lost Someone (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 10:43 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Please Please Please / You've Got the Power / I Found Someone / Why Do You Do Me Like You Do / I Want You So Bad / I Love You, Yes I Do / Strange Things Happen / Bewildered / Please Please Please (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 6:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Night Train (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 3:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Think (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 1:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Found Someone / Why Do You Do Me Like You Do / I Want You So Bad (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 2:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lost Someone (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 2:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I'll Go Crazy (Live) | James Brown & The Famous Flames | 2:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
Not much remains to be said about Live at the Apollo, the 1962 recording that documented the already Hardest Working Man in Show Business’ stage appearance and provided his most effective introduction yet to the pop mainstream. (It eventually reached No. 2 in Billboard, just behind an Andy Williams LP.) At the heart of the album lie two extended slow workouts, a 10-plus-minute “Lost Someone” and a medley built around “Please, Please, Please” that shows how Brown could still the most emotionally overwrought crowd; you can hear a pin drop when he sings an almost churchy “I Love You, Yes I Do.” Apollo, more than any other record, codified the give-and-take of the soul revolution and its audience. This edition includes four single sides later edited from the album.
Customer Reviews
Oh My God
Remember when you first heard pre-Atlantic era Bob Marley? The revelation of timelessness, the awe, the sheer beauty of singular genius in its full flower? I had that moment again last night. I picked up James Brown & the Famous Flames - Live at the Apollo (Remastered 1962) on iTunes, and my life got a tiny bit better the moment I heard this album. James and the Flames open with 'I'll Go Crazy'- this is perhaps the nastiest goove in living history, and those early 60's backing vocals are of a sweetness... It's nigh perfect. James is just plain on, and sings throughout the show with a fire and precision that must be heard. Am I allowed to say this is the best singing I've ever heard? Ok, I guess I just did. 'Lost Someone' is a 6/8 feel torch ballad that put me in that musical transcendental revery, loving even how the air felt around me as the band did it's thing and James got down. And then I could hear the folks up in that room feeling that same way in 1962. At the Apollo. Feelin' it. Here, the iTunes reviewer hit it exactly , the sound of the band, the audience (!), and the room itself, adds so much to the experience of listening to this album. You are there in Harlem with every single one of those cats. You can really feel the arc of the vibe from one song to another. Other standouts are the steamy, laid back 'I Don't Mind', and of course, 'Think', which is a great example of James Brown's melodic mastery, that one little line of a chorus is just pure gold. Really though, there's almost no point in picking favorites. This performance is a historical moment. Like, what's your favorite part of the Declaration of Independence? You don't know, it was just an event. It rocked. That's that. Well, on that night at the Apollo, so did James. Get this.
One of the greatest concerts of all time!
If you are new to Mr. Brown this the perfect place to start! I would say this is JB at his peak. But I just saw him last night and he was as great as ever.
Unequalled Energy
James is the man, if you don't believe it, I dare you to listen to this album and get back to me. This album contains more energy than any other recording I've ever heard. I listen to all kinds of music and I have never been so moved by an album/recording in the way this moved me. Prepare to get goose bumps throughout and just try sitting still.
Biography
Born: May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, SC
Genre: R&B/Soul
Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
