Star Time
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For the 1992 horror film, see Star Time (1992 film)
Star Time (1992 film)
Star Time is an American 1992 horror film starring Maureen Teefy. The film was written, directed, and produced by Alexander Cassini. Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader recommended the film, describing it as "An exceedingly odd first feature..."...

. For the 1950-51 DuMont TV series, see Star Time (TV series)
Star Time (TV series)
Star Time is a short-lived TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 5, 1950 to February 27, 1951, and starred singer-actress Frances Langford...

.

Star Time is a 1991
1991 in music
See also:* 1991 in music Record labels established in 1991-Summary:The year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", becomes the most popular U.S. album of the year...

 71-track, 4-CD box set by James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

. Its contents span most of the length of his career up to the time of its release, starting in 1956
1956 in music
-Events:*January 26 – Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee*Roy Orbison signs with Sun Records*January 27 – Elvis Presley's single "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" is released...

 with his first hit record, "Please, Please, Please
Please, Please, Please
"Please, Please, Please" is an R&B song written by James Brown and Johnny Terry and recorded by Brown and The Flames. Released in 1956 as a single on the Cincinnati, Ohio-based label Federal Records, it was Brown's first professional recording and his first hit, eventually selling over a million...

", and ending with "Unity, Pt. 1
Unity (song)
"Unity" is a song recorded by Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown as a duet in 1984. It is notable for being the first recording in which James Brown collaborated with a performer associated with hip hop, a then-new idiom heavily influenced by Brown's own funk music. The record's title and its cover...

", his 1984
1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

 collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...

. It includes a few previously unreleased tracks.

The box set's title comes from the question Brown's announcer would ask audiences at the start of Brown's concerts: "Are you ready for star time?"

Star Times liner notes
Liner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...

, written by Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George
Nelson George
Nelson George is an African American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award....

, Alan Leeds
Alan Leeds
Alan Leeds is American music executive, tour manager, production manager, writer and archivist best known for his work organizing performances and concert tours for artists such as James Brown, Prince, D'Angelo and Chris Rock. In addition to his career in management for artists, Leeds is...

 and Brown himself, won a 1991 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
The Grammy Award for Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976, a separate award was presented for Best Album Notes - Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recognizes albums with excellent liner notes...

. The notes also include album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 and singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 discographies
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...

 and a one-page comic
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...

 by Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener is an American alternative comics artist, writer and musician from Los Angeles. Fleener's drawing style, which she calls cubismo, derives from the cubist aesthetic and other artistic traditions...

, a visual interpretation of the song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 "I Got You (I Feel Good)
I Got You (I Feel Good)
"I Got You " is a hit song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1965, it was one of Brown's signature songs, and is arguably his most widely-known recording.-Description:...

."

In 2003, the album was ranked number 79 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is the title of a 2003 special issue of American magazine Rolling Stone, and a related book published in 2005.Related news articles:...

.

Disc 1 ("Mr. Dynamite")

  1. "Please Please Please
    Please, Please, Please
    "Please, Please, Please" is an R&B song written by James Brown and Johnny Terry and recorded by Brown and The Flames. Released in 1956 as a single on the Cincinnati, Ohio-based label Federal Records, it was Brown's first professional recording and his first hit, eventually selling over a million...

    " (James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

    , Johnny Terry) – 2:43
  2. "Why Do You Do Me" (Bobby Byrd
    Bobby Byrd
    Bobby Byrd born Robert Howard Byrd was an American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Toccoa, Georgia, and is a 1998 winner of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award...

    , Sylvester Keels) – 2:59
  3. "Try Me
    Try Me (song)
    "Try Me" is a song written and performed by James Brown. He recorded it with his singing group The Famous Flames in 1958. A plaintive ballad, it was the group's second R&B hit , and early in 1959 it became their first song to reach #1 on the R&B chart and was also the first time the group hit the...

    " (Brown) – 2:30
  4. "Tell Me What I Did Wrong" (Brown) – 2:20
  5. "Bewildered
    Bewildered
    "Bewildered" is a popular song written in 1936 by Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup. It was a 1938 hit for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, and was also recorded by Mildred Bailey in the same year. The song was revived in the late forties when two different versions, by the Red Miller Trio and Amos...

    " (Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell
    Teddy Powell
    Teddy Powell was an American jazz guitarist, composer and big band leader...

    ) – 2:21
  6. "Good Good Lovin'" (Brown, Albert Shubert) – 2:18
  7. "I'll Go Crazy" (Brown) – 2:05
  8. "I Know It's True" (Brown) – 2:40
  9. "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes
    (Do the) Mashed Potatoes
    " Mashed Potatoes" is a hit R&B instrumental. It was recorded by James Brown with his band in 1959 and released as a two-part single in 1960...

