''Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971'' is a

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. It is the only recording that documents one of his live performances with the original J.B.'s lineup featuring

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and

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. (The group's contributions to the ostensibly all-live ''Sex Machine'' album were actually recorded in the studio.) ''Love, Power, Peace'' was originally intended for a 1972 release as a vinyl

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, but was cancelled after the key members of the original J.B.'s left Brown to join

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. The album was released on CD in an edited version in 1992; the full show, using Brown's original mixdown was later released in July 2014 on

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Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown except where indicated

Original 1971 sequencing

;Side A #"Introduction" – 4:36 #"Brother Rapp" – 3:02 #"Ain't It Funky Now" – 5:35 #"Georgia on My Mind – Part I" – 2:45 ;Side B #"Georgia on My Mind – Part II" – 3:14 #"Sunny" – 3:50 #"Introduction" – 0:49 #"Signed, Sealed and Delivered" (

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 dedicated. He played a part in the development of soul and funk m ...

) – 2:10 #"I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)" (Bobby Byrd) – 6:04 ;Side C #"Intro" (Bobby Byrd) – 0:46 #"Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)" (

Vicki Anderson Vicki Anderson (born Myra Barnes; November 21, 1939 – July 3, 2023) was an American soul singer best known for her performances with the James Brown Revue. She recorded a number of singles under both her birth and stage names. She was the wi ...

) – 2:59 #"Yesterday" (Vicki Anderson) – 3:26 #"Break and Intro Announcement" – 2:19 #"Dance & It's A New Day" – 2:50 #"Bewildered – Part I" – 3:04 ;Side D #"Bewildered – Part II" – 2:47 #"There Was a Time" – 2:16 #"Sex Machine" – 8:39 #"Try Me – Part I" – 2:02 ;Side E #"Try Me – Part II" – 0:12 #"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag / I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Got The Feelin'" – 1:29 #"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" – 5:21 #"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – 5:53 #"Who Am I" – 4:08 ;Side F #"Please Please Please" – 2:06 #"Sex Machine (Reprise)" – 0:38 #"Super Bad" – 5:05 #"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" – 2:07 #"Soul Power" – 4:22 #"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Reprise)" – 2:26 #"Finale" – 0:52

1992 mix

# "Intro" – 1:12 # " Brother Rapp" – 3:03 # "

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" – 5:36 # "

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" (

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Stuart Gorrell Stuart Graham Steven Gorrell (September 17, 1901 – August 10, 1963) was best known for writing the lyrics for the song "Georgia on My Mind". Born in Knox, Indiana, Gorrell attended Indiana University Bloomington; there he became friends with f ...

) – 6:11 # " It's a New Day" – 2:52 # "

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" (

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, Leonard Whitcup) – 4:19 #

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(Brown,

, Ron Lenhoff) – 8:45 # " Try Me" – 2:19 # "

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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a two-part single in 1965, it was Brown's first song to reach the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Top Ten, peaking at number eight, and was a number-one R&B hit, top ...

I Got You (I Feel Good) "I Got You (I Feel Good)" is a song by the American singer James Brown. First recorded for the 1964 album '' Out of Sight'' and then released in an alternate take as a single in 1965 and included on the compilation album of the same name, it w ...

I Got The Feelin' "I Got the Feelin'" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1968, it reached No. 1 on the R&B chart and #6 on the pop chart. It also appeared on a 1968 album of the same name. The Jackson 5 auditioned for Motown founder Berry Gordy ...

" – 1:29 # " Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" (Charles Bobbit) – 5:14 # "

It's A Man's Man's Man's World "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' R&B c ...

" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 5:43 # "Please Please Please" (Brown, Johnny Terry) – 2:08 # "Sex Machine (reprise)" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 0:39 # " Super Bad" – 5:07 # " Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 2:07 # "

Soul Power "Soul Power" is a song by James Brown. Brown recorded it with the original J.B.'s (plus Fred Wesley) and it was released as a three-part single in 1971. Like "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and other hits from this period it features ...

" – 4:24 # "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (finale)" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 3:33

Personnel

*James Brown – vocals, organ *

– MC, vocals, organ *Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison – trumpet *Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells – trumpet *

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– trombone *

St. Clair Pinckney St. Clair Pinckney (September 17, 1930 – February 1, 1999) was an American saxophonist who performed with James Brown as a member of the James Brown Orchestra and The J.B.'s. He played tenor and baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (so ...

– tenor saxophone *

Phelps "Catfish" Collins Phelps "Catfish" Collins (October 17, 1943 – August 6, 2010) was an American musician. A lead guitarist and rhythm guitarist, he is known mostly for his work in the P-Funk collective. Although frequently overshadowed by his younger brother, ...

– lead guitar *Hearlon "Cheese" Martin – rhythm guitar *

William "Bootsy" Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s before joining the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Collins established himse ...

– bass guitar *

John "Jabo" Starks John Henry "Jabo" Starks (; October 26, 1937 – May 1, 2018), sometimes spelled Jab'o, was an American funk and blues drummer best known for playing with James Brown as well as other notable musicians including Bobby Bland and B.B. King. A self- ...

– drums *Don Juan "Tiger" Martin – drums * David Matthews – director of additional horns, stringsCool, Daddy (1992). ''Love, Power, Peace - Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971''

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New York - PolyGram Records.

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