Label: Get On Down,People (8),Universal Music Special Markets
Cat no: GET 56069 LP, B0020972-01
Format : LP, Album, RE LP, Album
Country US
Released: 2024
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style : Funk
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Comments: Brand New, sealed.
MORE INFO:
In 1974 one of James Brown’s most important band-leaders and sidemen - trombonist Fred Wesley – would release not one but two albums as a leader including Damn Right I Am Somebody. Starting with an evocative cover it was clear to fans that this album wasn’t all about a party. Deep messages abound in the songs here, such as the nearly 10-minute workout “I’m Paying Taxes, But What Am I Buying.” Social messages aside, Fred and his assembled JBs were a party-moving funk machine at heart, as heard on “If You Don’t Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party” and the laid-back groove of “Same Beat” (with prototypical sampling of Jesse Jackson exhorting an audience to chant “I am / Somebody”). Nestled among these raise-your-fist classics is one of the most experimental funk cuts ever made: “Blow Your Head,” known to relatively modern listeners as the backbone of Public Enemy’s “Public Enemy #1” (from 1987). Other tracks have been sampled by EPMD, Run-DMC, De La Soul, Digable Planets, and Ice-T among others. Get On Down pays reverent tribute to the reissue of this classic housed in a 1970s style Stoughton jacket.
A1. Damn Right I'm Somebody
A2. Blow Your Head
A3. Im Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'?
B1. Same Beat (Part 1)
B2. If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up & Try It Again, Parrty
B3. Make Me What You Want Me To Be
B4. Going To Get A Thrill
B5. You Sure Love To Ball