    , Pt. 1" (Dessie Rozier
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

    ) – 1:39
  10. "Think" (Lowman Pauling) – 2:46
  11. "Baby, You're Right" (Brown, Joe Tex
    Joe Tex
    Joseph Arrington, Jr. , better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s...

    ) – 2:58
  12. "Lost Someone
    Lost Someone
    "Lost Someone" is a song recorded by James Brown in 1961. Like "Please, Please, Please" before it, the song's lyrics combine a lament for lost love with a plea for forgiveness. In the US, the single was a #2 R&B hit and reached #48 on the pop chart. Although the single is credited to "James Brown...

    " (Brown, Byrd, Lloyd Eugene Stallworth) – 3:28
  13. "Night Train
    Night Train (song)
    "Night Train" is a twelve bar blues instrumental standard first recorded by Jimmy Forrest in 1951.-Origins and development:"Night Train" has a long and complicated history. The piece's opening riff was first recorded in 1940 by a small group led by Duke Ellington sideman Johnny Hodges under the...

    " (Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest
    Jimmy Forrest
    Jimmy Forrest was an African American jazz musician, who played tenor saxophone throughout his career....

    ) – 3:38
  14. "I've Got Money" (Brown) – 2:29
  15. "I Don't Mind
    I Don't Mind (James Brown song)
    "I Don't Mind" is a 1961 R&B song recorded by James Brown & The Famous Flames. Originally recorded in the studio and released as a single, it was a Top 5 national Billboard R&B hit, peaking at #4, and reached #47 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    " [live] (Brown) – 2:29
  16. "Prisoner of Love
    Prisoner of Love (1931 song)
    "Prisoner Of Love" is a 1931 popular song with music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill and lyrics by Leo Robin. The song was popularized by Columbo and later became a major hit for Perry Como. It was also recorded by Billy Eckstine.-Perry Como versions:...

    " (Leo Robin
    Leo Robin
    Leo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and...

    , Russ Columbo
    Russ Columbo
    Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo , known as Russ Columbo, was an American singer, violinist and actor, most famous for his signature tune, "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love", his compositions "Prisoner of Love" and "Too Beautiful For Words", and the legend surrounding his early...

    , Clarence Gaskin) – 2:24
  17. "Devil's Den" (Ted Wright
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

    ) – 4:48
  18. "Out of the Blue" (Wright, Terry) – 2:15
  19. "Out of Sight
    Out of Sight (song)
    "Out of Sight" is an Rhythm and blues song recorded by James Brown in 1964. A twelve-bar blues written by Brown under the pseudonym "Ted Wright", the stuttering, staccato dance rhythms and blasting horn section riffs of its instrumental arrangement were an important evolutionary step in the...

    " (Wright) – 2:19
  20. "Grits" (Nat Jones
    Nat Jones
    Nat Jones is an American artist working primarily in comic books and film. Jones is best known for his work on Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer.-Penciller:*Crypt of Dawn *The Crow / Razor: Kill the Pain...

    , Wright) – 3:58
  21. "Maybe the Last Time" (Wright) – 3:02
  22. "It's a Man's World" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 3:22
  23. "I Got You" (Wright) – 2:27
  24. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pts. 1, 2 & 3" (Brown) – 6:56


Track 9 published under the James Brown pseudonym of Dessie Rozier. Tracks 17-21 & 23 are published under the James Brown pseudonym of Ted Wright.

Disc 2 ("The Hardest Working Man In Show Business")

  1. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
    Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
    "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single in 1965, and is considered seminal in the musical genre of funk.-The hit single:...

    " (Brown) – 2:06
  2. "I Got You (I Feel Good)
    I Got You (I Feel Good)
    "I Got You " is a hit song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1965, it was one of Brown's signature songs, and is arguably his most widely-known recording.-Description:...

    " (Brown) – 2:45
  3. "Ain't That a Groove" (Brown, Jones) – 3:31
  4. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown, Newsome) – 2:46
  5. "Money Won't Change You" (Brown, Jones) – 6:01
  6. "Don't Be a Dropout" (Brown, Jones) – 4:31
  7. "Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)" (Brown, Jones) – 3:48
  8. "Let Yourself Go" (Brown, Bud Hobgood) – 3:53
  9. "Cold Sweat
    Cold Sweat
    "Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written by his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a #1 R&B hit, and reached number seven on the Pop Singles chart...

