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J.B.'S
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Line-Up:

Bootsy Collins - bg
Fred Wesley - trombone
Maceo Parker - sax

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Food For Thought (in the UK "Pass The Peas")	6/1972	People
2.	Doing It To Death credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	7/1973	People			77
3.	Damn Right I Am Somebody credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	6/1974	People
4.	Breakin' Bread credited to: Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s	1975	People
5.	Hustle With Speed	8/1975	Polydor
6.	Givin' Up Food For Funk - The Best Of The JB's	1976	Polydor
7.	Jam II Disco Fever	1978
8.	Funky Good Time - Anthology	05.10.1998
9.	The Best Of The JB's	05.06.2000	Chronicles
10.	Bring The Funk On Down	12.02.2002	Instinct
11.	Blow for Me, A Toot for You credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	10.05.2005	Aim
12.	The Lost Album credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s feat Watermelon Man	20.01.2012	Polydor
13.	Same Beat credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	07.08.2015	Get On Down

Fred Wesley:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	House Party	1980
2.	New Friends	1990
3.	Comme Ci, Comme Ca	1991
4.	Swing & Be Funky	1993
5.	Wuda Cuda Shuda	09.09.2003	Hip Bop Essence
6.	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That & Swing 'n Jazz All-Stars	06.06.2006	Sons Of Sound
7.	Breakin' Bread & The New JB's	30.04.2007	P-Vine
8.	Funk For Your Ass: A Tribute To The Godfather Of Soul & Jabo Starks & Clyde Stubblefield & Bootsy Collins	09.06.2008	Columbia
9.	Say Blow by Blow Backwards & The Horny Horns	26.08.2008	Collectables
10.	The Lost Album	06.12.2011	Hip-O Select

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	These Are The J.B.'s / These Are The J.B.'s (part 2)	3/1971	Polydor
2.	My Brother / My Brother (part 2)	6/1971	People
3.	Grunt / Grunt (part 2)	8/1971	Mojo
4.	Gimme Some More / The Rabbit Got The Sun	1/1972	People		67
5.	Pass The Peas / Hot Pants Road	5/1972	People		95
6.	Givin' Up Food For Funk / Givin' Up Food For Funk (part 2)	8/1972	People
7.	J.B. Shout / Back Stabbers credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	11/1972	People
8.	If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back It Up And Try Again / You Can Have Watergate, Just Give Me Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1/1973	People
9.	Watermelon Man / Alone Again credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	2/1973	People
10.	Dirty Harry / Sportin' Life credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	4/1973	People
11.	Doing It To Death / Everybody Got Soul & The J.B.'s) (Fred Wesley)	5/1973	People		21
12.	Same Beat Pt. 1, 2 & 3 credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1/1974	People
13.	Rockin' Funky Watergate / Rockin' Funky Watergate (part 2) credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	9/1974	People
14.	Funky Music Is My Style credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1/1975	People
15.	Breakin' Bread / Funky Music Is My Style credited to: Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s	1/1975	People
16.	Damn Right I'm Somebody / (part 2) credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1975	People
17.	Little Boy Black / Rockin' Funky Watergate (part 2) credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1975	People
18.	Rice And Ribs / Making Love credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1975	People
19.	(It's Not The Express) It's The JB's Monorail / (part 2) credited to: Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s	6/1975	People
20.	Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself And Be Yours / (part 2) credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	1976	People
21.	All Aboard The Funky Soul Train / Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself And You Be Yourself	1976	People
22.	Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time	4/1976
23.	Blow Your Head credited to: Fred Wesley & The JB's	28.04.2003	Urban
24.	40th Anniversary Mix / Hot Pants (I'm Coming)	21.02.2005	JB
25.	Blues & Pants / Who's Making Love? & Lou Donaldson	02.05.2005	Strictly Break
26.	The Grunt / Pass The Peas / Same Beat (part 1, 2, 3) / Damn Right, I Am Somebody & Fred Wesley	16.04.2007	Urban
27.	House Party / Pass The Peas credited to: Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s	05.02.2011	RSO
28.	Same Beat	28.07.2015	Get On Down

Fred Wesley:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I Make Music / House Party	10/1980	RSO
2.	House Party / Tryin To Get Next To You / I Won The Big Deal (This Deal) (reissue)	28.08.2000	Curtom
3.	Four Play / We Came To Funk Ya & The Horney Horns, (reissue)	09.08.2004	Warner Bros
4.	Bite The Bit / Snake Hips Johnson / Smoke It (Exclusive single version) / Rock Steady (Craig Charles Show Session) & The Preceptions	04.05.2009	Freestyle
5.	In The Air / Batash (Alwoojdi) & Shlomo Bar & The Apples	16.09.2010	Freestyle
6.	RSO House Party EP (House Party / It's Loving Time(Your Baby's Home) / Love Me, Love Me Now / (Baby) I Can't Get Over Losing You) & Linda Clifford & Curtis Mayfield & TTF, (reissue)	10.10.2013	RSO
7.	Episode One EP (Message / Blow Your Head) & Vicki Anderson	19.08.2015	Breaking Baaad

Various:

1972-76 Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
1975 Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s

Fred Wesley:

Compilation Appearances:

"Whole Lotta Lovin'" on charity compilation "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" (25.9.07, Vanguard, & Pee Wee Ellis & Maceo Parker)

appeared on the LP:

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Freaky Styley (1985, EMI)
Material: The Third Power (7/91, Axiom)
Gail Ann Dorsey: Rude Blue (1992, Island)
Monkey Business: Why Be In If You Could Be Out? (3/00, Sony Music/Bonton)
Monkey Business: Save The Robots (12/01, Sony Music/Bonton)