Roots of a Revolution
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Roots of a Revolution is the first of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. Expanding on the 1984 double LP compilation of the same name [2]it covers 1956 to 1963, but omits some of Brown's big hits from that time period, which can be found on Star Time.
Track listing
- Disc 1
- I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
- No, No, No, No
- Hold My Baby's Hand
- Chonnie-On-Chon
- Just Won't Do Right
- Let's Make It
- Fine Old Foxy Self
- Why Does Everything Happen To Me
- Begging, Begging
- That Dood It
- There Must Be A Reason
- I Want You So Bad
- Don't Let It Happen To Me
- Bewildered
- Doodle Bug (Instrumental)
- This Old Heart
- Studio Dialogue
- I'll Never Let You Go
- Studio Dialogue
- You've Got The Power (duet with Bea Ford)
- Baby, You're Right
- I Don't Mind
- Disc 2
- Come Over Here
- And I Do Just What I Want
- Just You And Me, Darling
- So Long
- Tell Me What You're Gonna Do
- Hold It
- Dancin' Little Thing
- You Don't Have To Go
- Lost Someone
- Shout And Shimmy
- I Found You
- I Don't Care
- I've Got Money
- Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.
- Signed, Sealed And Delivered
- Studio Dialogue
- Prisoner Of Love
- I Cried
- Oh Baby Don't You Weep Pts 1 & 2
- (Do The) Mashed Potatoes
- Maybe The Last Time
References
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| Studio albums |
- Please Please Please
- Try Me!
- Think!
- The Amazing James Brown
- Shout and Shimmy (later re-titled Good, Good Twistin')
- James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA
- Prisoner of Love
- Excitement - Mr. Dynamite
- Showtime
- The Unbeatable James Brown
- Grits and Soul
- Out of Sight (later retitled James Brown Sings Out of Sight)
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
- I Got You (I Feel Good)
- James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday
- Mighty Instrumentals
- James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World
- James Brown Sings Christmas Songs
- Handful of Soul
- Sings Raw Soul
- James Brown Plays the Real Thing
- Cold Sweat
- I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
- I Got the Feeling
- James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul
- Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
- Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
- Gettin' Down to It
- The Popcorn
- It's a Mother
- Ain't It Funky
- Soul on Top
- It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In
- Hey America
- Super Bad
- Sho' Is Funky Down Here
- Hot Pants
- There It Is
- Get on the Good Foot
- Black Caesar
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
- The Payback
- Hell
- Reality
- Sex Machine Today
- Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump
- Hot
- Get Up Offa That Thing
- Bodyheat
- Mutha's Nature
- Jam 1980's
- Take a Look at Those Cakes
- The Original Disco Man
- Nonstop!
- Soul Syndrome
- Bring It On
- Gravity
- I'm Real
- Love Overdue
- Universal James
- I'm Back
- The Merry Christmas Album
- The Next Step
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| Notable compilation albums |
- James Brown Presents His Band/Night Train (later re-titled Twist Around, then Jump Around)
- Soul Classics
- Soul Classics, Volume 2
- Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits
- Can Your Heart Stand It?
- The Best of James Brown
- The Federal Years, Part 1
- The Federal Years, Part 2
- Roots of a Revolution - The James Brown Story 1956-1965
- Ain't That a Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969
- Doing It to Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973
- Dead on the Heavy Funk 1974-1976
- The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics
- The LP of JB
- In the Jungle Groove
- The CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics
- Motherlode
- Messin' With the Blues
- Star Time
- 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
- Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-1969)
- Roots of a Revolution
- JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection
- Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969
- Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
- Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971-1975
- Dead On The Heavy Funk: 1975-1983
- The Godfather - The Very Best of James Brown
- 50th Anniversary Collection
- The Singles, Volume One: The Federal Years: 1956–1960
- Number 1's
- The Singles, Volume Two: 1960–1963
- Jazz
- Gold
- The Singles, Volume Three: 1964–1965
- A Family Affair
- The Singles, Volume Four: 1966–1967
- The Singles, Volume Five: 1967-1969
- The Singles, Volume Six: 1969-1970
- The Singles, Volume 7: 1970-1972
- The Singles, Volume 8: 1972-1973
- The Singles, Volume 9: 1973-1975
- Icon
- The James Brown Complete Christmas
- The Singles, Volume 10: 1975-1979
- The Singles, Volume 11: 1979-1981
- Best of Live At The Apollo: 50th Anniversary
- Live At The Apollo, Vols. I-IV
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