Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump

Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
Studio album by James Brown
Released	August 1975 (1975-08) [1]
Recorded	September 20, 1973 (1973-09-20) – July 1975 (1975-07) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Studio	Starday-King Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) [1] [4] A & R Studios (New York City, New York) [2] [3] [4] [5] Sound Ideas Studios (New York City, New York) [1] [4] [5]
Genre	Funk Soul R&B
Length	41:17
Label	Polydor 6054
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Sex Machine Today (1975) Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975) Hot (1976)
Singles from Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" Released: June 1975 (1975-06) "Superbad, Superslick" Released: September 1975 (1975-09)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Robert Christgau	B− [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]

Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump is the 41st studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in August 1975 by Polydor Records. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown; except where specified.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"		5:01
2.	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"		5:33
3.	"Your Love"		4:09
4.	"Turn On The Heat And Build Some Fire"		6:08
5.	"Superbad, Superslick"		6:49
6.	"Calm & Cool"		5:48
7.	"Kansas City"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	7:47

Personnel

Musicians

• James Brown – lead vocals, electric organ

The J.B.'s (1973)

"Your Love"; originally recorded as "I Got A Good Thing" ^{[1] [4]}

• Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
• Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – electric guitar
• Fred Thomas – bass guitar
• Bob Both – sticks, additional production
• John Morgan – drums

The J.B.'s (1975)

"Turn On The Heat And Build Some Fire", "Kansas City" ^{[2] [3]}

• Russell Crimes – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Maceo Parker, Jimmy Parker – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone
• "Sweet" Charles Sherrell – clavinet
• Jimmy Nolen, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – electric guitar
• Fred Thomas, Bernard Odum – bass guitar
• Johnny Griggs – congas
• John Morgan, John "Jabo" Starks – drums

Studio band conducted by David Matthews

"Hustle!!! (Dead On It)", "Superbad, Superslick" ^{[1] [5]}

• James Brown, Fred Wesley – backing vocals
• Fred Wesley – trombone, backing vocals
• Leon Pendarvis – clavinet
• Joe Beck, John Tropea or Duncan Cleary – electric guitar
• Wilbur Bascomb or Will Lee – bass guitar
• unknown – backing vocals, flute, percussion, drums

Technical

• James Brown – arrangements
• Fred Wesley – production supervision, arrangements
• Bob Both – production supervision, engineer
• David Stone, Major Little – assistant engineer
• Roger Huyssen – artwork
• Bob Both - production supervision, recording and mixing engineer
• David Stone, Major Little - assistant engineer
• Douglas Gervasi - cover photography

References

1. Weinger, Harry; Leeds, Alan (1985). Dead On The Heavy Funk 74-76. Polydor. 827 439-1 Y-1.
2. Cliff, White; Weinger, Harry (1990). Messing With The Blues. Polydor. 847 258-2.
3. Leeds, Alan (July 23, 1996). Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975. Polydor. 31453 3052-2.
4. Leeds, Alan (January 2010). The Singles, Volume 9: 1973–1975. Hip-O Select (published July 2, 2010). B0014259-02.
5. Leeds, Alan (December 2010). The Singles, Volume 10: 1975–1979. Hip-O Select (published February 11, 2011). B0015279-02.
6. William Ruhlmann. "Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
7. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 1980). "A Consumer Guide to James Brown". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
8. 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.