| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/mercury | | UPC: 00042284910828 | | Release Date: 5/7/1991 | | Buy.com Sku: 60098486 | | Item#: MRD5HS | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Please Please Please - (mono) ~ James Brown |  | | 2. Why Do You Do Me - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 3. Try Me - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 4. Tell Me What I Did Wrong - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 5. Bewildered ~ James Brown | | | 6. Good Good Lovin' ~ James Brown | | | 7. I'll Go Crazy ~ James Brown | | | 8. I Know It's True ~ James Brown | | | 9. Mashed Potatoes, (Do The), Part 1 - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 10. Think - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 11. Baby, You're Right - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 12. Lost Someone ~ James Brown | | | 13. Night Train - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 14. I've Got Money - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 15. I Don't Mind - (live) ~ James Brown | | | 16. Prisoner Of Love ~ James Brown | | | 17. Devil's Den - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 18. Out Of The Blue ~ James Brown | | | 19. Out Of Sight - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 20. Grits ~ James Brown | | | 21. Maybe The Last Time ~ James Brown | | | 22. It's A Man's World ~ James Brown | | | 23. I Got You ~ James Brown | | | 24. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pts. 1,2&3 - (mono) ~ James Brown | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 2. I Got You (I Feel Good) - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 3. Ain't That A Groove ~ James Brown | | | 4. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 5. Money Won't Change You - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 6. Don't Be A Dropout ~ James Brown | | | 7. Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue) ~ James Brown | | | 8. Let Yourself Go ~ James Brown | | | 9. Cold Sweat ~ James Brown | | | 10. Get It Together - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 11. I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt.1 ~ James Brown | | | 12. I Got The Feelin' ~ James Brown | | | 13. Licking Stick-Licking Stick ~ James Brown | | | 14. Say It Loud-I'm Black And I'm Proud, Part 1 ~ James Brown | | | 15. There Was A Time - (live) ~ James Brown | | | 16. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose ~ James Brown | | | 17. I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) ~ James Brown | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Mother Popcorn ~ James Brown | | | 2. Funky Drummer ~ James Brown | | | 3. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine ~ James Brown | | | 4. Super Bad, Parts 1 And 2 ~ James Brown | | | 5. Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing ~ James Brown | | | 6. Get Up, Get Into It And Get Involved ~ James Brown | | | 7. Soul Power, Parts 1 And 2 ~ James Brown | | | 8. Medley (live): Brother Rapp / Ain't It Funky Now - (live) ~ James Brown | | | 9. Hot Pants, Pt. 1 - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 10. I'm A Greedy Man, Pt. 1 ~ James Brown | | | 11. Make It Funky, Pt. 1 - (mono) ~ James Brown | | | 12. It's A New Day - (live) ~ James Brown | | | 13. I Got Ants In My Pants, Pt. 1 ~ James Brown | | | 14. King Heroin ~ James Brown | |
(P) 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | STAR TIME includes a 64-page booklet with three essays - brief appreciations by writer Nelson George and Brown's longtime tour manager Alan Leeds and a longer history by 2 of the box's producers - a complete discography and an introduction penned by the Godfather of Soul himself. | | Personnel includes: James Brown (vocals, piano, organ); Bobby Byrd (vocals. organ); Phelps "Catfish" Collins (guitar); Maceo Parker (tenor & baritone saxophones); St. Clair Pickney, Pee Wee Ellis, Clifford "Ace King" MacMillian (tenor saxophone); Al "Brisco" Clark (baritone saxophone); Lewis Hamlin (trumpet); William "Bootsy" Collins, Bernard Odum (bass); John "Jabo" Starks, Nat Kendrick (drums). | | Producers include: Ralph Bass, Syd Nathan, James Brown, Hal Neely, Afrika Bambaataa. | | Compilation producer: Harry Weinger. | | When the four-disc Star Time box was released in 1991, James Brown's catalog sorely needed an overhaul; much of it was out of print, and what was available was hardly befitting of his magnitude. Star Time got everything right: it put Brown's hugely influential career into striking perspective, helping to complete his critical renaissance, and the richness of its music set a standard for box sets in general. It was no easy task to balance Brown's lengthy, multi-part funk workouts with the need to include all of his most significant tracks, and the compilers did an excellent job in deciding when and when not to truncate ("Cold