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James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was A Time - The Funkadoobian
James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was A Time - The Funkadoobian
James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was A Time - The Funkadoobian
James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was A Time - The Funkadoobian

James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was A Time

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Product Details
  • Artist James Brown & The Famous Flames
  • Title I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) / There Was A Time
  • Label King Records (3)
  • Catalogue No 45-6144
  • Format 7''
  • Genre Funk Soul
  • Media Condition Very Good Plus (VG+)
  • Sleeve Condition Generic
Description

Year Released: 1967
Genre: Funk / Soul

Description:

Released on King Records in 1967, “I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)” marked another bold step in James Brown’s rhythmic revolution. Stripped to its essentials, the groove hinges on syncopated bass, clipped guitar, and Brown’s ecstatic vocal interplay with the Famous Flames. The performance is both erotic and ecstatic — an exploration of physical and musical tension that became a prototype for funk’s minimal precision.

The B-side, “There Was a Time,” is a live-feeling dance-floor anthem, with Brown calling out moves to the band and crowd over an unstoppable groove. Together, the two sides embody Brown’s late-’60s showmanship — raw, relentless, and rhythmically hypnotic.