THE NEW DAPPS (The J.B.s) - Rare UNISSUED TEST Record - King 6271 - JAMES BROWN
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From the archive of noted James Brown historian, Alan Leeds. This is a super rare - only known surviving copy - test record of the UNISSUED King 6271 by The New Dapps, a/k/a The Blackenizers before they became James Brown's J.B.'s a year later! Known around Cincinnati in the late 1960's as The Pacemakers, they became the new house band for James Brown Productions.......replacing The Dapps. James Brown toyed with calling them The Blacknizers but eventually settled on the less interesting New Dapps when this record was tested for potential release in the late summer of 1969. For unknown reasons this release was cancelled before it was pressed.Recorded July 2, 1969, the personnel is Clayton "Chicken" Gunnels:trumpet, Robert "Chopper" McCollough:tenor sax; Phelps "Catfish" Collins:guitar; Bootsy Collins:bass and Tiger Martin:drums. Of course in March, 1970, all but Martin were drafted into James Brown's Band, The J.B.'s. Martin joined them less than a year later.
Test pressings were only distributed to King Records and James Brown Productions execs thus pressed in very small numbers. Few survived as most were eventually scrapped so they can be considered very rare.Plain yellow label.......release number and artist credit hand written in blue ink on one side.
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