Original sessions individually produced by Ralph Bass, Andy Gibson, Syd Nathan, James Brown, Hal Neely, Brad Shapiro, Tom Silverman, and Afrika Bambaataa.

Compilation produced by Harry Weinger, Cliff White, Oscar A. Yong, and Bill Levenson.

Polydor: 849 108-2 (849 109-2--849 112-2).

Soul music.

"The definitive 35th anniversary James Brown Collection : 5 hours of music, 72 songs, including many rare or previously unreleased." --box.

Compact discs.

Booklet contains essays, details of the recording sessions, bibliography and discography.

Disc 1. Mr. Dynamite. Please please please (2:43) ; Why do you do me (2:59) ; Try me (2:30) ; Tell me what I did wrong (2:20) ; Bewildered (2:21) ; Good good lovin' (2:18) ; I'll go crazy (2:05) ; I know it's true (2:40) ; (Do the) Mashed potatoes, pt. 1 (1:39) ; Think (2:46) ; Baby, you're right (2:58) ; Lost someone (3:28) ; Night train (3:38) ; I've got money (2:29) ; I don't mind (live) (2:29) ; Prisoner of love (2:24) ; Devil's den (4:48) ; Out of the blue (2:15) ; Out of sight (2:19) ; Grits (3:58) ; Maybe the last time (3:02) ; It's a man's world (3:22) ; I got you (2:27) ; Papa's got a brand new bag, pts. 1, 2 & 3 (6:56) --

Disc 2. The Hardest working man in show business. Papa's got a brand new bag, pt. 1 (2:06) ; I got you (I feel good) (2:45) ; Ain't that a groove (3:31) ; It's a man's man's man's world (2:46) ; Money won't change you (6:01) ; Don't be a dropout (4:31) ; Bring it up (Hipster's Avenue) (3:48) ; Let yourself go (3:53) ; Cold sweat (7:30) ; Get it together (8:57) ; I can't stand myself (when you touch me), pt. 1 (3:29) ; I got the feelin' (2:39) ; Licking stick, licking stick (4:52) ; Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm proud, pt. 1 (2:59) ; There was a time (live) (4:59) ; Give it up or turnit a loose (3:10) ; I don't want nobody to give me nothing (Open up the door I'll get it myself) (5:59)

Disc 3. Soul brother no. 1. Mother Popcorn (6:18) ; Funky drummer (7:00) ; Get up (I feel like being a) sex machine (5:15) ; Super bad, pts. 1 & 2 (4:26) ; Talkin' loud & sayin' nothing (8:59) ; Get up, get into it and get involved (7:03) ; Soul power, pts. 1 & 2 (4:25) ; Brother Rapp / Ain't it funky now (live) (7:44) ; Hot pants, pt. 1 (3:06) ; I'm a greedy man, pt. 1 (3:36) ; Make it funky, pt. 1 (3:34) ; It's a new day (live) (3:48) ; I got ants in my pants, pt. 1 (3:01) ; King Heroin (3:57)

Disc 4. The Godfather of soul. There it is, pt. 1 (3:20) ; Public enemy #1, pt. 1 (5:09) ; Get on the good foot (4:07) ; I got a bag of my own (3:44) ; Doing it to death (5:14) ; The payback (7:28) ; Papa don't take no mess, pt. 1 (4:22) ; Stoned to the bone, pt. 1 (3:28) ; My thang (4:37) ; Funky president (People it's bad) (4:01) ; Hot (I need to loved, loved, loved) (5:03) ; Get up offa that thing (Release the pressure) (6:14) ; Body heat, pt. 1 (4:29) ; It's too funky in here (5:39) ; Rapp payback (Where iz Moses) (4:36) ; Unity, pt. 1 (with Afrika Bambaataa) (3:40)

James Brown, vocals and keyboard ; with various vocalists and instrumentalists.

Recorded 1956-1984.