James Brown Live at the Apollo – a classic report from the vaults

It's 50 years this week since one of the great albums of all time was recorded. Here's a piece from 2003 on how it was made, in our latest visit to Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music writing"Are you ready for Star Time?" exclaimed MC Lucas "Fats" Gonder from the stage of Harlem's Apollo on 24 October, 1962. The eager crowd of 1,500 yelled affirmatively and Fats launched into his now epochal introduction:"Thank you and thank you very kindly. It's indeed a great pleasur...

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