James Brown - Please, Please, Please (Full album 1958)

“Please Please Please” is the debut studio album by the Famous Flames under the billing "James Brown and His Famous Flames", featuring the first album of recordings during Brown's long career. It includes the group's first two hit singles, the title track and "Try Me" (R&B #1, Pop #48), along with all the non-charting singles and b-sides he had recorded up to the time of the album's release. The album was reissued in 2003 by Polydor on a Japanese 24-bit remastered import CD packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.

“Please, Please, Please” este albumul de studio de debut al trupei Famous Flames sub titulatura de “James Brown and His Famous Flames”, fiind primul album de inregistrari din timpul lungii cariere a lui James Brown. Include primele doua slagare single, unul cu titlul albumului si celalt “Try Me” (locul 1 la R&B, locul 48 la pop), impreuna cu celelalte single-uri neclasate si cu fata B pe care el a inregistrat-o pana la momentul lansarii albumului. Albumul a fost relansat in 2003 de catre Polydor pe un pachet CD de import japonez, pe 24-bit, cu o miniatura a copertii LP-ului.

List of tracks

Side 1

1."Please, Please, Please"                      2:47

2."Chonnie-On-Chon"                             2:13

3."Hold My Baby's Hand"                        2:14

4."I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On   2:35

5."Just Won't Do Right"                          2:37

6."Baby Cries Over the Ocean"              2:38

7."I Don't Know"                                      2:48

8."Tell Me What I Did Wrong"                 2:23

Side 2

1."Try Me"                                                2:33

2."That Dood It"                                       2:29

3."Begging, Begging"                             2:54

4."I Walked Alone"                                  2:43

5."No, No, No, No"                                  2:15

6."That's When I Lost My Heart”           2:52

7."Let's Make It"                                      2:27

8."Love or a Game"                                2:15

Personnel

Musicians

James Brown - lead vocals

The Famous Flames:

Bobby Byrd - background vocals

Johnny Terry - background vocals

Sylvester Keels - background vocals

Bill Hollings - background vocals

Louis Madison - background vocals

Nafloyd Scott – guitar

Additional personnel

Clifford Scott - tenor saxophone

Kenny Burrell - guitar

Edwyn Conley - bass

George Dorsey - alto saxophone

John Faire - guitar

David "Panama" Francis - drums

Reginald Hall - drums

Ernie Hayes - piano

Clarence Mack - bass

Carl Pruitt - bass

Wilbert Smith - tenor saxophone

Ray Felder - tenor saxophone

Edison Gore - drums

Alvin "Fats" Gonder - piano

Eddie Freeman - guitar