The Popcorn

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	The Popcorn Written-By – J. Brown*	2:55
A2	Why Am I Treated So Bad Written-By – Joe Zawinul	6:05
A3	In The Middle (Part 1) Written-By – A. Ellis*, B. Hobgood*	3:05
A4	In The Middle (Part 2) Written-By – A. Ellis*, B. Hobgood*	3:00
B1	Soul Pride (Part 1) Written-By – A. Ellis*, J. Brown*	2:15
B2	Soul Pride (Part 2) Written-By – A. Ellis*, J. Brown*	2:15
B3	A New Shift Written-By – A. Ellis*	3:37
B4	Sudsy Written-By – A. Ellis*, J. Brown*	4:45
B5	The Chicken Written-By – A. Ellis*	4:10
B6	The Chase Written-By – B. Hobgood*, J. Brown*	1:30

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Golo
• Published By – Zawinul
• Distributed By – Starday-King Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

• Arranged By, Composed By, Music Director – Alfred Ellis
• Conductor, Leader, Organ, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Directed By – James Brown
• Cover – Dan Quest Studios*
• Engineer [Audio] – Dave Harrison, Ron Lenhoff
• Mastered By – RG
• Photography By – Mahew Studios
• Producer – James Brown
• Sleeve Notes – Hal Neely
• Supervised By [Prod. Mgr.] – Bud Hobgood

Notes

This version can be identified by its orange and black colored labels. There is another version with blue labels.

Title printed on the front and back covers: "JAMES BROWN directs and dances with the James Brown Band THE POPCORN".
Title printed on the spine: "JAMES BROWN DIRECTS THE POPCORN with the JAMES BROWN BAND".
Title printed on the labels: "JAMES BROWN PLAYS & DIRECTS THE POPCORN JAMES BROWN".

Printed on the labels: "Playable On STEREO or MONO".

The tracklist printed on the labels contain several typographic errors. For example, on tracks A2 and A3, the version numbers and the parentheses are separated by an additional space, e.g., "(Part 1 )". By contrast, on tracks B1 and B2, the parentheses and the track titles are not separated by a space, e.g., "Soul Pride(Part 1)".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): KSD-1055-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): KSD-1055-B
• Matrix / Runout (Var#1, Runout area side A [hand-etched]): T1 KS-LP-1055-A-1 RG
• Matrix / Runout (Var#1, Runout area side B [hand-etched]): T KS-LP-1055-B -1 RG
• Matrix / Runout (Var#2, Runout area side A [hand-etched]): KS-1055-A
• Matrix / Runout (Var#2, Runout area side B [hand-etched]): KS-1055-B
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
KSD 1055, ST-92051	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band - The Popcorn ‎(LP, Album, Blu)	King Records , King Records	KSD 1055, ST-92051	US	1969
KSD 1055, KSD-1055	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band - The Popcorn ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Polydor, Polydor	KSD 1055, KSD-1055	US	Unknown
UICY-93287	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band - The Popcorn ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, Min)	Polydor	UICY-93287	Japan	2007
11 84 319	James Brown Interpreta Y Dirige The James Brown Band	James Brown Interpreta Y Dirige The James Brown Band - The Popcorn ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	11 84 319	Spain	1970
782 093	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band	James Brown Directs And Dances With The The James Brown Band - The Popcorn ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RM)	LMLR	782 093	France	2014

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