James Brown's original soundtrack album for the 1973 Blaxploitation film classic Black Caesar is re-released by Polydor with faithfully replicated artwork. The album also features The J.B.'s and Lyn Collins. Black Caesar is a Harlem-based gangster drama written and directed by Larry Cohen with actors Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D'Urville Martin and Julius Harris. The original score was James Brown's first attempt to write music for the screen and has since been recognized as one of Brown's better late works. Black Caesar's soundtrack also includes the single "Down And Out In New York City" arranged by J. B.'s band director Fred Wesley. For the release of this album, Brown began calling himself "The Godfather of Soul", a nickname that has been exactly what the world has known him as ever since.
