Soul Pride

"Soul Pride (Part 1)"
Single by James Brown
from the album The Popcorn
B-side"Soul Pride (Part 2)"
ReleasedMarch 1969 (1969-03)[1][2]
RecordedAugust 26, 1968 (1968-08-26)[1][2]
VenueDallas Memorial Auditorium[1][2]
GenreFunk
Length
  • 2:10 (Part 1)
  • 2:10 (Part 2)
LabelKing
6222
K-12733
Songwriters
ProducerJames Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"
(1969)
"Soul Pride (Part 1)"
(1969)
"I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) (Part 1)"
(1969)
Audio video
"Soul Pride (Parts 1 And 2)" on YouTube

"Soul Pride" is an instrumental written by James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis and recorded by James Brown with his band. Released as a two-part single in March of 1969, it charted #33 R&B and #117 Pop.[1][2] A stereo version of the track later appeared on The Popcorn album in August of 1969.

The song was first recorded during a session at Vox Studios on August 7, 1968[1] but this would go unreleased and what would become the single was recorded after a concert in Dallas at the empty Dallas Memorial Auditorium on the 26th.[2] The live performance that preceded this recording was released on the album Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 in 1998 and featured a previously unheard performance of the song during the show.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Leeds, Alan (October 2007). The Singles, Volume 5: 1967–1969 (published February 29, 2008). pp. 17 & 22.
  2. ^ a b c d e Leeds, Alan; Weinger, Harry (1990). Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-1969. p. 19.