Grits & Soul

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Grits & Soul was James Brown's eighth album, released in August 1964 by Smash Records. He does not sing on it but plays organ, because that was how he got around his contractual obligations to King Records. On the tracks the name Ted Wright appears as composer, a pseudonym of his own.

It is an instrumental album with a line-up of musicians from Kinston, North Carolina. Nat Jones plays alto saxophone and wrote the arrangements, Melvin Parker plays drums and Robert Knight trumpet. The album also contains the first known recording of Maceo Parker, here still on baritone saxophone. In 1965 the record spent ten weeks on the Billboard chart and reached number 124.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Grits4:01Apple Music ↗
2. 2Tempted3:10Apple Music ↗
3. 3There3:31Apple Music ↗
4. 4After You're Through3:05Apple Music ↗
5. 5Devil's Hideaway5:13Apple Music ↗
6. 6Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?4:46Apple Music ↗
7. 7Infatuation4:28Apple Music ↗
8. 8Wee Wee2:35Apple Music ↗
9. 9Mister Hip4:35Apple Music ↗
10. 10Headache2:23Apple Music ↗

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