{"id":625,"date":"2013-06-01T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T11:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veryfunkyrecords.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2013-12-06T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T14:41:56","slug":"james-brown-dont-stop-the-funk-astrolabio-discotheque-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.veryfunkyrecords.com\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"James Brown – Don’t Stop The Funk (Astrolabio Discotheque) 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"

The God Father of Soul still doing it in 1980. \u00a0Love this song and a possible tagline for ‘VFR’? \u00a0For the generations who have yet to discover James Brown I’m sure they will find it as thrilling and exciting experience as I have.<\/p>\n

A huge back catalogue of records that has seen James Brown become widely recognised as the most sampled artist in the history of recorded music. \u00a0I discovered ‘Don’t Stop The Funk’ in 2007, released two years before I was born I was convinced it was new and astonished to find it’s \u00a01980 release date. \u00a0As with so much of Brown’s material it still sounds as fresh now as the day it was first played.<\/p>\n

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James Brown – The Godfather of Soul<\/p><\/div>\n

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James Brown facts<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0James Brown was incarcerated in Dec 1988. \u00a0He was arrested for driving under the influence of PCP. \u00a0He had been released on bail \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0for the same charge, the day before!<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0While is prison James brown was surprised to find that many of the inmates didn’t know who he was, although in an ironic twist Brown heard numerous samples of his earlier work played by the very same prisoners in a new form of music. \u00a0Hip Hop brought James Brown to a wider and younger audience at just the right point leading critics to re-evaluate his earlier work and help pries him from an all time career low.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0‘Sex Machine’ was released in 1970 – 43 years ago.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0James Brown had 44 gold records and released 68 Albums in his lifetime.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0In 1968 the IRS claimed James Brown owed 4.5 Million in back taxes.<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0James Brown had a bad reputation as a women beater. \u00a0Often induced by excessive use of alcohol and \u00a0drugs.<\/p>\n

6. On April 5th 1968 the day after Martin Luther King Jnr was assassinated James Brown’s live performance was attributed to the lack of violence and rioting in the city of Boston Massachusetts particularly as the rest of America was experiencing wide spread unrest. \u00a0This really is a fascinating story read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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James Brown – Don’t Stop The Funk (Astrolabio Discotheque)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n