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The J.B.'s - Funky Good Time: The Anthology (1995)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Introduction & Doing It To Death Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 12:36
  2. The Grunt (Parts 1 & 2) 3:32
  3. My Brother (Parts 1 & 2) 5:39
  4. Pass The Peas 3:30
  5. Gimme Some More 3:07
  6. J.B. Shout Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 2:49
  7. Blessed Blackness 3:47
  8. Hot Pants Road 2:45
  9. Givin' Up Food For Funk (Parts 1 & 2) 5:48
  10. Honky Tonk (Part 1) The James Brown Soul Train 3:06
  11. Dirty Harri Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 3:12
  12. Watermelon Man Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 3:36
  13. Parrty (Parts 1 & 2) Maceo And The Macks 5:54
  14. You Can Have Watergate Just Give Me Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 3:32
  15. More Peas Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 13:46
CD2
  1. Gimme Some More 4:00
  2. Same Beat (Parts 1, 2 & 3) Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 7:47
  3. If You Don't Get It The First Time,Back Up And Try It Again Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 3:34
  4. Damn Right I Am Somebody Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 6:27
  5. I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin' Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 9:29
  6. Soul Power Maceo And The Macks 4:11
  7. Keep On Bumpin' Before You Give Out Of Gas The Last Word 3:34
  8. Breakin' Bread Fred & The New J.B.'s 4:22
  9. Rockin' Funky Watergate Fred & The New J.B.'s 4:35
  10. Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) Maceo And The Macks 3:19
  11. All Aboard The Soul Funky Train 4:31
  12. (It's Not The Express) It's The J.B.'s Monaurail 8:16
  13. Future Shock (Dance Your Pants Off) Maceo 4:04
  14. Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time (Part 1) The J.B.'s With James Brown 5:52

Notes

The J.B.'s recorded under various billings in the early '70s, including the J.B.'s, Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s, Maceo & the Macks, the First Family, the Last Word, and others. This double CD gathers 30 of the prime tracks by all of the above configurations from the first half of the '70s, including all nine of their chart hits and quite a few rare singles and long versions. Often, James Brown himself chips in with incidental vocals (though this is mostly instrumental) and keyboards. The two-and-a-half hour program can start to sound monotonous if taken all at once, but it's prime, often riveting funk, jammed with lockstep grooves that vary between basic R&B vamps and imaginative, almost jazzy improvisation.