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Arthur Smith Studios
Studio in Charlotte, NC
August 16, 1966
Recording
Duration
Notes & Personnel
Don't Be A Dropout [Single Version]
by
James Brown
3:44
Recording done
Bernard Odum
(
Bass
)
Bobby Byrd
(
Background Vocals
)
Grace Ruffin
(
Background Vocals
)
James Brown
(
Arrangements
,
Lead Vocals
,
Producer
)
Jimmy Nolen
(
Guitar
)
Joe Dupars
(
Trumpet
)
John Starks
(
Drums
)
Levi Rasbury
(
Trumpet
)
Margie Clark
(
Background Vocals
)
Martha High
(
Background Vocals
)
St. Clair Pinckney
(
Baritone Saxophone
)
Vicki Anderson
(
Background Vocals
)
Waymond Reed
(
Trumpet
)
Don't Be A Dropout
by
James Brown
4:32
Recording done
Alfred Ellis
(
Tenor Saxophone
)
Alphonso Kellum
(
Guitar
)
Bernard Odum
(
Bass
)
Bobby Byrd
(
Background Vocals
,
Organ
)
Eldee Williams
(
Tenor Saxophone
)
James Brown
(
Lead Vocals
,
Producer
)
Jimmy Nolen
(
Guitar
)
Joe Dupars
(
Trumpet
)
John Starks
(
Drums
)
Levi Rasbury
(
Trombone
)
Margie Clark?
(
Background Vocals
)
Martha Harvin?
(
Background Vocals
)
Nat Jones
(
Alto Saxophone
)
Ron Harper
(
Trumpet
)
Sandra Bears?
(
Background Vocals
)
St. Clair Pinckney
(
Baritone Saxophone
)
Vicki Anderson
(
Background Vocals
)
Waymond Reed
(
Trumpet
)
Nobody Knows
by
James Brown
3:23
Recording done
Alfred Ellis
(
Tenor Saxophone
)
Bernard Odum
(
Bass
)
Eldee Williams
(
Tenor Saxophone
)
James Brown
(
Arrangements
,
Lead Vocals
,
Producer
)
Jimmy Nolen
(
Guitar
)
Joe Dupars
(
Trumpet
)
John Starks
(
Drums
)
Levi Rasbury
(
Valve Trombone
)
Nat Jones
(
Organ
)
St. Clair Pinckney
(
Baritone Saxophone
)
Waymond Reed
(
Trumpet
)