Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal
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| Live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | November 1963 | |||
| Venue | Royal Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
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| Producer | James Brown, Gene Redd, Syd Nathan | |||
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Pure Dynamite! Live At The Royal is a 1964 live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames. Originally issued on King Records, it was the live follow-up to Brown's 1963 Live at the Apollo LP, and like that album, reached the Top 10 of the Billboard album charts, peaking at #10. It was recorded live at the Royal Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, a popular venue for R&B artists of the day. The album takes its title from Brown's most famous nickname at the time, "Mr. Dynamite".
Although most of Pure Dynamite! is live, it contains one non-live studio track, the extended-length song "Oh Baby, Don't You Weep", which was the group's then-current hit release. Dubbed-in crowd noise was added to simulate a live recording.
Pure Dynamite! features live versions of the singles Brown & The Flames had released since the Apollo LP. It opens with "Shout and Shimmy" (Billboard Pop #61, R&B #16) which features a comedy skit between James and Famous Flames member Bobby Bennett, and continues with the standard "These Foolish Things", (which was a charting single for the group the previous year; Billboard Pop #55, R&B #25), "Like a Baby", another charting standard (#24 R&B, also from '63), and "Signed, Sealed, And Delivered" (not the Stevie Wonder song; #77 Pop), also from '63. Side 1 closes with "I'll Never Never Let You Go", another song from the group's 1960 Think! LP. Side Two features Brown's signature hit, the million-selling "Please, Please, Please", the aforementioned "Oh Baby Don't You Weep" (#23 Pop), and closes with the group's 1959 regional hit single "Good Good Lovin'", all delivered to an enthusiastic audience response.
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