James Brown’s Live at the Apollo, 1962 is a masterclass in showmanship and musicianship that transcends genre.

This pioneering record is a sizzling cauldron of soul, funk, blues, and something electric and ineffable. It’s perfect in almost every way, but it almost didn’t come to be…

Side A
1. Introduction to James Brown and The Famous Flames (by Fats Gonder)
2. I’ll Go Crazy
3. Try Me
4. Think
5. I Don’t Mind
6. Lost Someone

Side B
1. Medley: Please, Please, Please/You’ve Got the Power/I Found Someone/Why Do You Do Me/I Want You So Bad/I Love You, Yes I Do/Strange Things Happen/Bewildered/Please, Please, Please
2. Night Train