JAMES BROWN HELL SEALED MINT- ORIGINAL 2xLP on POLYDOR GATEFOLD 1974
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Here is a HARD TO FIND! ORIGINAL! SEALED! MINT MINUS! DOUBLE LP by JAMES BROWN titled HELL. It is an ORIGINAL! US pressing on the POLYDOR label, catalog #PD2-9001 in STEREO sound and released in 1974. Since it is a SEALED! LP the vinyl is in presumed MINT! condition, shiny and black, with superb playback. The GATEFOLD cover is in MINT MINUS/NEAR MINT PLUS! condition with a shrink tear top rear and a cut corner. It is an opportunity to purchase this SEALED! DOUBLE LP by JAMES BROWN in this condition. ORIGINAL! SEALED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY HARDER TO FIND! It’s a true gem for the BLAXPLOITATION / FUNK / SOUL / R&B collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pics. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $4.00 for MEDIA MAIL. I COMBINE SHIPPING SO US BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by James Elias
Brown's early-'70s run of classic singles and good-to-great albums is still impressive. Hell was the double album released a year after the gold selling The Payback. To some, the title might put this effort in the realm of kitsch, but in many ways Hell was one of Brown's strongest albums. The album was the pinnacle of his work as the Minister of the Super New New Heavy Funk. From the tough and nimble Latin rhythms of "Coldblooded," and "Sayin' It and Doin' It" to the title track, all are prime pre-disco Brown. "My Thang" is probably as hard and unrelenting as he got without spontaneously combusting. The biggest surprise of Hell is that no matter how odd the song choices seemed, practically everything worked, excluding a few key songs of course. Both "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Stormy Monday" don't belong in James Brown's catalogue, let alone the same album. Ballad-wise, Brown fares better. "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" has him getting all warm and fuzzy as he inexplicably throws in an "I'm hurt, I'm hurt" for good measure. That song, as well as the weepers "A Man Has to Go to the Cross Road Before He Finds Himself" and "Sometime," were produced by David Matthews who could always get good ragged yet poised vocals from Brown. Although Brown did roll snake eyes on all of side three, he did leave Hell on a good note. "Papa Don't Take No Mess" is laid-back, funky jazz that's worth each of its 13-plus minutes. Despite a few detours, Hell is worth listening to.
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