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| 1. Maceo |
| 2. Got To Get 'Cha |
| 3. Southwick |
| 4. Funky Women |
| 5. Shake It Baby |
| 6. Better Half |
| 7. Don't Waste This World Away |
| 8. I Remember Mr. Banks |
| 9. Mag-Poo |
| 10. Thank You For Letting Be Myself Again |
Product Description
1-Macco 2-Got To Get 'Cha 3-Southwick 4-Funky Women 5-Shake It Baby 6-Better Half 7-Don't Waste This World Away 8-I Remember Mr. Banks 9-Mag-Poo 10-Thank You For Letting Be Myself Again
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Awesome, just awesome. I'm utterly in love with this record. In fact, everyone I play it to falls for it as well. Everyone should buy a copy of this, 'Who Is This America' by Antibalas and 'Ain't No Doubt About It' by Graham Central Station. Then you will have your groove on, my friends.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
James WHO??
This is one Dang fine and Funky Album. and Proves a certain lead singer took more songwriting credit that was maybe due to him!??
MACEO and his Kings Men don't miss a beat.
The FUNK permeates.The Groove Bumps and Slides and YOU WOBBLE Baby.
And Smile coz You Know You COOL NOW.
This album makes me want to go out and buy books on their True History. Hear the real stories behind their evolution.
and Buy more MACEO
Aside from that. The Music is as the Music does.Gets the FUNK ON! Some great songs between the grooves too for you to singalong if y'all be wantin'. So add it to your CD collection Now.
Seriously glad i did.
(unlike those Funkadelic CD's i been buying...What WERE those guys on???.... oh yeh! mmmmm..yuh)
RESPECT to MACEO and all the KINGS MEN for Doing Their Own Thang.
This is one Dang fine and Funky Album. and Proves a certain lead singer took more songwriting credit that was maybe due to him!??
MACEO and his Kings Men don't miss a beat.
The FUNK permeates.The Groove Bumps and Slides and YOU WOBBLE Baby.
And Smile coz You Know You COOL NOW.
This album makes me want to go out and buy books on their True History. Hear the real stories behind their evolution.
and Buy more MACEO
Aside from that. The Music is as the Music does.Gets the FUNK ON! Some great songs between the grooves too for you to singalong if y'all be wantin'. So add it to your CD collection Now.
Seriously glad i did.
(unlike those Funkadelic CD's i been buying...What WERE those guys on???.... oh yeh! mmmmm..yuh)
RESPECT to MACEO and all the KINGS MEN for Doing Their Own Thang.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Doin' JB's Thing !
16 Feb 2008
Format:Audio CD
In 1970, when JB's band WALKED (later to come back), Maceo formed his own group carrying on the JB group, but with himself at the helm... In my opinion the group and production is sometimes a bit tighter than the PEOPLE recordings with JB at the helm (even more imaginative at times) though the absence of JB's groans and grunts and direction are definitely missing... that said the rhythm section no doubt is as tight as tight gets, I think a noticable difference is that the horns are a lot more together, while the rhythm section maybe a bit (just a bit) looser (more relaxed?) than on the JB recordings... still tight and sticky in the Tower of Power sense of the word... however, a bit Jazzy too.
All in all this great in and out of print recording is well worth having... Today Maceo stands on his own as a leader, but back then he was definitely JB's ever faithful sideman... and this album is one of the first times the serious question was ever asked... could Maceo make it on his own without JB? (In answer to the question, All The King's Men would eventually fall apart and he'd go back... Maceo would eventually join the P-Funk organization, but it wouldn't be until about 20 years that he was able to stand stage center and do his thing... the irony being that the entire roots of his sound of today can be heard on this album just as good and fresh.)
If you like this album be sure to read Fred Wesley's bio - - some great behind the scenes stories about the whole sound, era and experience !
p.s. In an effort at variety, Maceo tries to sing a ballad on this album... let's just say, leave the ballads to Bootsy, Maceo... and stick to blowing the funk... he got you on that one!
All in all this great in and out of print recording is well worth having... Today Maceo stands on his own as a leader, but back then he was definitely JB's ever faithful sideman... and this album is one of the first times the serious question was ever asked... could Maceo make it on his own without JB? (In answer to the question, All The King's Men would eventually fall apart and he'd go back... Maceo would eventually join the P-Funk organization, but it wouldn't be until about 20 years that he was able to stand stage center and do his thing... the irony being that the entire roots of his sound of today can be heard on this album just as good and fresh.)
If you like this album be sure to read Fred Wesley's bio - - some great behind the scenes stories about the whole sound, era and experience !
p.s. In an effort at variety, Maceo tries to sing a ballad on this album... let's just say, leave the ballads to Bootsy, Maceo... and stick to blowing the funk... he got you on that one!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The Funkiest Of All Time
4 July 2010
Format:Audio CD
I love funk music, especially anything having to do with James Brown. This album is the funkiest album of all time! It is so greasy that you could fry bacon off it. I heard that JB himself was so jealous that he payed DJs not to play it! Bernard Odum and Melvin Parker are one of the baddest rhythm sections ever. This record is a must own.
Dynamite album!
7 May 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Well, this was a surprise! Where was this jewel of an album hidden all these years? Rumor has it (according to a label manager that's quoted in the liner notes) that James Brown himself paid radio stations NOT to play songs from this album when it was released in 1970. Whether that's the case or not, this sure is funky stuff! But it's not all straight JB funk, but a mix of soul, funk, and jazz, not unlike the music that Tower of Power was also playing in the 1970s. With Maceo involved, you of course get that wicked sax playing, plus a barrage of trumpets and sax from other members of "the King's Men." A vibrant instrumental brew, no doubt, but even the vocal cuts on here I thought were very good. Hey, all singers can't sound as smooth as Al Green or Marvin Gaye, but I think Maceo and the other guy that sings one track do a credible job. It's all about the soul, and these guys have buckets full of it. This is a dynamite album that 70s funk and soul fans should definitely check out.
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