More funky....




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Simply marvellous!

That was a smashing good show. Don't mind if I should say so, mate.

Glad you enjoyed it. Tim Brooke Taylor performer in the Goodies got a very high award from the Queen this year - MBE.

James Brown was the father of funk.

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Reviews:

Some doubt the claim that this was recorded in concert in Augusta, Georgia, but everyone believes in the music. On "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" he creates a dance track even more compelling than the single out of the same five elements: light funk-four on the traps, syncopated bass figure, guitar scratched six beats to the bar, and two voices for call and response. When he modulates to the bridge it's like the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters. After that he could describe his cars for three sides and get away with it (hope this doesn't give him any bright ideas), but in fact all of what remains is prime JB except for the organ version of "Spinning Wheel" (horn bands will out) and the cover of "If I Ruled the World" (thought he already did). Side four, with its powerful "Man's World," is especially fine, closing with a soul-wrenching scream that says it all. [Later on Polydor.] A

- Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide, 1981.

Live early-'70s relentless funk groove. * * * *

- George Bedard, The All-Music Guide to Rock, 1995.

Put on your dancing shoes and get down to the master at the peak of his powers because music doesn't get any more feel-good than this. The first seven tracks are priceless and perhaps without equal in the canon, most notably "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," while "Give It Up or Turnit Loose" may be the funkiest six minutes ever recorded thanks to the famous rhythm section, featuring bassist Bootsy Collins, reeds player Fred Wesley and drummer Clyde Stubblefield. * * * * *

- Zagat Survey Music Guide - 1,000 Top Albums of All Time, 2003.

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Anthony Santos is heavily influenced by RHCP who use funk modalities in their bass playing.

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