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''Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III'' is a
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released in 1971. As its subtitle suggests, it is Brown's third album recorded at the
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, following the original '' Live at the Apollo'' (1963) and ''
Live at the Apollo, Volume II ''Live at the Apollo, Volume II'' is a 1968 live double album by James Brown and The Famous Flames, recorded in 1967 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. It is a follow-up to Brown's 1963 recording, '' Live at the Apollo''. It is best known for the lo ...
'' (1968). After a triple album project recorded in France was cancelled because Brown had signed with a new label, Polydor, in 1971, Brown elected to do many of the same songs on a New York project. Unlike the cancelled live album, this was assembled from the best live takes from a week of shows, at the Apollo. Unlike previous releases live albums, this was criticized for poor sound balance and excessive eroticism. Note that “Escapism“/ “Make it Funky“, tracks four and five actually opened the show it was taken from. Despite flaws, it sold well and became one of the all-time most sampled sets . The album is notable as the first of his live albums to include a spoken introduction by his longtime master of ceremonies, Danny Ray. ''Revolution of the Mind'' peaked at No. 39 on the pop album chart and at No. 7 on the R&B chart.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In ''Star Time'' (pp. 54–59)
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New York: PolyGram Records.


Track listing

Side A # " It's a New Day So
Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn "Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn" is a song by James Brown. Brown's 1969 recording of the song was split into two parts which were released consecutively as singles. Both of the singles charted, with Part One rising to #2 R&B and #21 Pop a ...
" (James Brown) - 3:47 # " Bewildered" (Teddy Powell, Leonard Whitcup) - 7:55 # " Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) - 5:05 Side B # "
Escape-ism "Escape-ism" is a funk song by American musician James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part single in 1971. Both parts also appeared on the album ''Hot Pants'' in 1971 ...
" (James Brown, David Matthews) - 3:04 # "
Make It Funky "Make It Funky" is a jam session recorded by James Brown with The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single in 1971, which reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 22 on the U.S. Pop chart. Publication This was his first song to be su ...
" (Charles Bobbit, James Brown) - 12:52 Side C # " Try Me" (James Brown) - 2:43 # Fast Medley - 1:17 #*"
I Can't Stand It I Can't Stand It may refer to: * "I Can't Stand It" (Eric Clapton song), 1981 * I Can't Stand It (Blossoms song), 2018 * "I Can't Stand It!", a song by Twenty 4 Seven * "I Can't Stand It", a song by The Spencer Davis Group from ''Their First LP ...
" #*" Mother Popcorn" #*" I Got the Feelin'" (James Brown) # " Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Charles Bobbit) - 2:22 # " Super Bad" (James Brown) - 4:22 # " Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) - 3:23 Side D # " Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) (Part 2)- 4:55 # " Soul Power" (James Brown) - 1:47 # " Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)" (James Brown,
Fred Wesley Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s. Biography Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band lead ...
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1993 reissue

''The track listing was amended to make note of the Danny Ray intro not mentioned on the original release, and a re-edit/re-tracking of the transition between "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" and "Soul Power." / Liner notes mentioned that tracks 4 and 5 were actually opening numbers for the first live show of the July, 1971 weeklong gig. # Intro/" It's a New Day So
Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn "Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn" is a song by James Brown. Brown's 1969 recording of the song was split into two parts which were released consecutively as singles. Both of the singles charted, with Part One rising to #2 R&B and #21 Pop a ...
" (James Brown) - 3:47 # " Bewildered" (
Teddy Powell Teddy Powell (March 1, 1905 – November 17, 1993) was born in Oakland, California, United States, as Teodoro Paolella, and became a respected American jazz musician, band leader, composer, and arranger. Some of his compositions were written unde ...
, Leonard Whitcup) - 7:55 # " Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) - 5:05 # "
Escape-ism "Escape-ism" is a funk song by American musician James Brown. It was Brown's first release on his own label, People Records. It charted #6 R&B and #35 Pop as a two-part single in 1971. Both parts also appeared on the album ''Hot Pants'' in 1971 ...
" (James Brown, David Matthews) - 3:04 # "
Make It Funky "Make It Funky" is a jam session recorded by James Brown with The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single in 1971, which reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 22 on the U.S. Pop chart. Publication This was his first song to be su ...
" (Charles Bobbit, James Brown) - 12:52 # " Try Me" (James Brown) - 2:43 # Fast Medley - 1:17 #*"
I Can't Stand It I Can't Stand It may refer to: * "I Can't Stand It" (Eric Clapton song), 1981 * I Can't Stand It (Blossoms song), 2018 * "I Can't Stand It!", a song by Twenty 4 Seven * "I Can't Stand It", a song by The Spencer Davis Group from ''Their First LP ...
" #*" Mother Popcorn" #*" I Got the Feelin'" (James Brown) # " Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Charles Bobbit) - 2:22 # " Super Bad" (James Brown) - 4:22 # " Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" (James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff) - 3:21 # " Soul Power" (James Brown) - 6:36 # " Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) (James Brown,
Fred Wesley Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s. Biography Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band lead ...
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References

James Brown live albums 1971 live albums Albums recorded at the Apollo Theater {{1970s-R&B-album-stub