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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0731454988421 Format: Live, Original recording remastered Label: Polydor / Umgd Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd MPN: 549884 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Polydor / Umgd Release Date: June 26, 2001 Studio: Polydor / Umgd Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Thanks to the paradigm-shifting success of his first Live at the Apollo LP from 1963, James Brown and the famed Harlem theater were all but synonymous in the '60s. By the time Brown recorded there again in early summer of 1967, his music had undergone tremendous changes, as revolutionary for R&B as John Coltrane's sheets-of-sound approach was for jazz. This second Live at the Apollo caught Brown giving full stick to both his classic soul-ballad style and the funk his band was developing practically in front of the crowds' ears. Even better than previous issues is this terrifically remastered version. It adds nearly 25 minutes of previously edited tape, most significantly the pivotal "Let Yourself Go"/"There Was a Time"/"I Feel All Right" funk workout and an "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" that extends to a third of an hour here. The revisions add to the you-are-there feel of one of Brown's must-own albums, as do photos and credits that acknowledge everyone from stellar players like Maceo Parker and Clyde Stubblefield to the troupe's hairdresser and Learjet pilot. --Rickey Wright Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Make no mistake - funk begins hereThis is in some places better and in some places worse than the first Apollo album. First, because I'm a psychotic jerk, I'll go with the downside. James does try a bit too hard to get himself across to the conservative whites, playing Tony Bennet's "I Wanna Be Around" and Frank Sinatra's "That's Life", both of them saturated in an unhealthy amount of gloppy strings. I'm glad JB never decided to make himself over as a supperclub crooner, let's just say that. A few other songs also fall victim to ... Read More Rating:  - ClassicI used to listen to this album every night before I went to bed(I was 7) Rating:  - DissapointedOne of the main reasons I purchased this CD was because of the song "Money Won't Change You." This song is listed as #2 on Disc Two and it is not there! I checked all of the songs on this 2 Disc CD and "Money Won't Change You" is no where to be found. I would appreciate some feedback and an exchange on this CD as it is not what I expected nor paid my hard earned money for. Rating: - JAMES and the FLAMES.....PURE DYNAMITE !!THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST LIVE ALBUMS EVER RECORDED...dynamic and powerful...It was surpassed only by LIVE AT THE APOLLO, VOLUME ONE That is quite an accomplishment for any group ..yes- but for an R&B group...unprecedented ! And yes, JAMES BROWN AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES are,or at least WERE..a VOCAL GROUP ! There's been a great deal of CONTROVERSY and CONFUSION over the last 40 years as to just who the FAMOUS FLAMES were.Were they a BAND?...or were they a VOCAL GROUP ? Many writers and music historians ... Read More Rating:  - Should have left well-enough aloneGet the original version of this album, rather than the remastered version. The first is tight and powerful; the second adds a bloated, interminable version of "It's a Man's Man's World" and some tepid instrumentals for his back-up dancers. If you buy the remastered version, you'll be hitting the skip button more often than you should on a live James Brown album. |
