Out of Sight (album)

Out of Sight
Studio album by James Brown
Released	September 1964 (1964-09)
Recorded	March 23 – September 15, 1964 (1964-03-23 – 1964-09-15) [1] [2]
Studio	Bell Sound Studios (New York City, New York) [1] [2] Universal Studios (Chicago, Illinois) [1] [2]
Genre	Soul, R&B, funk
Length	34:43
Label	Smash
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Grits & Soul (1964) Out of Sight (1964) Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (1965)
Singles from Out of Sight
"Out of Sight" Released: July 1964 (1964-07)

Professional ratings

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AllMusic	[3]

Out of Sight is the ninth studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in September 1964, by Smash Records. ^{[4] [3]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Out of Sight"	Ted Wright	2:22
2.	"Come Rain or Come Shine"	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	2:51
3.	"Good Rockin' Tonight"	Roy Brown	2:30
4.	"Till Then"	Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus	2:41
5.	"Nature Boy"	Eden Ahbez	2:41
6.	"I Wanna Be Around" (featuring New York Studio Orchestra & Chorus)	Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt	2:23
7.	"I Got You"	Ted Wright	2:27
8.	"Maybe the Last Time"	Ted Wright	2:56
9.	"Mona Lisa"		1:57
10.	"I Loves You, Porgy"	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	2:33
11.	"Only You"	Ande Rand, Buck Ram	2:50
12.	"Somethin' Else"	Ted Wright	6:33

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocal, organ ("Somethin' Else"), piano ("Maybe the Last Time")
• Maeretha Stewart, Bobby Byrd, Eugene “Baby Lloyd” Stallworth, Bobby Bennett and others unidentified – background vocals
• probably: Ernie Royal, Dud Bascomb, Johnny Grimes, McKinley "Mack" Johnson, Teddy Washington, Ron Tooley, Joe Dupars – background vocals
• Richard Harris, probably Wilmer Milton – trombone
• George Dorsey, Nat Jones – alto saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney, Eldee Williams, Al “Brisco” Clark, Seldon Powell, Sam “The Man” Taylor or Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
• Haywood Henry, Maceo Parker – baritone saxophone
• Ernie Hayes, Bobby Byrd, possibly Lucas "Fats" Gonder – organ
• unknown – strings
• Billy Butler, Wallace Richardson, Les Buie, possibly Carl Lynch – guitar
• Al Lucas, Sam Thomas or Bernard Odum – bass
• David “Panama” Francis, Melvin Parker, Obie Williams, Nat Kendrick – drums

References

1. Leeds, Alan; Weinger, Harry (July 23, 1996). Out of Sight (1996 ed.).
2. Leeds, Alan (February 2007). The Singles, Volume 3: 1964–1965 (published June 8, 2007). pp. 21–23.
3. "iTunes - Music - Out of Sight by James Brown". iTunes. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
4. Andrew Hamilton. "Out of Sight - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.