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(CYAN BLUE VINYL)
Live at the Apollo is the first live album by James Brown and the Famous Flames, recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in October 1962 and released in May 1963 by King Records. Capturing Brown’s popular stage show for the first time on record, the album was a major commercial and critical success and cemented his status as a leading R&B star.
The album is included in Robert Christgau‘s “Basic Record Library” of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau’s Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[4] In 2000 it was voted number 248 in Colin Larkin‘s All Time Top 1000 Albums.[5] In 2003, the album was ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[6] then was re-ranked at number 25 in 2012.
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| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Introduction to James Brown and The Famous Flames” (by Fats Gonder) | 1:49 |
| 2. | “I’ll Go Crazy“ | 2:05 |
| 3. | “Try Me“ | 2:27 |
| 4. | “Think“ | 1:58 |
| 5. | “I Don’t Mind“ | 2:28 |
| 6. | “Lost Someone“ | 10:43 |
| 7. | “Medley: Please, Please, Please/You’ve Got the Power/I Found Someone/Why Do You Do Me/I Want You So Bad/I Love You, Yes I Do/Strange Things Happen/Bewildered/Please, Please, Please” | 6:27 |
| 8. | “Night Train“ | 3:26 |
