The Collins brothers pushed Brown into the '70s, giving him a loose, unpredictable touch that was subtly yet dramatically different from the merciless grooves documented on The Singles, Vol. Their stint with the J.B.'s may have been brief, lasting just over a year, but it was legendary, producing the immortal singles 'Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine,' 'Super Bad,' 'Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved,' and 'Talking Loud and Saying Nothing,' all propelled forward by Bootsy's elastic, rubber-legged bass and Catfish's skittering, complicated guitar.
The seventh installment in Hip-O Select's ongoing reissue campaign of James Brown's complete singles covers the years 1970-1972 - a pivotal period that found JB swapping out rebellious longtime bandmembers and bringing in bassist Bootsy Collins and his brother, guitarist Catfish.
