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  B171502CD  £6.00

Label

Polydor

James Brown

Live at the Apollo

many albums are hyped as legendary few deserve the accolade 'live 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 deejays played the entire album at one stretch this in an era when radio programmers rejected fourminute singles because they were too long and the record reached number two on the billboard pop chart a previously unheardof achievement for a gritty rampb album 'live at the apollo' is more than a pop phenomenon however it is a document of one of america's greatest performers at the peak of his artistic powers brown's singing is orgasmic just listen to the opening squeal on 'i go crazy' and the intensity never lets up brown drives his crack band through breakneck versions of early hits before dragging them through the 11minute bumpandgrind of 'lost someone' the high point of a show that is nothing but high points decades later this is still one of the greatest live albums of alltime added are 4 mono single mixes issued after the lps release plus a nice booklet packed with new informtion annotations archival images and photos