One of the greatest live soul albums ever recorded! Through the gospel-passionate fury of his vocals and the complex polyrhythms of his beats, the legendary James Brown became one of the most important figures in the transformation of rhythm & blues into soul music. Live at the Apollo is famous as the best concert recording of Brown's raucous showmanship!

Recorded in the fall of 1962 at the venerable Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, the recording captured James Brown & The Famous Flames when they were still an underground phenomenon.