Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968
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Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968 is a concert film starring James Brown. Recorded at the Boston Garden by WGBH-TV the night after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., it was broadcast live in an effort to quell potential riots in the city. The recording circulated as a bootleg before it was officially released on DVD by Shout! Factory in 2008 as part of the box set I Got the Feelin': James Brown in the '60s.{{cite web|url=http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/175194|title=Shout! Factory|access-date=30 June 2016}} It received a stand-alone release in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/175003|title=Shout! Factory|access-date=30 June 2016}}
The concert was the subject of the 2008 PBS/VH-1 documentary The Night James Brown Saved Boston, directed by David Leaf and a chapter of Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas.
Songs
- "That's Life"
- "Kansas City"
- Medley: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"/"Lost Someone"/"Bewildered"
- "Get It Together"
- "There Was a Time"
- "I Got the Feelin'"
- "Try Me"
- Medley: "Cold Sweat"/"Ride the Pony"/"Cold Sweat"
- "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
- "Please, Please, Please"
- "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)"
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-brown-calms-boston-following-the-king-assassination James Brown 1968 concert in Boston] – at History.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20160510034009/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-brown-calms-boston-following-the-king-assassination? Archive]
- [http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D1FCF2E687FC4BB6A871B9C400B38044 James Brown 1968 concert in Boston] – at WGBH.org [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615144247/http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D1FCF2E687FC4BB6A871B9C400B38044 Archive]
- [http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013/04/05/the-night-james-brown-saved-boston-martin-luther-king James Brown 1968 concert in Boston] – at TheCurrent.org [https://web.archive.org/web/20151227041733/http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2013/04/05/the-night-james-brown-saved-boston-martin-luther-king Archive]
- [http://www.okayplayer.com/news/james-brown-boston-garden-concert-1968-mlk-assassination.html James Brown 1968 concert in Boston] – at okayplayer.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20170308025933/http://www.okayplayer.com/news/james-brown-boston-garden-concert-1968-mlk-assassination.html Archive]
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Category:1968 in Massachusetts
Category:American television films