Soul on Top is James Brown at his most unexpected and electrifying — a bold collaboration with arranger Oliver Nelson and the Louie Bellson Orchestra, recorded at the height of Brown’s creative powers. Blending big‑band jazz, soul fire, and funk phrasing, the album reimagines standards, ballads, and Brown originals with swaggering horn charts and orchestral swing.
This 2023 worldwide 180g gatefold reissue from the Verve By Request series restores the album with renewed warmth and clarity, presenting one of Brown’s most adventurous and musically sophisticated projects in a premium audiophile pressing.
Track Listing
Side A
That’s My Desire
Your Cheating Heart
What Kind of Fool Am I
It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
The Man in the Glass
Side B
It’s Magic
September Song
For Once in My Life
Every Day I Have the Blues
I Need Your Key (To Turn Me On)
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
Features
2023 180g gatefold reissue
Part of the Verve By Request series
Big‑band jazz arrangements conducted by Oliver Nelson
Louie Bellson Orchestra backing
Mix of standards, soul classics, and Brown originals
Information
Artist: James Brown with Oliver Nelson conducting the Louie Bellson Orchestra
Title: Soul on Top
Label: Verve Records – B0036053‑01 / KS 1100; UMe – B0036053‑01
Series: Verve By Request
Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180g
Country: Worldwide
Release Date: 13 January 2023
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Big Band, Soul, Funk
- Artist James Brown
- Record Label Verve
- Occasion Birthday
- Case Type Cardboard Sleeve
- Fidelity Level High-Fidelity
- Inlay Condition Mint (M)
- Colour Clear
- Format Record
- Record Grading Mint (M)
- Unit Type Unit
- Release Year 2023
- Style 1970s, Disco Funk, soul
- Features 180-220 gram, Coloured Vinyl, Compilation, Remastered, Sealed
- Performer Orchestra /
- Unit Quantity 1
- Number of Audio Channels Stereo
- Catalogue Number B0036053-01
- Speed 33 RPM
- Composer /
- Release Title Soul on Top
- Edition Reissue
- Type LP
- Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
- Producer /
- Era 1970s
- Instrument Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar
- Conductor /
- Genre Funk, Soul
- Run Time Single
- Country of Origin United Kingdom
- EAN 602445991594
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