2 LPs ON 1 CD + 5 BONUS TRACKS
Through the gospel-impassioned fury of his vocals and the complex polyrhythms of his beats, James Brown became the single most important figure in the transformation of rhythm & blues into SOUL music. This release includes James Brown & His Famous Flames' two seminal studio albums which have been long out of print: Tour the U.S.A. (1962), despite the title, this is not a live record (although the set almost has the same feeling as some of the James Brown Show LPs), and the hard to find Night Train (1961).
The latter LP features Brown and his band performing on half of the tracks, plus some instrumental pieces by other artists on the King label it also contains 5 bonus tracks from the same period, which weren't included on either album.
TOUR THE U.S.A. (King-804)
01 MASHED POTATOES U.S.A. 2:57
02 CHOO-CHOO LOCOMOTION 2:56
03 THREE HEARTS IN A TANGLE 2:55
04 DOIN' THE LIMBO 2:31
05 I DON'T CARE 2:53
06 JOGGIN' ALONG 2:28
07 I'VE GOT MONEY 2:33
08 STICKY 2:51
09 LIKE A BABY 2:57
10 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART 3:40
11 IN THE WEE WEE HOURS (OF THE NITE) 2:56
12 CROSS FIRING 2:28
NIGHT TRAIN (King-771)
13 HOLD IT 2:11
14 THE SCRATCH 1:47
15 NIGHT TRAIN 3:33
16 THE WOBBLE – The Wobblers 2:06
17 NIGHT FLYING 2:17
18 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING – Herb Hardesty 2:44
19 DOIN' EVERYTHING – Henry Moore 2:27
20 SUDS 2:22
21 TONK GAME – Hank Marr 2:45
22 SWITCH-A-ROO – Henry Moore 2:46
23 BUSHY TAIL – Clifford Scott 2:3
BONUS TRACKS
24 STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN 2:11
25 WHY DO YOU DO ME 3:02
26 HOT CHILLI 2:24
27 IT WAS YOU 2:46
28 GONNA TRY 2:44
