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Mighty Instrumentals

Mighty Instrumentals is the eleventh studio album by American musician James Brown. It consists of instrumentals recorded during his time with the King label. Every song had previously been released other than "James Brown House Party", an alternate recording of Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.. The album was released in 1966.

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Mighty Instrumentals
Studio album by
James Brown
Released1966 (1966)
RecordedOctober 4, 1960 (1960-10-04) – February 1965 (1965-02)12
Studio
GenreFunk
Length29:51
LabelKing
ProducerJames Brown
James Brown chronology
I Got You (I Feel Good)
(1966) 		Mighty Instrumentals
(1966) 		James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)
(1966)
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Mighty Instrumentals is the eleventh studio album by American musician James Brown. It consists of instrumentals recorded during his time with the King label. Every song had previously been released other than "James Brown House Party", an alternate recording of Mashed Potatoes U.S.A..1 The album was released in 1966.53

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown; unless where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part 2" 1:45
2."(Can You) Feel It" 2:56
3."Hold It"Clifford Scott, Billy Butler1:54
4."Sticky"James Brown, J.C. Davis2:50
5."The Scratch"James Alston1:46
6."James Brown House Party" 2:13
7."Night Train"Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest2:21
8."Every Beat Of My Heart"Johnny Otis3:39
9."Cross Firing" 2:28
10."Suds"Nat Kendrick2:21
11."Doin' the Limbo" 2:35
12."Choo Choo" 2:53
References

References

  1. Leeds, Alan (December 2006). The Singles, Volume 2: 1960–1963 (published March 27, 2007). pp. 12 & 20–23.
  2. Leeds, Alan (February 2007). The Singles, Volume 3: 1964–1965 (published June 8, 2007). p. 23.
  3. "Mighty Instrumentals - James Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  4. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. "iTunes - Music - Mighty Instrumentals by James Brown". iTunes. May 3, 1933. Retrieved July 12, 2015.