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‘The Godfather of Soul.’ ‘The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.’ ‘Mr. Dynamite.’ ‘Soul Brother Number One.’ For more than 50 years, these and other honorifics have described American music icon James Brown.

GET ON UP: The James Brown Story – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features studio and standout live versions of many of Brown’s top soul/funk hits- from his first, 1956’s ‘Please Please Please’ to ‘Out Of Sight,’ ‘I Got You (I Feel Good),’ ‘Try Me,’ ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag,’ ‘It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World,’ and ‘Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine.’ Also included are two previously unreleased concert recordings heard in the new film that is in theaters nationwide on August 1. These live, spine-tingling performances of ‘Please Please Please’ and ‘It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World’ were recorded at the historic Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida on April 23, 1966.

In 1986, James Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a charter member. A multiple GRAMMY® Award winner, Brown was honored with the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, and in 2003 he received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73.