    " (Brown, Alfred Ellis) – 7:30
  10. "Get It Together" (Brown, Hobgood, Ellis) – 8:57
  11. "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1" (Brown) – 3:29
  12. "I Got the Feelin'
    I Got the Feelin'
    "I Got the Feelin" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1968, it reached #1 on the R&B charts and #6 on the pop charts. It also appeared on a 1968 album of the same name....

    " (Brown) – 2:39
  13. "Licking Stick-Licking Stick" (Brown, Byrd, Ellis) – 4:52
  14. "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1" (Brown, Ellis) – 2:59
  15. "There Was a Time" [Live] (Brown, Hubgood) – 4:59
  16. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
    Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
    "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, it was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart...

    " (Charles Bobbit) – 3:10
  17. "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open up the Door I'll Get It Myself)" (Brown) – 5:59

Disc 3 ("Soul Brother No. 1")

  1. "Mother Popcorn
    Mother Popcorn
    "Mother Popcorn ", is a song recorded by James Brown and released as a two-part single in 1969. A #1 R&B and #11 Pop hit,. It was the highest-charting of a series of recordings inspired by the popular dance The Popcorn which Brown made that year...

    " (Brown, Ellis) – 6:18
  2. "Funky Drummer
    Funky drummer
    "Funky Drummer" is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum break, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and popular music; indeed, it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled recording ever,...

    " (Brown) – 7:00
  3. "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
    Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
    "Get Up Sex Machine" is a funk song recorded by James Brown in 1970 and released as a two-part single on King Records....

    " (Brown, Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) – 5:15
  4. "Super Bad
    Super Bad (song)
    "Super Bad" is a 1970 James Brown song. Originally released as a three-part single, it went to number one on the soul singles chart and number 13 on the Hot 100....

    , Pts. 1 & 2" (Brown) – 4:26
  5. "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing" (Brown, Byrd) – 8:59
  6. "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 7:03
  7. "Soul Power
    Soul Power
    "Soul Power" is a song by James Brown. Recorded in 1971 with the original J.B.'s and released as a three-part single, it was a Top Ten R&B hit. The song also appeared on the 1972 album Soul Classics...

    , Pts. 1 & 2" (Brown) – 4:25
  8. "Brother Rapp/Ain't It Funky Now" [live] (Brown) – 7:44
  9. "Hot Pants
    Hot Pants (song)
    "Hot Pants " is a song by James Brown. Brown recorded the song in 1971 and released it that year as a three-part single on his People Records label, which was then distributed by his primary label King. It was a number-one R&B hit and reached number fifteen on the pop chart in the U.S...

    , Pt. 1" (Brown, Fred Wesley
    Fred Wesley
    Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...

    ) – 3:06
  10. "I'm a Greedy Man, Pt. 1" (Brown, Bobbit) – 3:36
  11. "Make It Funky
    Make It Funky
    "Make It Funky" is a song recorded by James Brown with The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single in 1971, which reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart and #22 on the U.S. Pop chart.. The song features the band members chanting the song's title and a prominent organ part played by Brown himself...

    , Pt. 1" (Brown, Bobbit) – 3:34
  12. "It's a New Day" [live] (Brown) – 3:48
  13. "I Got Ants in My Pants, Pt. 1" (Brown) – 3:01
  14. "King Heroin" (Brown, Bobbit, Dave Matthews, Manny Rosen) – 3:57

Disc 4 ("The Godfather Of Soul")

  1. "There It Is, Pt. 1" (Brown) – 3:20
  2. "Public Enemy #1, Pt. 1" (Brown, Bobbit, Henry Stallings) – 5:09
  3. "Get on the Good Foot
    Get on the Good Foot
    "Get on the Good Foot" is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single and became a number one R&B hit and also peaked at number eighteen on the Hot 100..The song was also included on the double album of the same name released that year.The song's co-writer...

    " (Brown, Wesley, Joseph Mims) – 4:07
  4. "I Got a Bag of My Own" (Brown) – 3:44
  5. "Doing It to Death
    Doing It to Death
    "Doing It to Death" is a funk song recorded by The J.B.'s featuring James Brown. It was released as a single in 1973 and peaked at number one on the soul singles chart and number twenty-two on the Hot 100...

    " (Brown) – 5:14
  6. "The Payback
    The Payback (song)
    "The Payback" is a funk song by James Brown, the title track from his 1973 album of the same name. The song's lyrics, originally written by trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley but heavily revised by Brown himself soon before it was recorded, concern the revenge he plans to take against the man...

