James Brown's complete, expanded Motherlode
rarities collection will make its vinyl release debut on March 8. The classic
collection's new 2LP vinyl release (Polydor/UMe) also puts three vital tracks
on wax for the first time ever: "I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To
Dance) (Remix)," "You've Changed," and the epic 12-minute
alternate mix of "Bodyheat."
30 years
into forging his unique groove in music, James Brown was inducted as a charter
member of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1986. He was then enjoying a double
renaissance: riding high on the charts with "Living In America," his
biggest hit in a decade; while on the streets his back catalogue was being
rediscovered, sampled and plundered by an international hotbed of DJs, rappers,
hip-hoppers and new wave funksters. Honoring Brown's re-invigoration, Polydor
released the collection In The Jungle Groove that year.
Two years
later, with samples of Brown's released classics still thick in the air, came a
blast of funk from deep in the vault: Motherlode, released in 1988 with 11 rare
and previously unreleased tracks on CD and 10 tracks on a single vinyl LP. Two
of the collection's track debuts were incendiary live cuts, "Say It Loud
(Say It Live)," an outtake from the Sex Machine album recorded in Brown's
hometown of Augusta, Georgia, and, leading off the LP, "There It Is,"
a knockout performance from a 1972 show that otherwise did not see the light of
day for decades. "Since You Been Gone," a duet with Bobby Byrd, was
an update of their cut "Just Won't Do Right" from 1956 featuring the
young J.B.'s with Bootsy Collins. Two deep-funk instrumentals were also
featured, one titled "Funk Bomb," and another so buried in the
Godfather's vault it never received a title.
Three
rarities on Motherlode's original CD release were new in their own way:
"She's the One," a cover of an old Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
single, had just been issued as a single in the U.K., where it cracked the
British pop chart's Top 50; "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky
Soul," originally issued in 1973 as a 3:40 LP cut on the soundtrack to
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, was remixed and extended to nine minutes; and "I
Got Ants In My Pants," previously issued as a two-part single in 1972, was
remixed and issued in full for the first time on the CD, but not included on
Motherlode's original vinyl LP release.
Motherlode's
complete, expanded 13-track edition first debuted on CD in 2003, adding "You've Changed," recorded in
Atlanta with the classic James Brown Orchestra in April 1969, and
"Bodyheat (Alternate Mix)," with the latter-day J.B.'s in 1976.
Motherlode's
liner notes are by the late Cliff White, the preeminent journalist internationally
recognized for his coverage of the Godfather of Soul. His original notes have
been updated for the new 2LP set.
James Brown:
Motherlode (Expanded Edition) [2LP vinyl]
Side 1
1.There It
Is (Live) 3:05
2.She's The
One 2:52
3.Since You
Been Gone (Duet w/Bobby Byrd) 5:33
4.Untitled
Instrumental 3:22
5.Say It
Loud (Say It Live) 4:50
Side 2
1.Can I Get
Some Help 9:45
2.You Got To
Have A Mother For Me 5:10
3.Funk Bomb
(Instrumental) 4:12
Side 3
1.Baby Here
I Come 4:27
2.People Get
Up And Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix) 9:04
3.I Got Ants
In My Pants (And I Want To Dance) (Remix) 7:27
Side 4
1.You've
Changed 3:18
2.Bodyheat
(Alternate Mix) 11:50
Original
Sessions Produced By James Brown
Sides 1, 2
and 3 except "Ants" first issued on vinyl in 1988
All other
tracks on vinyl for the first time
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