Track listing
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Original 1988 release
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Side A
"There It Is " (Live) – 3:06
"She's the One" – 2:52
"Since You Been Gone" (Duet with Bobby Byrd) – 5:33
"Untitled Instrumental" – 3:22
"Say It Loud (Say It Live)" – 4:52
"Can I Get Some Help" – 4:56
Side B
"You Got to Have a Mother for Me" – 5:10
"Funk Bomb" (Instrumental) – 4:12
"Baby Here I Come" – 4:27
"People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" (Remix) – 9:04
Original 1988 CD bonus track
11. "I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance) " (Remix) – 7:27
Expanded 2003 release
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Personnel
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Vocals – James Brown (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 13)
Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone – Maceo Parker (tracks: 2, 5 to 10)
Bass – "Sweet" Charles Sherrell (tracks: 2, 5 to 7, 9), William "Bootsy" Collins (tracks: 3 and 4), Fred Thomas (tracks: 1, 10, 11)
Drums – Clyde Stubblefield (tracks: 3 to 5, 8, 12), John "Jabo" Starks (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9, 11), Melvin Parker (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 13), Nate Jones (track: 7), John Morgan (track: 10)
Guitar – Alfonzo Kellum (tracks: 2, 5 to 9), Hearlon "Cheese" Martin (tracks: 1, 4, 11), Jimmy Nolen (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 10, 12 to 13), Phelps "Catfish" Collins (tracks: 3 and 4)
Percussion – Johnny Griggs (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 10)
Tenor saxophone – Eldee Williams (tracks: 2, 5, 9)
Tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone – St. Clair Pinckney (tracks: 1, 4 to 11)
Trombone – Fred Wesley (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 7, 9 to 11)
Trumpet – Jerone Jasaan Sanford (tracks: 1, 4, 11), Joseph Davis (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9), Richard Griffith (tracks: 2, 5 to 7, 9)
References
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^ Elias, Jason. "Motherlode – James Brown" . Allmusic . Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
^ Christgau, Robert (March 14, 1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide" . The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
^ Wolk, Douglas (November 16, 2010). "James Brown, Motherlode" . eMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
^ "Review: Motherlode" . Q . London: 146. August 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
^ Considine, J. D. ; et al. (November 2, 2004). Brackett, Nathan ; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster . pp. 109 , 112. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved April 29, 2013 . motherlode.
^ "Robert Christgau: The Genius: James Brown" .
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