Live in New York is a 1981 live double album by James Brown. It was recorded in 1980 at the Studio 54 nightclub. It includes two studio instrumentals, "Brown's Inferno" and "Bay Ridge Boogy", performed by the Bay Ridge Band.
In 1982 a single-LP abbreviation of Live in New Yorks contents was released under the title Mean on the Scene (Audio Fidelity/Phoenix). Since then the contents of the original double LP have been reissued repeatedly, usually with the studio instrumentals (and sometimes other tracks) omitted, under titles including At Studio 54 (1994, Charly) and Live in New York 1980''' (2009, Cleopatra).White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
A video recording of Brown's Studio 54 performance has received various releases, notably the 2008 DVD Double Dynamite'' (Charly). Unlike the album, these do not include the studio tracks or tracks 2 to 4 but have "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" placed in the order it was actually performed, after "Cold Sweat".
Track listing
Personnel
James Brown – lead vocals Martha High – background vocals Anne Beedling-McLeod – background vocals Hollie Farris – trumpet Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford – trumpet Joe Poff – alto saxophone St. Clair Pinckney – tenor saxophone Jimmy Nolen – guitar Ron Laster – guitar David Weston – bass "Sweet" Charles Sherrell – keyboards, music director Jerry Poindexter – keyboards Johnny Griggs – congas, cabasa Arthur Dickson – drums Danny Ray – M.C.
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