"Escape-ism" is a
funk song by American musician
James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label,
People Records __NOTOC__
Over the course of his career James Brown owned and operated several different record labels, which he used primarily to release his own Record producer, productions of artists associated with his revue.
Try Me
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. It
charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part
single in 1971. Both parts also appeared on the album ''
Hot Pants
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'' in 1971, with the previously unreleased nineteen-minute unedited take of the track appearing on the album's 1992 CD re-release. According to
Robert Christgau the song was "supposedly cut to kill time until
Bobby Byrd
Bobby Howard Byrd (August 15, 1934 – September 12, 2007) was an American rhythm and blues, soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, bandleader and talent scout, who played an integral and important part in the development ...
arrived" at the studio.
A live version of "Escape-ism" is included on Brown's live album ''
Revolution of the Mind''.
References
James Brown songs
Songs written by James Brown
1971 singles
1970 songs
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