I've Got to Change: Early Sessions 1956-1959

~ Release by James Brown (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1There Must Be a Reason
2:29
2I Want You So Bad
recording of:
I Want You So Bad
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:48
3Why Do You Do Me
recording of:
Why Do You Do Me
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) and Sylvester Keels (member of James Brown & The Famous Flames)
3:02
4Got to Cry
2:37
5Strange Things Happen Why Does Everything Happen to Me
2:11
6Fine Old Foxy Self
2:13
7Messing With the Blues
cover recording of:
Messin’ With the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Hunt
2:12
8It Was You
recording of:
It Was You
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:45
9I’ve Got to Change
2:28
10Can’t Be the Same
recording of:
Can’t Be the Same
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:22
11It Hurts to Tell You
2:54
12I Won’t Plead No More
2:28
13You’re Mine You’re Mine
2:33
14Gonna Try
2:47
15Don’t Let It Happen to Me
2:53
16Wonder When You’re Coming Home
recording of:
Wonder When You’re Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:35
17I’ll Go Crazy
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1959-11-11)
alto saxophone:
James McGary (on 1959-11-11)
bass:
Bernard Odum (on 1959-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Nat Kendrick (on 1959-11-11)
guitar:
Bobby Roach (on 1959-11-11)
piano:
Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist) (on 1959-11-11)
tenor saxophone:
J.C. Davis (on 1959-11-11)
background vocals:
"Baby Lloyd" Stallworth (on 1959-11-11), Bobby Bennett (member of James Brown & The Famous Flames) (on 1959-11-11), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) (on 1959-11-11), Willie Johnson (R&B vocalist, member of The Famous Flames) (on 1959-11-11) and Johnny Terry (bass vocals, member of James Brown & The Famous Flames) (on 1959-11-11)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1959-11-11)
performer:
James Brown & The Famous Flames (on 1959-11-11) and The James Brown Band (on 1959-11-11)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1959-11-11)
recording of:
I’ll Go Crazy (on 1959-11-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Jadar Music Corp. and Sonora Musikförlags AB
2:10
18This Old Heart
recording of:
This Old Heart
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
32:12
19I Know It’s True
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
I Know It’s True
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
2:44
20(Do the) Mashed Potato
recording of:
Mashed Potatoes
lyricist and composer:
Dessie Rozier (The Godfather of Soul)
publisher:
Robert Mellin et cie. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
1:41