James Brown

Soul On Top

King Records KS-1100 1970 12" 33rpm (USA)

Soul on Top is an album by James Brown. Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker worked with arranger/conductor Oliver Nelson to record a big band, funk and jazz vocal album. It was recorded with Louie Bellson and his 18-piece jazz orchestra at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, California in November 1969, and features jazz standards, show tunes, and middle of the road hits, as well as a new arrangement of Brown's funk hit "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".

Track listing
  
1.  "That's My Desire"    Helmy Kressa, Carroll Loveday  4:10
2.  "Your Cheatin' Heart"    Hank Williams  2:59
3.  "What Kind of Fool Am I?"    Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley  3:06
4.  "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" (Unedited Version)  James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome  6:40
5.  "The Man in the Glass"    Bud Hobgood  5:56
6.  "It's Magic"    Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne  3:14
7.  "September Song" (Unedited Version)  Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill  5:02
8.  "For Once in My Life" (Unedited Version)  Ron Miller, Orlando Murden  4:43
9.  "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Unedited Version)  Memphis Slim  4:28
10.  "I Need Your Key (To Turn Me On)"    Louie Bellson  3:46
11.  "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"    Brown  4:41
12.  "There Was a Time" (2004 reissue only)  Brown, Hobgood  3:04

Personnel

    James Brown - vocal
    Oliver Nelson - arranger and conductor
    Ernie Watts - alto saxophone
    Joe Romano - alto saxophone
    Maceo Parker - tenor saxophone
    Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone
    Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone
    Jim Mulidore - baritone saxophone
    Al Aarons - trumpet
    Chuck Findley - trumpet
    John Audino - trumpet
    Tom Porello - trumpet
    Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
    Nick DiMaio - trombone
    Kenny Shroyer - trombone
    Bill Tole - trombone
    Frank Vincent - piano
    Bill Pitman - guitar
    Louis Shelton - guitar
    Ray Brown - bass
    Louis Bellson - drums, bandleader
    Jack Arnold - percussion

Condition:  LP is VERY GOOD (one long mark on side two with minimal effect on play)  in a plastic inner sleeve in a gatefold picture sleeve that is FAIR (delete hole punch, seams need glue, edge wear, ring wear)

A Note About Shipping To The U.S.
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