James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday

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James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday
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ReleasedNovember 1965
Recorded1965
Genre Soul
Length46:53
Label Smash
Producer James Brown
James Brown chronology
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
(1965)
James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday
(1965)
I Got You (I Feel Good)
(1966)
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James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday is the tenth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in November 1965, by Smash Records. [4] [1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1" 3:53
2."Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 2" 4:26
3."Oh Baby Don't You Weep" 6:46
4."Try Me (Single Version)" 3:08
5."Sidewinder" Lee Morgan 6:56
6."Out of Sight" Ted Wright 2:38
7."Maybe the Last Time"Ted Wright5:14
8."Every Beat of My Heart" Johnny Otis 5:02
9."Hold It" Billy Butler, Clifford Scott4:38
10."A Song For My Father, Pt. 1" Horace Silver 2:18
11."A Song For My Father, Pt. 2"Horace Silver1:48

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