George & James
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| Studio album by The Residents | |||||
| Released | 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
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George and James is an album by The Residents, released in 1984. It was subtitled American Composer Series - Volume 1. The American Composer Series was originally supposed to be an ongoing project lasting from 1984 until 2000 that profiled a number of different artists. The idea was to "make music about music." Ultimately only two full albums surfaced (Stars and Hank Forever is the other one), although a few tracks from the planned album profiling Sun Ra have surfaced.
This particular offer includes a side of reworked George Gershwin songs, while side two is a note-for-note re-recording of side one James Brown's classic Live at the Apollo.
Unenthusiastic reviews, the transition from vinyl to CD (meaning that the concept of a split album would be spoiled) and re-negotiation of the songwriting fees (making the project financially impossible) scuppered the series.
[edit] Track listing
Live at the Apollo
- "I'll Go Crazy"
- "Try Me"
- ""5" Royales song"
- "I Don't Mind"
- "Lost Someone"
- "Please, Please, Please"
- "Night Train"
