In the Jungle Groove

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Name = In the Jungle Groove
Type = Compilation album
Artist = James Brown


Released = 1986
Recorded = 3 September 1969 - July 12 1971
King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio
Criteria, Miami, Florida
Bobby Smith Studios, Macon, Georgia
A & R Studios, New York, New York
Genre = Funk
Length = 63:17
71:12 (2003 reissue)
Label = Polydor
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*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uys9kext7q7q link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jamesbrown/albums/album/289953/review/6211331/in_the_jungle_groove link]
*PopMatters (favorable) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/b/brownjames-inthejunglegroove.shtml link]
*Pitchfork Media Rating|8.6|10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15702/James_Brown_In_the_Jungle_Groove link]
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"In the Jungle Groove" is a compilation album by James Brown. Released by Polydor Records in 1986 to capitalize on the popularity of Brown's music in hip hop circles, it included the first ever album release of the much-sampled 1969 single "Funky Drummer" along with a selection of previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions, and remixes. A similar follow-up compilation, "Motherlode", was released in 1988.

The album's title is taken from a song Brown recorded in the studio in August 1970. The full recording of the song "In the Jungle Groove" remains unissued; however, on the album its introduction is appended to the beginning of "I Got to Move," another previously unreleased song recorded at the same session.

A remastered and expanded 2003 reissue of "In the Jungle Groove" added a bonus track, an extended version of "Blind Man Can See It" from the "Black Caesar" soundtrack album, as well as studio chatter at the beginning of several songs.

Track listing

#"It's a New Day" (Brown) – 6:15
#"Funky Drummer" (Brown) – 9:13
#"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (Remix)" (Charles Bobbit) – 6:09
#"I Got to Move" (Brown) – 7:12
#"Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)" (Brown) – 2:54
#"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing (Remix)" (Brown, Bobby Byrd) – 7:40
#"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved (Mono)" (Brown, Byrd, Lenhoff) – 7:05
#"Soul Power (Re-edit) (Mono)" (Brown) - 8:07
#"Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)" (Brown) – 8:42
#"Blind Man Can See It (Extended)" (Brown) - 7:19 "(2003 reissue only)"