James Brown - Escap-ism (Live Audio) 

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you don't know history: On James Brown's track "Escape-ism" (Live), the bassist is William "Bootsy" Collins. Bootsy Collins was a prominent member of James Brown's band, The J.B.'s, during the early 1970s and played a significant role in shaping the funk sound of the era. 2.On James Brown's track "Escape-ism" (Live), the guitarist is Catfish Collins, the brother of Bootsy Collins. Catfish Collins, along with his brother Bootsy, was a key member of The J.B.'s, James Brown's backing band, and contributed significantly to the distinctive funk sound of the group.

Don’t forget the Horn Section

THANK YOU !

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Better than Beethoven

Right down to the tonal inflection the screams and the grunts

@@robertmaybine2961 What the hell is Fred Wesley saying at 2:00 "You know we gotta take it on the ?????" 😁

@@SoulOnTopJB the line goes we better take it on the lamb meaning be on the lookout for 5-0 because back in the day everybody on the road was using heavy and you had to stay a little high to do all of those one-nighters across the country so James decided to add that as part of his act and talk to the brothers one-on-one and introduce the audience to each individual band member telling them where they all came from even though in the original recording mr. Brown would say y'all got to be careful about those lights running around and he would say yo man I don't have to take it on the lam yo man I ain't got no dust I ain't got no dust and then he would say oh here they come and guess what fellas I'm gone and that would be the end of the song

But you also know that the original studio recording was 19 minutes long and that's where he developed that whole entire skit and it was showcased on that particular show December 24th 1971 it was also a historical recording because it was the first time that his MC Danny Ray was ever recorded during an introduction of a live show prior to that Maceo Parker Mister Browns lead alto saxophone player was also his announcer for two years before being inducted into the army and prior to that from the mid-fifties to the 1960s it was a gentleman by the name of Fats Gonder

@@robertmaybine2961 I thought it was "Lam", which is a term I'm not familiar, just assumed he had to be saying something else, because "take it to the lam (sheep!!!!) makes little sense 😄 Wasn't Nat Jones also his MC for a period, I know Danny Ray was given his opportunity due to a no-show of this regular MC at the time.

Thats what I am asking around about if there was a video does anyone know?

Lots of comments over the years regarding the mix of this release, so I decided to play around with it 👍

I love that today.

do you know if there was a recording of this show?

I meant to ask if there was a video recording of this show, sorry.

Not that I know of.

Sim. No vinil é mais estéreo e com qualidade.

@@geraldo6249 On Vinyl the drums and bass aren't as prominent as this upload.

Wax always sounds great '! Add an equalizer and tailor the sound and you got something special!

@@williamparker3328 Vinyl shouldn't need EQ'ing, that should be done during the mix.

@@SoulOnTopJB NOT always true. It all depends on how you like your sound. I tailor mine around the highs and the lows and the midrange. SO your taste is different from mine but it doesn't matter how it was recorded because everyone wasn't a good sound engineer.

Guess you liked it then 😁

@@SoulOnTopJB LOVE IT!!!!!!!

I'm glad that we are together on that one. NONE OF THEM COULD TOUCH MR. DYNAMITE MR. OUTTA SIGHT. AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THESE OTHER GUYS COULD COMPARE TO MR BROWN. MR BROWN HAD THE FUNKIEST MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME. MR BROWN IS THE GOAT OF GOATS IN FUNK SOUL RHYTHM AND BLUES AND EVERYTHING THERE IS!!! HE DOESN'T GET THE RECOGNITION THAT HE TRULY DESERVES! YOU AND I WILL KEEP HIS NAME AND MUSIC OUT FRONT WHERE IT BELONGS. I'M USING ALL CAPS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.!!!!!!!!!

Man you ain’t NEVER lied. Those horns are nice and crispy

Of course it's funkier. It's JAMES BROWN!! A NO-BRAINER

You're welcome, amazing you front the band, keep on doing whatcha doing and all the best. 👍

Black horn, why's it black, l call it the soul sister. Revolution Of Mind is Superbad!!!!

Morning Solly, enjoy the enhancements 😁👍

Still no luck finding a video?

@@rightnow1956 no luck. I will have to imagine what it would have been like.

I used to think that almost everything was here on RU-vid but disappointingly I found that isn't so. I think we both might have better luck contacting perhaps James Brown fan clubs or even his estate in getting footage or links and access to such

Don’t think there is a video, only a recorded live performance.

By the way, is this song from a particular album or a bootleg or..?

@@mayflowerfilm1980 Revolution of the mind 1971

That would be great!

Hopefully they will do that like they did The Live At Home in Agusta G.A. On that one they did LOWDOWN POPCORN AND THEY TORE THE BUILDING DOWN WITH THAT.

