Grits & Soul
Appearance
Grits & Soul | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 37:47 | |||
Label | Smash | |||
Producer | James Brown | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Grits & Soul is the eighth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in 1964, by Smash Records. Brown does not sing on the album; he was sidestepping his contract obligations with King Records. Instead, Brown plays keyboards along with Fats Gonder.[1][4]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by James Brown as "Ted Wright"; except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Grits" | Nat Jones, Ted Wright | 4:01 |
2. | "Tempted" | 3:10 | |
3. | "There" | 3:30 | |
4. | "After You're Through" | 3:05 | |
5. | "Devil's Hideaway" | 5:13 | |
6. | "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" | Don Kirkpatrick, Kevin Knox | 4:46 |
7. | "Infatuation" | Nat Jones, Ted Wright | 4:28 |
8. | "Wee Wee" | 2:35 | |
9. | "Mister Hip" | 4:35 | |
10. | "Headache" | 2:22 |
Personnel
[edit]- James Brown - piano, organ
- Bernard Odum, Sam Thomas - bass
- Melvin Parker, Nat Kendrick, O.B. Williams - drums
- St. Clair Pinckney, Al Brisco Clark, Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
- Maceo Parker - baritone saxophone
- Nat Jones - alto saxophone, arrangements
- Les Buie - guitar
- Al Lucas "Fats" Gonder - piano, organ
- Joe Dupars, Mack Johnson, Robert Knight, Ron Tooley - trumpet
- Wilmer Milton - trombone
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kurt Edwards. "Grits & Soul - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 August 1965). "James Brown: Grits & Soul" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 231. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Grits and Soul by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-07-07.