James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)

James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)
Studio album by James Brown
Released	March 1966 (1966-03)
Recorded	February 7–8, 1966 (1966-02-07 – 1966-02-08) [1] [2]
Studio	Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida) [1] [2]
Genre	Soul
Length	40:19
Label	Smash 27080
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Mighty Instrumentals (1966) James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) (1966) It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1966)
Singles from James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)
"New Breed" Released: March 1966 (1966-03) "James Brown's Boo-Ga-Loo (Fat Bag) / Lost In A Mood Of Changes" Released: June 1966 (1966-06)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) is the twelfth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March of 1966 by Smash Records. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown and Nat Jones; except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"New Breed"		3:42
2.	"Slow Walk"	Sil Austin	5:46
3.	"Vonshelia"		5:54
4.	"Fat Bag"		4:16
5.	"Jabo"		2:35
6.	"Lost In The Mood Of Changes"		2:00
7.	"All About My Girl"		6:25
8.	"Hooks"		2:30
9.	"Sumpin' Else"		7:11

Personnel

• James Brown – piano ("New Breed", "Lost In The Mood Of Changes", "Hooks"), organ (remainder of titles)

The Jewels

• Martha High, Grace Ruffin, Sandra Bears – vocals

The James Brown Orchestra

• Joe Dupars, Waymon Reed, Ron Harper – trumpet
• Levi Rasbury – valve trombone
• Nat Jones – alto saxophone, arrangement
• St. Clair Pinckney, Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone
• Charles Carr – baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Nolen, Alfonzo Kellum – guitar
• Bernard Odum – bass
• Jabo Starks – drums

Charts

Chart (1966)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [5]	101

References

1. Leeds, Alan; Weinger, Harry (March 23, 1993). Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-1969. p. 17.
2. Leeds, Alan (August 2007). The Singles, Volume 4: 1966–1967 (published October 19, 2007). pp. 3, 6 & 19–20.
3. "James Brown Plays New Breed - James Brown, James Brown & His Famous Flames". AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
4. 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.
5. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2025.