James Brown - Live At The Apollo Expanded Edition flac album

Live at the Apollo is a live album by James Brown and the Famous Flames, recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and released in 1963. The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). In 2003, the album was ranked number 25 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The effort put into making this recording paid off in giving the world one of the greatest live albums ever made. The mastering done for this expanded CD makes the experience even better. The concert begins powerfully with "I'll go crazy" and maintains that power all the way through to its "Night Train" ending

Brown personally funded the recording of his Wednesday night show at The Apollo on October 24th, 1962. He and the Flames had been there all week already, and Brown was counting on the raucous crowds who showed for amateur night to give him the kind of support he knew Nathan couldn't ignore. For his part, Nathan had reluctantly sent one of his people to supervise the recording, but could hardly have expected it to result in this album. Live at the Apollo was issued in 1963 and became an instant hit. Not only did it satisfy Brown's small legion of diehard fans- to the tune of being played in its entirety during the evenings on some R&B; radio stations- for the first time, it brought the undeniably intense celebration of his live show to young audiences throughout the country.

This version finds the long deleted audience track restored so that we can now hear the whoops, hollers, and rejoicing.

Try Me (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962). 4. Think (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962). 5. I Don't Mind (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962). 6. Lost Someone (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962). 7. Medley: Please Please Please, You've Got the Power, I Found Someone (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962). 8. Night Train (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962). 9. Think (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962/Single Mix). 10. Medley: I Found Someone, Why Do You Do Me Like You Do, I Want You So Bad (Live At The Apollo Theater/1962/Single Mix).

Released despite label misgivings, Live at the Apollo cemented James Brown's reputation as the unchallenged master of soul music. Deejays played the entire album at one stretch - this in an era when radio programmers rejected four-minute singles because they were too long - and the record reached number two on the billboard pop chart, a previously unheard-o. Many albums are hyped as legendary; few deserve the accolade. lLve at the apollo 1962 is one of those rare albums that lives up to the hype. Released despite label misgivings, Live at the Apollo cemented James Brown's reputation as the unchallenged master of soul music.

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The Apollo Theater, New York, NY. Submit Corrections. An astonishing record of James and the Flames tearing the roof off the sucker at the mecca of R&B theatres, New York's Apollo. When King Records owner Syd Nathan refused to fund the recording, thinking it commercial folly, Brown single-mindedly proceeded anyway, paying for it out of his own pocket. He had been out on the road night after night for a while, and he knew that the magic that was part and parcel of a James Brown show was something no record had ever caught.