JAMES BROWN The Payback 2 LP SET FROM 73-ONE OF HIS BEST LPS OF HYPNOTIC FUNK
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Sep 21, 2015
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Sep 13, 2015
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JAMES BROWN The Payback 2 LP SET FROM 73-ONE OF HIS BEST LPS OF HYPNOTIC FUNK
A VG PLUS 2 LP SET ON POLYDOR PD-3007
FROM 1973 WITH GATEFOLD COVER
PRODUCED BY JAMES BROWN AND RECORDED BY LOWELL DORN AT INTERNATIONAL RECORDING IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS
BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Originally released in 1973 as a sprawling two-LP set, The Payback was one of James Brown's most ambitious albums of the 1970s, and also one of his best, with Brown and his band (which in 1974 still included Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, St. Clair Pinckney, Jimmy Nolen, and Jabo Starks) relentlessly exploring the outer possibilities of the James Brown groove. Stretching eight cuts out over the space of nearly 73 minutes, The Payback is long on extended rhythmic jamming, and by this time Brown and his band had become such a potent and nearly telepathic combination that the musicians were able pull out lengthy solos while still maintaining some of the most hypnotic funk to be found anywhere, and on the album's best songs -- the jazzy "Time Is Running Out Fast," the relentless "Shoot Your Shot," the tight-wound "Mind Power," and the bitter revenge fantasy of the title cut -- the tough, sinuous rhythms and the precise interplay between the players is nothing short of a wonder to behold. And even the album's lower-key cuts (such as the lovelorn "Doing the Best That I Can" and "Forever Suffering") sink their hooks into the listener and pull you in; quite simply, this is remarkable stuff, and even Brown's attempts at lyrical relevance (which were frankly getting a bit shaky at this point in his career) are firmly rooted enough to sound convincing. The Payback turned out to be one of James Brown's last inarguably great albums before he hit a long fallow streak in the mid- to late '70s, but no one listening to this set would ever imagine that this was the work of an artist (or a band) about to run out of gas.
GATEFOLD COVER STOCK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, SINCE IT WAS STORED IN PLASTIC SLEEVE SINCE PURCHASE. EDGES AND CORNERS ARE CLEAN AND SHARP. NO RUB OR RING WEAR. ONE OF THE CLEANEST COVERS FOR THIS LP WE HAVE EVER SEEN. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.
VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLES. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANKS AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE SLEEVE APPEAR UNUSUALLY PRISTINE AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED, MUCH LESS TOUCHED, BEFORE NOW. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION A FEW LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS AND OR PAPER SLEEVE STORAGE IMPRESSIONS. SIDE FOUR WITH A FEW SURFACE RUB SCUFF LINES AND ONE IN PARTICULAR, IN THE 9 POSITION, CAN BE FELT LIGHTLY WITH FINGERTIP. WE HAD SOME DOUBTS AS TO HOW IT WOULD SOUND AND EXPECTING A CLICK. BUT WE TEST PLAYED THIS LP BY LISTENING TO THAT ENTIRE TRACK AND SAMPLING THE REST OF THE DISC IN 2-3 SPOTS PER TRACK ON A VPI TURNTABLE WITH A GRADO REFERENCE ONE WOOD CARTRIDGE WITHOUT NOTICE OF THE ABOVE ITEMS AND SOUNDING QUITE FINE HERE.
FROM A NOTED JAZZ REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
RARELY SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 150 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY
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