Sweat," for example, must be heard in its entirety). There's nothing from Live at the Apollo (which should be experienced start to finish), and his last hurrah on the pop charts, "Living in America," is missing, but these 71 tracks cover all the other high points, and make an eloquent case for Brown as the greatest R&B artist of all time. Disc One covers Brown's early R&B years, when his pleading intensity helped lay the groundwork for soul music. Disc Two, however, is where his genius truly crystallizes -- it basically chronicles the birth of funk, as Brown gradually discards song structure in favor of working hard grooves; it also offers a picture of Brown's emergence as a bandleader and spokesman for black pride. Disc Three features Brown's hardest funk, including his much-revered material with the Bootsy Collins band. Disc Four traces Brown's later creative decline, yet he duplicated his former glories often enough to make this disc a surprisingly solid listen; plus, his massive impact on hip-hop is underlined on the last track, the Afrika Bambaataa duet "Unity." Star Time paved the way for several other excellent compilations which highlighted different parts of Brown's vast legacy, but as the definitive retrospective of one of the most important musicians of the 20th century (black or otherwise), it has yet to be equaled. ~ Steve Huey | | There are few box sets that can match the greatness of James Brown's STARTIME. Backed by such brilliant musicians as Melvin and Maceo Parker, Bootsy Collins and Bobby Byrd, Brown created some of the most intense, soulful music ever recorded. Collecting seventy two tracks that let you hear why Brown is hailed as "the hardest working man in show business," STARTIME is packed with the best R&B and funk that money can buy. | | From early-'60s R&B hits like "Please, Please, Please" and late-'60s funk essentials like "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" and "Sex Machine" to the massively influential '70s funk grooves "Funky Drummer" and "The Payback," STARTIME gives you all the James Brown basics. This set is a monument to the life and music of one of the most colorful and inspired performers in popular music. STARTIME also comes with a 64-page booklet that features rare and wonderful photos and essays by Nelson George and several other noted critics. Essential. |
Musical Guests | | Maceo Parker | | Bobby Byrd |
| | Artist Overview | | The unrelenting intensity of James Brown's music has made him one of the most recognizable and influential performers since the 1950s. Starting out as a gospel singer, Brown soon switched to R&B and started scoring hits. As the '60s progressed, the self-proclaimed Godfather of Soul transformed the sounds of R&B into a tight, driving style that helped lay the foundations of funk. Personal troubles over the following decades threatened to sideline the ever-impassioned Brown, but he repeatedly bounced back. Countless JB samples--credited and uncredited--found on rap and hip-hop records testify to his enduring influence. The Godfather of Soul passed away on Christmas Day in 2006. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/07/1991 | | Original Release Date : 1991 | | Catalog ID : 849 108 | | Label : Polydor (USA) | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Runtime : 294m : 51s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00042284910828 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.52)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (5/30/91)
- 5 Stars - Classic - "...a staggering collection....goes well beyond the usual hits 'n' rarities approach of boxed retrospectives to get at the essence of Brown's development from gospel-style shouter...to Soul Brother No. 1...and from God-father of Soul...to grandfather of rap..." Rolling Stone (4/18/91)
- "...The success of STAR TIME should pave the way for further examination of the James Brown catalog....the box is an ideal way to reintroduce Brown's massive body of work to a public more familiar with his legend than with the records themselves..." Entertainment Weekly (6/12)
- "...soul history as a headlong rush of killer hooks, brain-melting horn blasts, and a scream that fuses passion and violence in one initiable call of the wild..." - Rating: A Q (6/91)
- 5 Stars - Indespensable - "...Brown is one of the half- dozen most important, most influential individual oeuvres of the entire rock-and-roll era: the equal of Dylan, The Beatles and Motown....This isn't just the history of one artist; it is literally the history of the groove, the beat that can't be beat..." Uncut (p.119)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "No home's complete without it." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.115)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "[T]he music is undimmed from blues, jazz and R&B to soul and funk." |
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