Try Me (single version, mono)

Name: Try Me
Duration: 2 min 32 s

~ Recording by James Brown and His Famous Flames

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#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.9	Try Me	2:28	James Brown and His Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please (mono)	James Brown and His Famous Flames	Album	US1958-12	King Records (AMERICAN label, 1943-75, Cincinnati)	610
1.8	Try Me	2:36	James Brown	Prisoner of Love	James Brown	Album	US1963-09	King Records (AMERICAN label, 1943-75, Cincinnati)	813
1.9	Try Me	2:28	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please (stereo)	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album	US1964	King Records (AMERICAN label, 1943-75, Cincinnati)	KS-12-909
1.9	Try Me	2:28	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please (mono)	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album	US1964	King Records (AMERICAN label, 1943-75, Cincinnati)	K-12-909
1.6	Try Me (I Need You) (mono)	2:35	James Brown & The Famous Flames	The CD of JB: Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics (made in West Germany)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1985	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	825 714-2
1.6	Try Me (I Need You) (mono)	2:35	James Brown & The Famous Flames	The CD of JB: Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics (Made in USA)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1985	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	825 714-2
1.9	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Solid Gold Soul 1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1990	Time–Life Music	R838-21
1.3	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Star Time	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1991-05-07	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	849 108-2
1.10	Try Me	2:30	James Brown	20 All Time Greatest Hits!	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1991-10-22	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	314 511 326-2
1.10	Try Me	2:30	James Brown	20 All‐Time Greatest Hits! (club edition)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	CA1991-10-22	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	314 511 326-2, P2 11326
1.10	Try Me	2:30	James Brown	20 All‐Time Greatest Hits!	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	314 511 326-2
1.10	Try Me	2:30	James Brown	20 All‐Time Greatest Hits! (club edition)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)	314 511 326-2, D 101342
1.3	Try Me (I Need You)	2:31	James Brown	James Brown 1956-1976	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	841300-2
1.3	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Star Time (CA release)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	CA1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	849 108-2
1.3	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Star Time (Club Edition)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)	849 108-2, D 217004
1.3	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Star Time (Special pre-release copy)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation), PolyGram	SACD 331
1.6	Try Me (I Need You) (mono)	2:35	James Brown & The Famous Flames	The CD of JB	James Brown	Album + Compilation	ES1991	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	RCD029-2
1.4	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	Bound by Honor	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	US1993-05-04	Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group)
1.2	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Funky President: Very Best of James Brown, Volume 2	James Brown	Album + Compilation	JP1993-12-01	Polydor (Japanese domestic artists only, prior to 2023)	POCP-2288
1.9	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	Art Laboe’s Dedicated to You, Vol. 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1993	Original Sound
1.2	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	Cold Sweat - Best (Remastered)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Vereinigte Motor‐Verlage GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as an imprint!), Phono Music Zounds (German label releasing digitally remastered “Best Of CDs” within the ZOUNDS Best Of series)	27200576 B
1.2	Try Me	2:34	James Brown	The Soul Machine	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE1995	Back Biter	BB 61087
1.9	Try Me	2:36	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please Please Please	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album	US1996-06-30	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	31453 1016-2
1.2	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1996-10-08	PolyGram	31453 34009-2
1.2	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	JB40 James Brown 40th Anniversary Collection	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1996	PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)	535 888-2
1.6	Try Me (I Need You)	2:32	James Brown	The Very Best of James Brown	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE1997	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	555 189-2
1.10	Try Me	2:34	James Brown	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US1999-07-20	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	314 547 719-2
1.2	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Funky President: Very Best of James Brown, Volume 2	James Brown	Album + Compilation	GB1999-10-01	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	519 854-2
1.7	Try Me	2:35	James Brown	Ballads	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2000	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	314 549 079-2
1.8	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Gold: Greatest Hits	James Brown	Album + Compilation	ES2000	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	0731452485427
1.6	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Out of Sight! The Very Best of James Brown	James Brown	Album + Compilation	GB2002	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	589279-2
1.2	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	The 50th Anniversary Collection	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2003-09-16	UTV Records	B0001125-02
1.2	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	The 50th Anniversary Collection	James Brown	Album + Compilation	JP2003	UTV Records	UICY-91047/8
1.2	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Gold: Greatest Hits	James Brown	Album + Compilation	-2004-06-01	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	0249820281
1.2	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Gold	James Brown	Album + Compilation	GB2005	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	0602498325841
2.1	Try Me (single version / mono)	2:32	James Brown	The Singles Vol. 1: 1956–1960 The Federal Years	James Brown	Album + Compilation	XW2006-09-26	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
2.1	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	The Singles, Volume 1: The Federal Years: 1956-1960	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2006-09-26	Hip‐O Select	B0007029-02
