Elemental Music proudly presents a reissue of a long out of print title from the extensive James Brown discography: his 1979 album The Original Disco Man. This masterpiece set the pace to a more Disco oriented sound in Mr. Brown s career, and marked the first time the Godfather of Soul entirely delegated the production of one of their albums in favor of an external producer. At the request of Polydor, the chosen man for the job was Brad Shapiro, a deep soul producer who worked out of Muscle Shoals, utilizing the famous studio and band. Before working with James Brown, he had produced albums by such greats as Wilson Pickett, Betty Wright and Millie Jackson. Shapiro wrote the bulk of the music for the LP with Muscle Shoals keyboardist Randy McCormick, and cut the background music at the famous Alabama studio. James recorded his vocals later in Nashville. The resulting album was one of Brown s strongest in a long time, featuring such luminaries as bassist David Hood, and drummer Roger Hawkins.
