Credits

Billy Butler: Guitar
Bobby Byrd: Organ, Piano
Fred Wesley: Trombone
James Brown: Drums, Producer, Organ, Piano, Vocals
Maceo Parker: Brass, MC, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Sam Fan Thomas: Bass
Dud Bascomb: Trumpet
Ernie Royal: Trumpet
Seldon Powell: Tenor Saxophone
Waymon Reed: Trumpet
Pee Wee Ellis: Alto Saxophone, Organ, Tenor Saxophone
Sam "The Man" Taylor: Tenor Saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney: Brass, Tenor Saxophone
Clyde Stubblefield: Drums
Jimmy Nolen: Guitar
Tim Drummond: Drums
Al "Brisco" Clark: Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
Haywood Henry: Brass
Robert Knight: Trumpet
Melvin Parker: Drums
Richard "Kush" Griffith: Trumpet
Alphonso "Country" Kellum: Guitar, Bass
Joseph Davis: Trumpet
Joseph M. Palmaccio: Mastering
Nat Jones: Alto Saxophone
Frank Henry: Baritone Saxophone
Ron Tooley: Trumpet
Roosevelt Paul Brown: Trumpet
Al Lucas: Bass
Alan Leeds: Compilation Producer, Photography, Liner Notes
Bernard Odum: Bass
Bobby Roach: Guitar
Charles Carr: Baritone Saxophone
Charles "Sweet" Sherell: Bass
Clarence Johnson: Trombone
Clayton Fillyau: Drums
Clifford MacMillan: Tenor Saxophone
David "Panama" Francis: Drums
Dicky Harris: Trombone
Eldee Williams: Tenor Saxophone
George Dorsey: Alto Saxophone
Harry Weinger: Compilation Producer, Liner Notes
Hubert Perry: Bass
Joe Dupars: Trumpet
John "Jabo" Starks: Drums
John Starks: Drums, Vocals
Johnny Grimes: Trumpet
Les Buie: Guitar
Levi Rasbury: Trumpet, Valve Trombone
Lewis Hamlin: Trumpet
Mack Johnson: Trumpet
Martha Harvin: Vocals
Nat Kendrick: Drums
Roscoe Patrick: Trumpet
Sam Lowe: Conductor, Arranger
Teddy Washington: Trumpet
Terri Tierney: Project Coordinator
Wallace Richardson: Guitar
Wilmer Milton: Trombone
Frank Driggs: Photo Source
Jimmy Robinson: Drums
Richard Bauer: Project Director
Al Corley: Alto Saxophone
Alfred Wellis: Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Art Bonanno: Package Design
Charles Stewart: Photography
J.C. Davis: Tenor Saxophone
Nate Jones: Drums
Walter Foster: Harmonica
Bill Levinson: Executive Producer
Alan Leeds Archives : Photo Source
Michael Del Rossi: Cover Image