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Any info on James Brown "Do It" 45

kennykenny 1,024 Posts
edited January 2008 in Strut Central
searched through the net and couldn't come up with any info on this track.Any one know of this 45? year? label? I'm guessing its one of the JB-related cats did this joint (the Dapps maybe?)the tune is hella funky thats for sure.thanks a lot.

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  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    There's a 45 by Bobby Byrd called I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone) on King from 1970. There's also one by Lyn Collins Baby Don't Do It/If You Don't Know Me By Now on People from 75. Those are the only JB related 45s that have "Do It" in it that I have.
  • kennykenny 1,024 Posts
    nah not those two, but thanks for your help.

    its an instrumental, can't even post it cuz its a stream file

    all its says is james brown "do it" off the funk45dotcom website.
  • meatyogremeatyogre 2,080 Posts
    put up a scan,or label and catalog #
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts

    all its says is james brown "do it" off the funk45dotcom website.

    Phil Lehman posted that. He probably recorded it himself.
  • kennykenny 1,024 Posts
    plaese copy and paste this into the realplayer (with the coma):

    www.funk45.com/rm/brown,_james_-_do_it.ram

    hope that works.
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    I'm not sure how definitive the Wikipedia JB discography is, but the song isn't listed on there.

    I'll bet it's some Phil Lehman hi-jinx.
  • DCarfagnaDCarfagna 983 Posts
    The record is a mid-70s Jamaican 45 by an artist that just happened to be named James Brown.
  • tomasltomasl 315 Posts
    It's this James Brown that recorded with Lee Perry

    http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/5601
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    It's this James Brown that recorded with Lee Perry

    http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/5601

    Now that I take the time to actually look, I have that song on the Funky Kingston v. 2 comp (referred to as Soul Power on that site). It did seem vaguely familiar.

    Make it ... Make it ... Make it one
    Make it ... Make it ... Make it two
  • tomasltomasl 315 Posts
    He is known as a DJ and does a toast over War in a Babylon.
  • beatstew72beatstew72 314 Posts
    Jamaican fella
  • tomasltomasl 315 Posts
    He is known as a DJ and does a toast over War in a Babylon.

  • kennykenny 1,024 Posts
    damn I knew some one would be on the know.

    thanks for the
  • p_gunnp_gunn 2,284 Posts
    The record is a mid-70s Jamaican 45 by an artist that just happened to be named James Brown.

    aka James Boom
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    The song in question: James Brown "Do It" - Definitely not the hardest working man in show business.
  • tomasltomasl 315 Posts
    The record is a mid-70s Jamaican 45 by an artist that just happened to be named James Brown.

    aka James Boom

    It's actually James Booms[/b]
  • schoggischoggi 298 Posts

    all its says is james brown "do it" off the funk45dotcom website.

    Phil Lehman posted that. He probably recorded it himself.

    isn't the version on the soulfire compilation all instrumental?
    the jamaican/uk released tune (on ACKEE) has definitely some vocals/shouting/grunts/whatever on it...
  • tomasltomasl 315 Posts
    Copy I saw was vocal with a somewhat instrument B side.
  • schoggischoggi 298 Posts
    Copy I saw was vocal with a somewhat instrument B side.

    the flip "i like the way you walk" on the ACKEE label has vocals, it's a reggae soul tune!
    the "version" on the soulfire/pure comp has no horns & really sounds somehow new!
    also it is half a minute longer... anyway, imo both versions are great in their own way
  • tomasltomasl 315 Posts
    I guess Ackee is the UK, the one I saw looked from the islands.
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