1.1	Try Me	2:31	James Brown and the Famous Flames	Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2006	Bear Family Records	BCD 16714 AS
2.2	Try Me	2:29	James Brown & The Famous Flames	The Soul Story, Volume 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2006	Time–Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets	21108-2, B0006543-02
1.3	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Number 1’s	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE2007-03-27	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.3	Try Me (single version)	2:32	James Brown	Number 1’s	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2007-03-27	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.3	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Number 1’s	James Brown	Album + Compilation	CA2007-03-27	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.2	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	Gold	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2007-06-05	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	B0008913-02
1.18	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	The Singles, Volume 3: 1964-1965	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2007-08-07	Hip‐O Select	B0008804-02
1.10	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Classic James Brown	James Brown	Album + Compilation	AU2007	Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using)	9843783
3.14	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Les 50 plus belles chansons	James Brown	Album + Compilation	FR2007	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	530 1038
1.1	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Soul Brother No. 1	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2008	Starbucks Entertainment	B0009440-02
1.2	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	James Brown (Playlist Plus)	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE2009-03-10	Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation), Polydor (British label, see annotation)	06007 531 66901
1.1	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Roots of Soul	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2009-06-01	Not Now Music	NOT2CD307
1.16	Try Me	2:36	James Brown	Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1958: Rhythm & Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2009	Hit Parade Records	12308
2.8	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Please Please Please / Try Me!	James Brown	Album + Compilation	GB2010-02-25	Not Now Music	NOT2CD334
1.9	Try Me	2:36	James Brown	Please Please Please / Try Me!	James Brown	Album + Compilation	GB2010-02-25	Not Now Music	NOT2CD334
1.2	Try Me	2:32	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album	-2012-05-18	Weton (Dutch label; from January 2009 Weton-Wesgram was shortened)	LATA271
1.9	Try Me	2:30	James Brown	5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Rare and Live Tracks	James Brown	Album + Compilation	GB2013	Real Gone (UK budget label active 2010–2015, issued mainly compilations of public domain music)	RGMCD014
1.10	Try Me (single version, mono)	2:30	James Brown	20 All Time Greatest Hits!	James Brown	Album + Compilation	US2014-07-22	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
3.14	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	The 50 Greatest Songs	James Brown	Album + Compilation	-2015-11-14	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.1	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Black Collection: James Brown	James Brown	Album + Compilation	ES2015	Brisa S.L.	CDB 1619
2.1	Try Me	2:33	James Brown & The Famous Flames	The Roots of Revolution: The Complete Federal Singles 1956-1960	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album + Compilation	GB2016	Southern Routes Records	SR-3001
1.2	Try Me (single version / mono)	2:31	James Brown	Gold	James Brown	Album + Compilation	-2018-08-31	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.18	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	The Singles Vol. 3: 1964-1965	James Brown	Album + Compilation	XW2018-12-14	Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.9	Try Me	2:28	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please (red vinyl)	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album	XE2019	WaxTime	950662
1.8	Try Me	2:36	James Brown	Prisoner of Love	James Brown	Album	IT2020-10-23	Ermitage	VNL 18756
1.5	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Billboard Top R&B Hits: 1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation
1.10	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	Collection	James Brown	Album + Compilation
1.18	Try Me	2:33	James Brown	James Brown Super Selection	James Brown	Album + Compilation	JP-	Echo Industry Co., Ltd.	EVC-311
1.9	Try Me (single)	2:34	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Album	XW-	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	[none]
1.9	Try Me	2:32	James Brown	Rhythm & Blues: 1959	Various Artists	Album + Compilation
1.15	Try Me (I Need You)	2:31	James Brown	Stand by Me: 22 Original Soul Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE-	Yesterdays Gold	CD YDG 74609
Promotion
1.6	Try Me (I Need You) (mono)	2:35	James Brown & The Famous Flames	The CD of JB: Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics	James Brown	Album + Compilation	DE1985	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	825 714-2
1.11	Try Me!	2:33	James Brown	Dance the Blues	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2018-06-26	Mojo (magazine)	August 2018
Bootleg
2.20	Try Me	2:30	James Brown	Greatest Hits	James Brown	Album + Compilation	RU2009	Star Mark (Russian bootleg production)
(unknown)
1.9	Try Me	2:31	James Brown	Art Laboe’s Dedicated to You, Vol. 02	Various Artists	Album + Compilation
1.6	Try Me (I Need You) (mono)	2:35	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics - the CD of JB	James Brown	Album + Compilation	CA-

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recorded in:	New York, New York, United States (on 1958-09-18)

producer:	Andy Gibson (trumpet, arranger, composer)
alto saxophone:	George Dorsey (on 1958-09-18)
bass:	Carl Pruitt (Double bass player) (on 1958-09-18)
drums (drum set):	David Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1958-09-18)
guitar:	Kenny Burrell (on 1958-09-18)
piano:	Ernest Hayes (American pianist, organist and arranger) (on 1958-09-18)
tenor saxophone:	Clifford Scott (on 1958-09-18)
background vocals:	J.W. Archer (on 1958-09-18) Bill Hollings (on 1958-09-18) Louis Madison (on 1958-09-18) Johnny Terry (bass vocals, member of James Brown & The Famous Flames) (on 1958-09-18)
lead vocals:	James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1958-09-18)
performer:	James Brown & The Famous Flames (on 1958-09-18)

recorded at:	Beltone Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-09-18)

recording of:	Try Me (on 1958-09-18)

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lyricist and composer:	James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)

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