Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
Compilation album by James Brown
Released	June 4, 1996 (1996-06-04)
Recorded	April 25, 1970 – January 26, 1971 (1970-04-25 – 1971-01-26)
Studio	Starday Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio) Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) Bobby Smith Studios (Macon, Georgia) Rodel Studios (Washington, D.C.)
Genre	Funk
Length	77:59
Label	Polydor
Producer	Various
James Brown chronology
Foundations of Funk (1996) Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang (1996) Make It Funky (1996)

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Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang is the third of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. This compilation covers Brown's period with a Cincinnati based band known as The Pacemakers, fronted by bassist Bootsy Collins and his older brother rhythm guitarist Catfish Collins.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	5:16
2.	"Super Bad"	James Brown	9:03
3.	"Since You Been Gone"	James Brown	4:58
4.	"Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose"	Charles Bobbit	6:24
5.	"There Was A Time (I Got To Move)"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	7:20
6.	"Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd	14:42
7.	"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	7:06
8.	"Soul Power"	James Brown	12:05
9.	"Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine"	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff	10:31
10.	"Fight Against Drug Abuse (Public Service Announcement)"		0:34
Total length:			77:59

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals, piano
• Bobby Byrd – backing vocals, organ
• Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells, Daryl "Hasaan" Jamison – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Robert "Chopper" McCullough – tenor saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone
• Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – guitar
• William "Bootsy" Collins – bass
• Johnny Griggs – congas
• John "Jabo" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield – drums