Live at the Garden (James Brown album)

Live at the Garden is a 1967 live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames. It was recorded on January 14, 1967 in the middle of a ten-day engagement at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey - Brown's first at an upscale nightclub. Like most of Brown's live albums, overdubbed crowd noise was added to the original recording for its LP release. It included one new song, "Let Yourself Go", which was recorded after hours at the casino; it appeared on the album disguised as a live recording. Although Live at the Garden peaked at #41 on the Billboard album chart,[1] it came to be overshadowed in Brown's catalog by his next live album, Live at the Apollo, Volume II, recorded later the same year and released in 1968.

Live at the Garden
Live album by
Released
  • May 1967 (1967-05) (original LP)
  • October 26, 2009 (2009-10-26) (Expanded Edition)
Recorded
  • January 14, 1967 (original LP)
  • January 14–15, 1967 (Expanded Edition)
VenueLatin Casino, Cherry Hill, NJ
GenreSoul, funk
Length2:15:20 (Expanded Edition)
Label
ProducerJames Brown
James Brown live albums chronology
The James Brown Show
(1967)
Live at the Garden
(00000000)
Live at the Apollo, Volume II
(1968)

In 2009 Hip-O Select released a 2-CD Expanded Edition of Live at the Garden. In addition to the contents of the original LP, it included additional, overdub-free live recordings from Brown's Latin Casino engagement, along with the "Let Yourself Go" recording session.[2] Because Flames member Lloyd Stallworth had left the group during 1966, The Famous Flames lineup on this 1967 album consisted of Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett, and Brown himself. In 1968, after this live album was recorded,(and after the double album, Live at The Apollo, Volume 2), Byrd and Bennett would also leave, and The Famous Flames were officially disbanded, leaving Brown as a solo act.

Track listing

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Original LP

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Out of Sight"James Brown1:14
2."Bring It Up"James Brown4:01
3."Try Me"James Brown2:19
4."Let Yourself Go"James Brown3:47
5."Hip Bag '67"James Brown5:41
6."Prisoner of Love"Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin4:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It May Be the Last Time"James Brown4:50
2."I Got You (I Feel Good)"James Brown2:27
3."Ain't That a Groove - Part 1"James Brown, Nat Jones6:03
4."Ain't That a Groove - Part 2"James Brown, Nat Jones1:10
5."Please, Please, Please"James Brown, Johnny Terry2:45
6."Bring It Up (Finale)"James Brown1:25

2009 Expanded Edition

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Out of Sight"James Brown1:14
2."Bring It Up"James Brown4:01
3."Try Me"James Brown2:19
4."Let Yourself Go"James Brown3:47
5."Hip Bag '67"James Brown5:41
6."Prisoner of Love"Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin4:59
7."It May Be the Last Time"James Brown4:50
8."I Got You (I Feel Good)"James Brown2:27
9."Ain't That a Groove - Part 1"James Brown, Nat Jones6:03
10."Ain't That a Groove - Part 2"James Brown, Nat Jones1:10
11."Please, Please, Please"James Brown, Johnny Terry2:45
12."Bring It Up (Finale)"James Brown1:25
13."Introduction - Vonsheliah"James Brown, Nat Jones0:35
14."The King"James Brown1:55
15."Wade in the Water"Ramsey Lewis5:42
16."Devil's Den"James Brown3:07
17."Medley: Headache/Get Loose/Jabo"James Brown, Nat Jones5:45
18."Night Train"Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington11:15
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction/Out of Sight"James Brown1:18
2."Bring It Up"James Brown4:35
3."Try Me"James Brown2:37
4."Come Rain or Come Shine"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:02
5."Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"James Brown9:27
6."Prisoner of Love"Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill, Leo Robin5:15
7."Maybe the Last Time"James Brown4:44
8."I Got You (I Feel Good)"James Brown2:23
9."James Brown Thank You" 3:09
10."It's a Man's Man's Man's World"James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome7:16
11."Ain't That a Groove"James Brown, Nat Jones8:34
12."Please, Please, Please"James Brown, Johnny Terry2:46
13."Bring It Up (Finale)"James Brown1:39
14."Let Yourself Go (Instrumental Jam)"James Brown4:11
15."Let Yourself Go (False Start)"James Brown1:24
16."Let Yourself Go (Extended Released Version)"James Brown4:00

References

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  1. ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  2. ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (2009). Live at the Garden Expanded Edition [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.