Pure Dynamite! Live At The Royal - High Energy Concert Performance for Home Entertainment & Party Music

PURE DYNAMITE! LIVE AT THE ROYAL was released in 1964 as KING K-883 with a gatefold cover that included photos and a biography. The first of six (!) albums released that year, it was preceded by 1963's PRISONER OF LOVE, and followed by his first release on Smash Records, SHOWTIME. It reached #10 on the Billboard album charts in the U.S., and also released in Canada, England and Japan, where it's been reissued four times over the years on CD.. When Polydor reissued it they kept the "883" code number. In England it was released on the Stateside label. Most of the album was recorded live except for "Oh Baby Don't You Weep," which was originally a two-part single, here it's the whole take with overdubbed applause. All of the material performed here charted except for "I'm Tired But I'm Clean" a comedy routine featuring Bobby Bennett. The original release info and chart positions follow the song titles. The sound quality is what you expect for a live recording by a regional label in 1963, but it's not bad if you crank it up. A 2007 Japanese mini-LP replica CD reproduced the gatefold jacket of the original release, the straight CD release booklets do not. Here's the tune stack......1. Intro 0:332. Shout And Shimmy 1:34 (KING-5657-A 6/6/62, #16 R&B, #61 Pop)3. I'm Tired But I'm Clean 2:114. These Foolish Things 2:50 (KING-5767-A 6/28/63, #25 R&B, #55 Pop)5. Signed Sealed And Delivered 2:58 (KING-5803-A 9/13/63, #77 Pop)6. Like A Baby 2:49 (KING-5710-A 1/4/63, #24 R&B)7. I'll Never Let You Go 2:12 (KING-5524-B)8. Please, Please, Please 3:57 (FEDERAL-12258-A 3/3/56, #5 R&B, #105 Pop)9. Oh Baby Don't You Weep 6:57 (KING-5842-A&B 12/16/63, #23 Pop)10. Good, Good Lovin' 2:40 (FEDERAL-12361-A)Recorded November 1963 at The Royal Theater, Baltimore, MDProduced by James Brown and Sydney NathanJames Brown - lead vocalsThe Famous Flames - background vocals:Bobby Byrd (baritone/bass)Bobby Bennett (1st tenor)Eugene "Baby Lloyd" Stallworth (2nd tenor)The James Brown Bandmusicians on Track 9:James Brown - pianoLes Buie - guitarSam Thomas - bassSam Latham - drumsSt. Clair Pickney - tenor sax