Artist: James Brown
Title: Live And Lowdown At The Apollo, Vol. 1
Release Year: 1963
Pressing Year: 1980 (reissue)
Label: Solid Smoke Records
Catalog Number: SS 8006
Run-out Etchings: S-7909 SS 8006-A [scribble] CAN YOUR HEART STAND IT?!
Run-out Stampings: [⌂ anvil symbol]
Format: 33 RPM • 12” Album • Monaural
UPC: none
A re-release of the astonishing James Brown And The Famous Flames tearing the roof off the sucker at the mecca of R&B theaters, New York's Apollo. When the King Records owner refused to fund the original recording, thinking it commercial folly, Brown single-mindedly proceeded anyway, paying for it out of his own pocket. He had been out on the road night after night for a while, and he knew that the magic that was part and parcel of a James Brown show was something no record had ever caught. Hit follows hit without a pause. The affirmative screams and cries of the audience are something you've never experienced unless you've seen the Brown Revue in a Black theater. If you have, I need not say more; if you haven't, suffice to say that this should be one of the very first records you ever own. It’s not just a classic early live albums ... it’s just one of the classic live albums of all time.
Personnel: James Brown (lead vocals); Bobby Bennett, Lloyd Stallworth (backing vocals); Les Buie (guitar); William “Po Devil” Burgess (alto sax); Bobby Byrd (organ, backing vocals); Al “Brisco” Clark (baritone sax, tenor sax); Clayton Fillyau, George Sims (drums); Lucas “Fats” Gonder (organ, MC); Lewis Hamlin, Roscoe Patrick, Teddy Washington (trumpet); Hubert Perry (bass); St. Clair Pinckney (tenor sax); Dicky Wells (trombone).
| Side One: | Side Two: |
| I’ll Go Crazy | Please, Please, Please |
| Try Me | You’ve Got The Power |
| Think | I Found Someone |
| I Don’t Mind | Why Do You Do Me |
| Lost Someone | I Want You So Bad |
| I Love You, Yes I Do | |
| Why Does Everything Happen To Me | |
| Bewildered | |
| Please Don’t Go | |
| Night Train |
NOTE: I base the condition of my vinyl records on Ebay's Grading System.
VINYL GRADE: VG+
Notes: Minimal surface noise. A good cleaning is all this one needs. No warping.
LABEL GRADE: VG+
Notes: No ring wear, spindle wear, tape, or writing. Custom gray Solid Smoke logo with reverse posterized gray photo of James Brown on black. Text is gray on black.
SLEEVE GRADE: EX
Notes: Non-original brand-new plain white paper with rounded corners and a circle cut in the center of both sides to display the label.
JACKET GRADE: VG+
Notes: No ring wear. No marks, no stains, some crinkles. Edges, corners, and spine (readable) are slightly worn. Original shrink wrap is open but still tightly clinging. (See my original scan.)
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This is not a cut-out or a record-club pressing. It is the original issue.
Note: I haven't cleaned this 44-year-old record because everybody seems to prefer their own methods. I'll leave the cleaning up to the buyer. Also, I'm not a professional vinyl seller or buyer. This comes from my own collection. Bought at Books, Strings & Things, downtown Blacksburg VA.