Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. You've Got the Power - Bea Ford
2. Little Taste of Soul - Sugar Pie DeSanto
3. I Found You - Yvonne Fair
4. If I Knew - Yvonne Fair
5. You Can Make It if You Try - Yvonne Fair
6. Straighten Up - Yvonne Fair
7. Say Yeah Yeah - Yvonne Fair
8. I Cried - Tammy Montgomery
9. If You Don't Think - Tammy Montgomery
10. If Somebody Told You - Anna King
11. Make Up Your Mind - Anna King
12. Baby Baby Baby - Bobby Byrd, Anna King
13. All of Me - Elsie Mae
14. Whole Lot of Lovin' - Elsie Mae
15. Do You Really Want to Rescue Me, Pt. 1 - Elsie Mae
16. This Is My Story - The Jewels
17. Wide Awake in a Dream - Vicki Anderson
18. Baby Don't You Know - Vicki Anderson
19. Unwind Yourself - Marva Whitney
20. I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's ...) - Marva Whitney
21. What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You - Marva Whitney
22. You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work - You Don't Eat) - James Brown, Marva Whitney
23. It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To), Pts. 1-2 - Marva Whitney
24. I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You, Pts. 1-2 - Marva Whitney
25. Things Got to Get Better (Get Together) - Marva Whitney
26. Answer to Mother Popcorn (I Got a Mother for You) - Vicki Anderson
27. I Want to Be in the Land of Milk and Honey - Vicki Anderson

Disc 2:

1. Message From the Soul Sisters, Pts. 1-2 - Vicki Anderson
2. Super Good (Answer to Super Bad), Pts. 1-2 - Vicki Anderson
3. I'm Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants) - Vicki Anderson
4. Don't Throw Your Love in the Garbage Can - Vicki Anderson
5. You're Welcome, Stop on By - Vicki Anderson, Bobby Byrd
6. Lord Will Make a Way Somehow, Pts. 1-2 - Kay Robinson
7. People Make the World a Better Place - Shirley Jean & The Relations
8. Wheel of Life - Lyn Collins
9. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins
10. Me and My Baby Got a Good Thing Going - Lyn Collins
11. Mama Feelgood - Lyn Collins
12. Take Me, Just as I Am - Lyn Collins
13. Don't Make Me Over - Lyn Collins
14. What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin' - James Brown, Lyn Collins
15. We Want to Parrty, Parrty, Parrty, Pts. 1-2 - Lyn Collins
16. Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again (6 Times) - Lyn Collins
17. You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me - Lyn Collins
18. Put It on the Line - Lyn Collins
19. Summertime - James Brown, Martha High

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42488 in Music
• Released on: 1998-04-21
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Amazon.com
This long-overdue collection shines a light on the lesser-known side of James Brown's musical empire: the ladies. And what ladies--seriously soulful songbirds like Lyn Collins ("The Female Preacher"), Vicki Anderson and Yvonne Fair, bawdy blues shouter Elsie Mae ("T.V. Mama"), and the unheralded Marva Whitney, who unleashes the hip-hop sample staple "Unwind Yourself." There are also two tracks from a young singer named Tammy Montgomery, who after leaving Brown's tutelage would sign with Motown and emerge as Tammi Terrell. From big hits like Collins's "Think (About It)" to obscure singles such as Elsie Mae's "Do You Really Want to Rescue Me, Part 1" (an answer to Fontella Bass's "Rescue Me"), this two-CD anthology is sheer R&B heaven and essential for fans of gritty, hip-shaking, finger-wagging, "You better think, boy" anthems. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews

James Brown's LEGENDARY bands fronted by female singers
This is an extraordinary set of music, more than worth the price of the 2 cds. Just because JB isn't singing lead on these tracks, don't ignore them. Backing the various POWERFUL female soul singers are the Godfather's legendary bands. My favorite section is the group of Marva Whitney songs at the end of disc one (The '60s)-- if you LOVE James Brown's brand of funk music you'll be in heaven. On disc two (The '70s) you find slammin' tracks from Vicki Anderson and Lynn Collins. This music is just as vital and essential as any of James Brown's classic material. If you like JB, there is no way possible to go wrong with this set.

Roll Over Rover
This is the missing 4th volume to James Brown's legendary "JB's Funky People" series - although there are actually more tracks on this CD set than on all 3 Funky People albums combined, and many of the same female vocalists. The two CDs are roughly chronological, with disc one representing more of the 1950s and '60s bepob era, and disc two moving into the heavier '70s funk. Disc two is some of the funkiest music you will ever hear, and the tracks are taken from some incredibly hard to find albums: you'll really have to pay through the nose to track down playable copies of Vicki Anderson's "Message From A Soul Sister," or Lyn Collins's "Think (About It)." It's unfortunate that only early work from Yvonne Fair makes the collection, since tracks from her later LP "The Bitch Is Black" would fit right in with the other disc two material.

Of course, you have to pay through the nose for THIS album on Amazon, too. If you are not a collection fetishist, and just want the music, you can actually download the album for a lot cheaper through MSN Music or even the new commercial Napster (roughly $18-$20 at either of these). Sorry Amazon!

SIMPLY AMAZING AT FIRST LISTEN
this one dives deep, now. everytime i hear this double cd, i think of two hip hop joints: IT'S MY THING by epmd and NO TIME by lil kim. the two songs they came.....................WAIT A MINUTE, IT TAKES TWO by rob base and dj easy rock of course!!!!! the THREE songs that these three classics came from plus kay robinson's funky version of THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW just does it for me. i love blowing dust off rare stuff, now. you like doing that too, check this one out.