    " (Brown, Wesley, John Starks
    John Starks (drummer)
    John "Jabo" Starks is an American funk and blues drummer. He is best known for playing with James Brown. Starks played on many of Brown's biggest hits, either as the sole drummer or in tandem with Clyde Stubblefield, including "The Payback", "Sex Machine", "Super Bad", and "Talking Loud and...

    ) – 7:28
  7. "Papa Don't Take No Mess
    Papa Don't Take No Mess
    "Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a funk song performed by James Brown. An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100...

    , Pt. 1" (Brown, Wesley, Starks, Bobbit) – 4:22
  8. "Stoned to the Bone, Pt. 1" (Brown) – 3:28
  9. "My Thang
    My Thang
    "My Thang" is a funk hit song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single which spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1974. The song also appeared on Brown's 1974 double album Hell....

    " (Brown) – 4:37
  10. "Funky President (People It's Bad)" (Brown) – 4:01
  11. "Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)
    Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
    "Hot " is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1976, it reached #31 on the R&B chart. The song is primarily memorable because its main riff is lifted directly from the song "Fame" by David Bowie, which was recorded in January, 1975, and released as a single in July...

    " (Brown) – 5:03
  12. "Get Up Offa That Thing (Release the Pressure)" (Diedre Jenkins, Deanna Brown, Yamma Brown) – 6:14
  13. "Body Heat, Pt. 1" (Jenkins, D. Brown, Y. Brown) – 4:29
  14. "It's Too Funky in Here" (George Jackson, Walter Shaw, Brad Shapiro, Robert Miller) – 5:39
  15. "Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)" (J. Brown, Susaye Brown, Henry Stallings) – 4:36
  16. "Unity
    Unity (song)
    "Unity" is a song recorded by Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown as a duet in 1984. It is notable for being the first recording in which James Brown collaborated with a performer associated with hip hop, a then-new idiom heavily influenced by Brown's own funk music. The record's title and its cover...

    , Pt. 1" (J. Brown, Khayan Aasim Bambaataa
    Afrika Bambaataa
    Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...

    , Douglas Wimbish
    Doug Wimbish
    Doug Wimbish is a bass player, primarily known for his studio work for the rap/hip hop label Sugarhill Records and his membership of the funk metal band Living Colour. He has played for a vast range of artists, including Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Madonna, George Clinton, Paula Cole, Bomb the Bass,...

    , Bernard Alexander, Keith LeBlanc, Robin Haplin) – 3:40

Other compilations

At the time of its release Star Time was the most comprehensive collection of James Brown's recordings ever issued. A series of Polydor compilations dedicated to specific periods of Brown's career surpassed Star Time in terms of comprehensiveness by including additional songs, alternate takes, previously unreleased recordings, and longer, unedited versions of key tracks:
  • Roots of a Revolution
    Roots of a Revolution
    Roots of a Revolution is the first of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. Expanding on the 1984 double LP compilation of the same name it covers 1956 to 1963, but omits some of Brown's big hits from that time period, which can be found on Star Time.-Track...

     (2 CD; covers 1956-1964)
  • Foundations of Funk - A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969
    Foundations of Funk - A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969
    Foundations of Funk - A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969 is the second of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. Expanding on the 1984 LP compilation Ain’t That a Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969it covers 1964 to 1969.-Track listing:Disc 1#Out Of Sight -...

     (2 CD)
  • Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
    Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
    Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang is the third of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. It covers 1970.-Track listing:#Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine - 5:16#Super Bad - 9:03#Since You Been Gone - 4:58...

     (1 CD)
  • Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975
    Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975
    Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975 is the fourth of several James Brown era overviews released by Polydor Records in the mid-1990s. Expanding on the 1984 LP compilation Doing It To Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973, it covers 1971-1975....

     (2 CD)
  • Dead on the Heavy Funk, 1975-1983 (2 CD)


Two other Polydor collections similarly anthologize Brown's instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 recordings:
  • Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-69) (2 CD)
  • Funky Good Time: The Anthology (2 CD; covers 1970-1976)


In 2006, Hip-O Select Records began a multi-volume reissue
Reissue
A reissue is the repeated issue of a published work. In common usage, it refers to an album which has been released at least once before and is released again, sometimes with alterations or additions....

 of James Brown's complete singles (both A-sides and B-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

) on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

. The volumes are only available through mail order
Mail order
Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...

. As of October 2011, all eleven volumes have been released, covering the periods 1956-1960, 1960-1963, 1964-1965, 1966-1967, 1967-1969, 1969-1970, 1970-1972, 1972-1973, 1973-1975, 1975-1979 and 1979-1981.

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