THE J.B.'S "DOING IT TO DEATH" 1973 PEOPLE EX-/VG OOP FUNK/SAMPLES PROMO LP

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ARTIST: FRED WESLEY AND THE J.B.'S (JAMES BROWN'S STAGE BAND)

TITLE- “DOING IT TO DEATH”

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS & BELOW:

A1

Introduction To The J.B.'s

0:24

A2

Doing It To Death - Part 1 & 2

10:04

A3

You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight

0:14

A4

More Peas

8:27

B1

La Di Da La Di Day

5:40

B2

You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight

0:14

B3

Sucker

8:11

B4

You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight

6:27

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Incorporated

• Distributed By – Polydor Incorporated

• Mixed At – Advantage Sound

• Pressed By – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Mixed By – Bob Both

• Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – James Brown

Notes

James Brown - The Hit Man - The Godfather Of Soul
Mixed at Advantage Studios, N.Y.C.
? 1973 Polydor Incorporated

Track B1 “La Di Da La Di Day” from the motion picture “Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off”

Artist credited on center labels as "Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s"

Label variations:
Tracklist is printed above the center hole &
'? 1973 Polydor Incorporated' appears on both A & B side labels.

Promotion Copy — Not For Sale on both A & B side labels.

Polydor promotional sticker on cover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Scrawled in runout side A): PE-5603-A-1C

• Matrix / Runout (Scrawled in runout side B): PE-5603-B-1C

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1973

LABEL- PEOPLE RECORDS

CAT.#: PE 5603 / 2391 087

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN EX/EX- , NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES,BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. THE SONGS SOUND GREAT. THIS PLAYS SUPER CLEAN. THERE'S SOME VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND SOUND ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES SONGS ALL PLAY SUPER CLEAN. NO POPS OR CLICKS, COUPLE OF LIGHT BLEMS ON THE VINYL, SMALL, DOESN'T AFFECT PLAY AT ALL.

JACKET CONDITION: THE GATEFOLD JACKET IS IN VG/VG- CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO SEAM SPLITS, NO WRITING, BENDS, MARKS, WRITING ON IT. THERE'S LIGHT VISIBLE RING WEAR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE JACKET, AND SOME VERY LIGHT EDGE/CORNER WEAR, NO SEAM SPLITS OR WRITING,

MORE INFO : THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. HAS A PROMO STICKER ON THE FRONT (SEE PHOTO). ON EACH LABEL IS PRINTED “PROMOTION COPY-NOT FOR SALE”. KILLER BEATS, GREAT TO SAMPLE. PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY JAMES BROWN

ARTIST/ALBUM INFO:The J.B.'s (sometimes punctuated The JB's or The J.B.s) was the name of James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s. On records the band was sometimes billed under alternate names such as Fred Wesley and the JBs, The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., Fred Wesley and the New JBs, The First Family, and The Last Word.[1] In addition to backing Brown, the J.B.'s played behind Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, and other singers associated with the James Brown Revue, and performed and recorded as a self-contained group. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[2] but failed to be inducted and can be considered for Musical Excellence in the future. They have been eligible since 1995.

The "original" J.B.'s

The J.B.'s were formed in March 1970 after most of the members of Brown's previous band walked out on him over a pay dispute. (Brown's previous bands of the 1950s and 1960s had been known as The James Brown Band and The James Brown Orchestra.) The J.B.'s initial lineup included bassist William "Bootsy" Collins and his guitarist brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins, formerly of the obscure funk band The Pacemakers; Bobby Byrd (founder of the original Famous Flames singing group) (organ), and John "Jabo" Starks (drums), both holdovers from Brown's 60s band; three inexperienced horn players, Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells, Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison, and Robert McCollough; and conga player Johnny Griggs. This version of the J.B.'s played on some of Brown's most intense funk recordings, including "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine", "Super Bad", "Soul Power", and "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing". They also accompanied Brown on a European tour (during which they recorded the long-delayed live album Love Power Peace), performed on the Sex Machine double LP, and released two instrumental singles, the much-sampled "The Grunt" and "These Are the J.B.'s".

Later configurations

In December 1970 trombonist Fred Wesley rejoined James Brown's organization to lead the J.B.'s. Other former Brown sidemen including Maceo Parker and St. Clair Pinckney eventually followed his lead, while the Collins brothers and most of the rest of the "original" J.B.'s left Brown to join George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Wesley and Parker left in 1975. Brown continued to bill his backing band as the J.B.'s into the mid-1980s, when he changed their name to the Soul Generals, or Soul G's.

Recordings

In addition to backing Brown on stage and on record during this era, the J.B.'s also recorded albums and singles on their own, sometimes with Brown performing on organ or synthesizer. Their albums were generally a mixture of heavy funk tracks and some more jazz-oriented pieces. Nearly all of the J.B.'s recordings were produced by Brown, and most were released on his own label, People Records. The band scored a number of chart hits in the early 1970s, including "Pass the Peas", "Gimme Some More", and the #1 R&B hit, "Doing It to Death". Credited to "Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s", "Doing It to Death" sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in July 1973.

Some of the J.B.'s releases have unusual characteristics. The 1974 album Breakin' Bread is unique, in that most of the songs have a Fred Wesley spoken reminiscence dubbed onto the beginning of the song, each time over a canned backing track. It is in sharp contrast to James Brown's real-time dominance of the proceedings on the classic Doing It to Death LP. A similar oddity is encountered on the other 1974 album, Damn Right I Am Somebody, where 20-second extensions of that album's track-2 jam (each including James Brown's trademark shriek) have been spliced onto the beginnings of most of the other songs. Under the name A.A.B.B., the group released a single, "Pick up the Pieces One by One", which reached #108 on the U.S. chart in 1975.[4] Both the song and the name—which stood for "Above Average Black Band"—were a tribute to and tongue-in-cheek reply to the then-popular Scottish funk group, the Average White Band (Also known as AWB) and its #1 hit single, "Pick Up the Pieces". The J.B.'s final single for Brown's People label, 1976's "Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time", features a rare hornless arrangement.

As funk music gave way in popularity to disco in the 1970s, the group's material and arrangements changed accordingly, but their chart success declined along with Brown's own.

Like most of James Brown's music, the recorded output of the J.B.'s has been heavily mined for samples by hip hop DJs and record producers.

Doing It to Death is an album by The J.B.'s, released in 1973 by People Records. The album includes a ten-minute version of the #1 R&B hit "Doing It to Death", which is led by Danny Ray's introduction to simulate his MC in concerts

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocal, organ, arrangements

• Fred Wesley – trombone

• Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison – trumpet

• Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford - trumpet

• Ike Oakley – trumpet

• Maceo Parker – alto saxophone

• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone

• Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone

• Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – guitar

• Jimmy Nolen – guitar

• Fred Thomas – bass

• John "Jabo" Starks – drums

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