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| Liner Note Author Dean Rudland By the late 1960s sales on the King label were so dominated by superstar James Brown that other releases by the company were overshadowed and underpromoted What s more Brown s success was so massive that as the liner notes to this CD aptly state King s release schedules were dominated by records by Brown his band or records that seemed to sound as if they were made by Brown Almost a couple dozen such tracks from obscure 1967-1973 singles with the exception of a previously unissued take of Bill Doggett s Wet and Satisfied are on this compilation stretching even past the point where Brown left King for Polydor Most of the artists are as little known as the singles with the exception of the Coasters Hank Ballard and Bill Doggett all 50s rock stars who were long past their prime by the time these cuts emerged Brown had direct or indirect connections to some though not all of these discs sometimes in the production and songwriting departments But though the influence of his funk is fairly pervasive it s not all blatantly son-of-Brown or daughter-of-Brown in nature It s reasonably versatile funky soul from a time that would make for a good mix or party tape of rarities though no doubt one that would spark scowls of disapproval from purists should they learn you did something as easy or common as to just go out and buy a CD In addition to the more groove-oriented tracks there are spins on the form in Kay Robinson s gospel-tinged The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow which also admits some social consciousness reflecting the wake of Martin Luther King Jr s assassination some way-out squealing sax on the Presidents Shoe Shine Part 2 and Connie Austin s Ball of Fire which sounds as indebted to early- 70s Marvin Gaye as Brown Of course some of these are obvious if enjoyable James Brown knockoffs like Frank Howard amp the Continentals Do What You Wanna Do Pt 1 or Clay Tyson s spoken rap Clay Ty |
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