Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971

Summary

Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 is a live album by James Brown. It is the only recording that documents one of his live performances with the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins. (The group's contributions to the ostensibly all-live Sex Machine album were actually recorded in the studio.)[2] Love, Power, Peace was originally intended for a 1972 release as a vinyl triple album, but was cancelled after the key members of the original J.B.'s left Brown to join Parliament-Funkadelic.[1] The album was finally released for the first time in 1992, edited down for a single compact disc; the full show, using Brown's original mixdown was later released in July 2014 on Sundazed Records.[3]

Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 1992 (1992-08-23)
RecordedMarch 8, 1971
VenueOlympia, Paris, France
GenreFunk[1]
Length64:40
LabelPolydor
Producer
  • James Brown
  • Harry Weinger
James Brown live albums chronology
Soul Session Live
(1989)
Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971
(1992)
Live at the Apollo 1995
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing edit

All tracks composed by James Brown except where indicated

Original 1971 sequencing edit

Side A
  1. "Introduction" – 4:36
  2. "Brother Rapp" – 3:02
  3. "Ain't It Funky Now" – 5:35
  4. "Georgia on My Mind – Part I" – 2:45
Side B
  1. "Georgia on My Mind – Part II" – 3:14
  2. "Sunny" – 3:50
  3. "Introduction" – 0:49
  4. "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" (Bobby Byrd) – 2:10
  5. "I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)" (Bobby Byrd) – 6:04
Side C
  1. "Intro" (Bobby Byrd) – 0:46
  2. "Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)" (Vicki Anderson) – 2:59
  3. "Yesterday" (Vicki Anderson) – 3:26
  4. "Break and Intro Announcement" – 2:19
  5. "Dance & It's A New Day" – 2:50
  6. "Bewildered – Part I" – 3:04
Side D
  1. "Bewildered – Part II" – 2:47
  2. "There Was a Time" – 2:16
  3. "Sex Machine" – 8:39
  4. "Try Me – Part I" – 2:02
Side E
  1. "Try Me – Part II" – 0:12
  2. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag / I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Got The Feelin'" – 1:29
  3. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" – 5:21
  4. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – 5:53
  5. "Who Am I" – 4:08
Side F
  1. "Please Please Please" – 2:06
  2. "Sex Machine (Reprise)" – 0:38
  3. "Super Bad" – 5:05
  4. "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" – 2:07
  5. "Soul Power" – 4:22
  6. "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Reprise)" – 2:26
  7. "Finale" – 0:52

1992 mix edit

  1. "Intro" – 1:12
  2. "Brother Rapp" – 3:03
  3. "Ain't It Funky Now" – 5:36
  4. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 6:11
  5. "It's a New Day" – 2:52
  6. "Bewildered" (Teddy Powell, Leonard Whitcup) – 4:19
  7. Sex Machine (Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) – 8:45
  8. "Try Me" – 2:19
  9. "Medley: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag/I Got You (I Feel Good)/I Got The Feelin'" – 1:29
  10. "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" (Charles Bobbit) – 5:14
  11. "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 5:43
  12. "Please Please Please" (Brown, Johnny Terry) – 2:08
  13. "Sex Machine (reprise)" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 0:39
  14. "Super Bad" – 5:07
  15. "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 2:07
  16. "Soul Power" – 4:24
  17. "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (finale)" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 3:33

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Bowman, Rob. "James Brown: Love Power Peace at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ Weinger, Harry. Sex Machine [CD liner notes]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  3. ^ "James Brown - Love Power Peace - 3-LP Set ( LP 5470 ) - the Sundazed.com store". www.sundazed.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ Cool, Daddy (1992). Love, Power, Peace - Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 [CD liner notes]. New York - PolyGram Records.

External links edit

  • Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 at Discogs (list of releases)
  • eMusic review by Douglas Wolk