Live at the Apollo

this may be the greatest live album ever recorded: from the breathless buildup of the spoken intro through sweat-soaked early hits such as “Try Me” and “Think” into 11 minutes of the raw ballad “Lost Someone.” It climaxes with a frenzied nine-song medley, and ends with “Night Train.” James Brown’s label wasn’t interested in a live album, but Apollo charted for 66 weeks.