James Brown Live at the Apollo

NME (Magazine): Ranked #30 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
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Format:  Vinyl LP
item number:  6YQD7
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Vinyl LP Details

  • Released: October 6, 2017
  • Originally Released: 2017
  • Label: DOL/Vinylogy

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 4/2/04, p.66
"[B]rown's iconic 1962 concert sounds brighter [on the 2004 remaster] than on the 1990 disc." - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly
"...a scorching live performance..." - Rating: A+
Q - 5/00, p.134
Included in Q Magazine's "Best Soul Albums Of All Time"
Q
4 Stars - Excellent - "...remains Brown's finest recorded document..."
Q - p.132
5 stars out of 5 - "A serious candidate for greatest live album ever, this was the first and best document of Mr. Dynamite's numerous appearances at the Harlem hotspot."
Down Beat - 9/90
5 Stars - Excellent - "...without James Brown's brilliant insight into how to foreground rhythms, music from funk to reggae to rap to Afro-pop would be totally different, if it existed at all..."
Goldmine
Highly Recommended - "...Yowww! The greatest live album ever recorded..."
NME (Magazine) - 10/2/93, p.29
Ranked #30 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Intro
  • 2.I'll Go Crazy
  • 3.Try Me
  • 4.Think
  • 5.Bewildered

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.I Don't Mind
  • 2.Lost Someone
  • 3.Night Train

Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 115,784
  • UPC: 889397219253
  • Shipping Weight: 0.72/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 2 items

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