You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

~ Release by Hank Ballard (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

As the corrected discogs link notes, this is only 5 tracks from the original LP on the A-side and 5 singles from the period on the B, so a slimmed-down version of the CD reissue.

Annotation last modified on 2024-05-23 11:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1How You Gonna Get Respect, Part 1
recording of:
How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven’t Cut Your Process Yet)
writer:
Hank Ballard, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bud Hobgood
2:45
A2With Your Sweet Lovin’ Self
recording of:
With Your Sweet Lovin’ Self (in 1968)
writer:
Hank Ballard, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bud Hobgood
2:51
A3Unwind Yourself
recording of:
Unwind Yourself
writer:
Hank Ballard and Charles Spurling
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company
2:17
A4Come In Wit It
recording of:
Come On Wit’ It (in 1968)
writer:
Hank Ballard, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bud Hobgood
2:41
A5Funky Soul Train
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Funky Soul Train
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Bud Hobgood
2:30
B1From the Love Side
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
baritone saxophone:
St. Clair Pinckney (on 1969-09-03)
drums (drum set):
Melvin Parker (on 1969-09-03) and Clyde Stubblefield (on 1969-09-03)
electric bass guitar:
“Sweet” Charles Sherrell (on 1969-09-03)
guitar:
Alfonzo Kellum (on 1969-09-03) and Jimmy Nolen (on 1969-09-03)
organ:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1969-09-03)
tenor saxophone:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) (on 1969-09-03) and Eldee Williams (on 1969-09-03)
trombone:
Fred Wesley (on 1969-09-03)
trumpet:
Joseph Davis (US trumpeter) (on 1969-09-03) and Richard Griffith (US trumpeter) (on 1969-09-03)
vocals:
Hank Ballard
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
additionally recorded at:
A&R Recording Studios (second location, 799 7th Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1972-04: background vocals, handclaps)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1969-09-03)
recording of:
From The Love Side (on 1969-09-03)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
3:17
B2Butter Your Popcorn
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Butter Your Popcorn
writer:
Hank Ballard
2:27
B3Blackenized
recording of:
Blackenized
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:59
B4Annie Had a Baby
recording of:
Annie Had a Baby
writer:
Henry Glover and Lois Mann
3:01
B5Finger Poppin Time
recording of:
Finger Poppin’ Time
lyricist and composer:
Hank Ballard
53:01