[.ca] 1971 Love Power Peace

From Amazon.co.uk:
James Brown's status as one of the hottest live performers has been translated into a string of absolutely massive in-concert albums, but none is better than this outrageously funky outing. This is the only live CD available with Bootsy Collins and the original JBs posse, and Brown leads the incendiary ensemble through an airtight set. Only "Georgia on My Mind" reaches for the dimmer switch, but the point by then is immaterial coming after the ridiculous onslaught of "Brother Rapp" and "Ain't It Funky Now"--try to find the impossible seam between those two tracks. It's a hazardous slipstream of soul. --John Corbett

James Brown's status as one of the hottest live performers translated into a string of absolutely massive in-concert albums, but none are better than this outrageously funky outing. This is the only live CD available with Bootsy Collins and the original JB's posse, and Brown leads the incendiary ensemble through an airtight set. Only "Georgia on My Mind" reaches for the dimmer switch, but the point by then is immaterial coming after the ridiculous onslaught of "Brother Rapp" and "Ain't It Funky Now"--try to find the impossible seam between those two tracks. A hazardous slipstream of soul! --John Corbett

good, very good:
Only complaint is that some of the tracks seem like they were cut off. I suppose that the concert lasted longer than 74 minutes and some cutting was made to make it a 1 CD album. Would love to hear what's been left out. After listening I have trouble listening to other CD's for a few days - this recording is that good.

Solid but Let's Not Get Carried Away:
Think back to anytime before, say, 1990, back when James Brown was considered an over-the-hill, overhyped Little Richard wannabe. Back then, James Brown was considered at best a guy who took several strong singles and parlayed this into 20 or more awfully spotty albums replete with some of the worst filler ever to hit the grooves this side of Tom Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis and yes, Little Richard. The Godfather's limited vocal range, poor songwriting, unimaginative interpretive abilities, and repetitive song styles did little to endear him to his listeners who actually bought his increasingly embarrassing records in the 70s until, sadly, he literally became a punch line in Rocky III. The conventional wisdom's revision of this historically accurate view of James Brown began in the early 1990's, when similarly unimaginative hip-hoppers began sampling or copying the alleged master's "grooves." At the same time, music critics began re-evaluating his late 60s and 70s work, learning -- surprise -- that the music was genius. As part of this process begat this previously unreleased James Brown concert from 1971. Trust me, this is not the second coming of P-Funk. Put aside what the critics would have you believe, this album confirms that the older view of Brown is the accurate one. He is a limited but high energy groove supervisor who once produced several very strong singles. What you have here is impressive yet repetitive single chord jam workouts, not unlike a Dead show but with more backbeats. At times Brown seems lost as his band continues chugging on seemingly without him, though he is quick to throw in some vocal utterances to let you know he is still on stage. Brown's nonsensical mutterings do not touch the intelligent approach to the groove/nonsense lyrics style perfected in early 80s Talking Heads albums. That said, the band does show highly impressive chops, and the mood is intense and electric. Think what that band could have done with some real imaginative writing and singing. Oh yeah, you don't have to imagine -- that's what Sly or P-Funk are all about.

Let the brother rap!!!:
LOVE, POWER AND PEACE is one of the best live albums ever made. It is in the same league as SAM COOKE LIVE AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB 1963 and DONNY HATHAWAY LIVE. If you really want to know WHAT IS FUNK, you oughta listen to this! LET THE BROTHER RAP!!!!

His best live recording!!:
Wow! This is even better than his legendary Live At The Apollo CD, as great as that one is! Live, energetic funk (or any other kind of music) doesn't get any better than this!

Ain't it funky now:
BUY THIS ALBUM !!! You will not be dissapointed. Love Power Peace gives you a small taste of how a live show is supposed to sound. Hope you enjoy this cd as much as I do heck even my 2 dogs get down when I'm spinning this disc

• Intro
• Brother Rapp
• Ain't It Funky Now
• Georgia on My Mind
• It's a New Day
• Bewildered
• Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
• Try Me
• Medley: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag/I Got You (I Feel Good) /I Got ...
• Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
• It's a Man's Man's Man's World
• Please, Please, Please
• Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Reprise)
• Super Bad
• Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved
• Soul Power
• Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved (Finale)