JAMES BROWN THINKING ABOUT LITTLE WILLIE JOHN SEALED ORIG KING LP 1968
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Here is a MINT MINUS! SEALED! LP by JAMES BROWN titled THINKING ABOUT LITTLE WILLIE JOHN. It is an ORIGINAL! US pressing on the KING label, catalog #1038 in STEREO sound and released in 1968. Since it is a SEALED! LP the vinyl is in presumed MINT! condition, shiny and black, with superb playback. The cover is in MINT MINUS! condition with a small corner bump lower left. It is an opportunity to purchase this SEALED! LP by JAMES BROWN in this condition. ORIGINAL! SEALED COPIES ARE HARD TO FIND! It’s a true gem for the UPTOWN SOUL / SOUL / R&B collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pics. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $4.00 for MEDIA MAIL. I COMBINE SHIPPING SO US BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by Mark Deming
Little Willie John was a powerful and influential figure in rhythm & blues whose impact on other artists often outstripped his public recognition -- Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, and Al Green are just a few of the artists who've acknowledged how much they learned from John's passionate vocal style. However, bad luck and bad choices marked John's life in and out of the spotlight, and in 1968, he died in prison at the age of 30. James Brown was one of many fans who was devastated by Little Willie John's passing -- Brown and John were label mates as well as mutual admirers -- and within a few months of John's death, Brown released a tribute album, Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things. Though at that time Brown's music was evolving into the lean, wildly percussive funk that would be his trademark through the late '60s and '70s, Thinking About Little Willie John found him easing back into a subdued, jazzy groove that had more to do with his early work for Federal and King than "Mother Popcorn." This set showed that Brown was a master of slow, easy grooves just as much as those driven by hard funk, and anyone who regards Brown as a shouter more than a singer ought to hear these sides, which show where Brown learned a few of his tricks about pushing the upper register. If Brown's vocal style was always rough, on numbers like "Talk to Me, Talk to Me" and "Cottage for Sale" he reveals a shrewd, emotionally effective gift for subtle phrasing that shows he could work with a much broader emotional palette than many have been willing to acknowledge. Brown's organ work isn't quite up to the same level as his singing here, but he sure knows how to make this band groove, and the instrumental tracks are nearly as rewarding as the vocals. A moving tribute to a friend and influential colleague, Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things is an atypical James Brown album of the period, but it's a moving bit of late-night groove that allows Brown the space to show off a side of himself he didn't often acknowledge.
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