FRED WESLEY and The JB's Damn Right I Am Somebody LP POLYDOR UK orig 1974
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FRED WESLEY and the J.B.'s
The J.B.'s were the legendary supporting cast of musicians behind James Brown, earning a well-deserved
reputation as the tightest, best-drilled instrumental ensemble in all of funk. The name J.B.'s is most often
associated with three hornmen in particular -- saxophonists Maceo Parker and Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, and
trombonist Fred Wesley, all of whom originally joined Brown's backing band at various points during the '60s.
As a recording entity unto themselves, however, the J.B.'s enjoyed a distinctly defined heyday from 1970-1975,
under the musical directorship of Wesley (though Brown, naturally, remained a strong presence). The J.B.'s
were billed under a variety of alternate names on their own singles and albums, Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s,
Maceo and the Macks, Fred and the New J.B.'s, the James Brown Soul Train, the Last Word, the First Family, and more
"DAMN RIGHT I AM SOMEBODY"1974 LP POLYDOR RECORDS POLYDOR SUPER 2391.125
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE
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Label: POLYDOR - RED LABEL - BLACK/WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: POLYDOR SUPER 2391 125
Catalog on labels: 2391-125 A / 2391-125 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 2391125 A//2?420 05 11 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 2391125 B//2?420 05 11 1
On labels: rim text reads "All rights........prohibited"
Made in England
ST33(circled)
EXORCIST - DAMN RIGHT I AM SOMEBODY
James Brown - Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk
Produced by James Brown
Arranged James Brown & Fred Wesley
(on Side B only): ? 1, 2. 1973 Polydor Int.
? 3-5. 1974 Polydor Int.
Rights Society / Publishing: Intersong Music Ltd., Jobete-London
On back cover: Recorded during the same sessions as James Brown's album " The Payback"
Sleeve printed and made in England by E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford
*? 1973 Polydor Incorporated
+? 1974 Polydor Incorporated
tracklisting
Side A: DAMN RIGHT I'M SOMEBODY - BLOW YOUR HEADI'M PAYIN' TAXES, WHAT AM I BUYIN'
Side B: SAME BEAT (Part 1) - IF YOU DON'T GET IT THE FIRST TIME, BACK UP & TRY IT AGAIN, PARRTY MAKE ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE - GOING TO GET A THRILL - YOU SURE LOVE TO BALL
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Damn Right I Am Somebody captures the J.B.'s at the apex of their extraordinary powers. This James Brown-produced set is both their most fiercely polemical and their most musically daring, incorporating otherworldly electronic elements, eccentric time and rhythm shifts, and idiosyncratic studio effects to brilliantly articulate the increasing turmoil and insanity of the times. It's quite possibly the most challenging record ever released under the Brown aegis, favoring open-ended grooves and epic solos rooted in avant-jazz. The rhythms remain surgically precise and hypnotically intense, however, and every cut here, from the funk juggernaut "I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'?" to the righteously mellow "Same Beat," is a marvel. This is funk at its heaviest -- musically, yes, but intellectually as well...(AllMusic)
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