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I have to disagree with you completely. The album had a horrible mix, Mr. Brown was too upfront the band was too far back and the snare drum had a very tinny sound. If you find that WNEW special they did on the Apollo in 1971 where he does parts of IT’S A NEW DAY and HOT PANTS from the same series of shows that week, you would see how the album really should’ve sounded. Or listen to the alternate live HOT PANTS from the same week. You can look it up as HOT PANTS FINALE. Much better mix than the original live album. Also on the album JAMES BROWN BEST OF THE APOLLO 50TH ANNIVERSARY, the mixes on SEX MACHINE, SOUL POWER and GET INVOLVED from REVOLUTION OF THE MIND are so superior. And finally if you can get a copy of the album that was actually mixed by CAPITAL RECORDS, the mix is also superior. Personally I’m waiting for them to put out a 50th anniversary version. First of all they need to put the songs in the correct order. ESCAPEISM was performed before Star Time. That’s why you hear him saying that that you gonna get SEX MACHINE. Because according to the album SEX MACHINE was the third song in ESCAPISM was the fourth song. Hopefully there are some songs that were in the show that didn’t make it to the album. And of course the worst thing they have to fix is getting rid of the title MAKE IT FUNKY. That entire song was just ESCAPISM. James and the record company should be ashamed of themselves for putting that on the album because that was the current hit out at the time making people think it’s actually performed!! I remember buying the album when I was 15 and being so pissed off when I found out it was a rip off but then the complete ESCAPISM was so good I got over it quickly.

@@PaulDA2000 I want this Escapism /Make it funky in its best sound engineered/mix possible.

@@blaquenguni9249 Yes but you can take the MAKE IT FUNKY off there. They only put that title on the song title because that was the hit record at the time REVOLUTION OF THE MIND came out. I remember being 15 years old on the album came out when I got home I was so pissed, I said I thought they had a nerve to put MAKE OT FUNKY as a song title when the entire thing was ESCAPISM! What they need to do is put out a 50th anniversary and put the songs in the right order. That long version of ESCAPISM was performed at the beginning of the concert before the star time set which began with IT’S A NEW DAY. It was so confusing because in ESCAPISM he says “ all the shows coming you’re gonna get SEX MACHINE….”. And I was saying to myself why would he say that when he already sang it before this song? And I’m sure there are a few other songs he performed there that they didn’t include on the album.

@@blaquenguni9249 This right here is the BEST mix of this performance.

@@PaulDA2000 Your opinion is respected, but rejected.

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@@druztube 😄

Thanks Mr McBride, the 50th anniversary mix that UMG decided not to do 🤨

You're damn right!!!

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You are right on point. Imagine if there never was a JAMES BROWN? MUSIC WOULD NEVER HAD BEEN FUNKEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

obrigado 👏🏻

The Live in Zaire performance has never been released in full either by Sony, even though they gave in HD with the best sound engineering of any James Brown live recording

@Phil Silverman yep. I saw its a new day and hot pants.some want to see rivers. I have a pic of jb in 69 . I showed it to yamma and Deanna. I take it away sometimes.

It has been edited.

That's one way of putting it 😄 👍

Sho nuff, still listening.

No, it was a 2 record set. I bought the album when it came out and I still have it.

Doubt it, the 30th anniversary which would be perfect timing for any deluxe set has come and go, it's also a question do the tapes still exists.

Do you know which company has them ? Does James Brown still have an active influential, powerful JB music champion in the music biz, that could push to make this happen (should indeed, the tapes still exist) ? Maybe it would have to take a successful biopic similar to the Elvis or Queen biopics, or even a James Brown hologram touring show, turning on younger generations to JB, to make things happen eventually ? But JB never had that level of mainstream pop appeal in the first place that Elvis, Abba or Michael Jackson had, I’m afraid… I know Elvis fans started online groups to champion a release of Elvis’ concert footage outtakes w/ audio elements of the early 70’s, and looks like they’re getting their way… The Elvis movie director announced it will happen. while a cd/bluray box set “On Tour” (1972) has also already been released in 2023, following the biopic of 2022.

He left when Maceo quit, came back in 1972

@@SoulOnTopJB oh right cheers 👍

@@SoulOnTopJB That was 1970 when Jimmy Nolan left, not 1972. Because “revolution of the mind” was recorded in 1971.

@@PaulDA2000 I said he came back in '72 😁

Correct. It’s Hearlon “Cheese” Martin and Robert Coleman. Same guitar team on all the ‘71 hits - Hot Pants, Make It Funky, Escape-Ism, I Got Ants In My Pants…

😁How did I forget that, you've mentioned it so many times 😄

@@SoulOnTopJB Yes I know I’ve mentioned it many times. I wasn’t mentioning it for you or others that already know but there are many James Brown fans that don’t even realize that. I find it very fascinating that Mr. Brown and the record company would go out of their way to deceive people to think the current record was on there LOL!

@@PaulDA2000 They knew all about you, that's why they did it 😄

@@SoulOnTopJB Well, I’m flattered if they knew about me but I was just 15 years old at the time 😂. I mean I didn’t really shocked me that much because on the previous album HOT PANTS, boldly written it said “Contains the original hit single”. Of course it was not the original hit single it was a completely different remake.

Bro you've written this same bitchin and moaning comment on every version of this song on RU-vid. Goodness gracious

I love Jimmy Parker on Blues & Pants, would have preferred to hear him continuing rather than Fred Wesley coming in ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fs-xPJ-jb9Y.html

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Maceo was tops.