AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The legal feud over the estate of James Brown is stalling the release of the soul legend's final recordings, his longtime adviser said.

Brown cut an album in Los Angeles the summer before he died in December 2006, but the songs are part of a list of projects languishing because of courtroom battles over who should benefit from his legacy and music royalties, said attorney Buddy Dallas. There are also between 50 and 60 other previously recorded songs in vaults, Dallas said.

But Brown's fourth son, Daryl, who is lead guitarist for his father's backing band, the Soul Generals, says he is not aware of any recordings done in California in 2006. Brown and the Soul Generals were working on an album at a studio in Martinez outside of Augusta, but they only finished two songs before the singer died, his son said.

He did confirm that dozens of unreleased songs are stored in vaults and on master tapes at Brown's Beech Island, S.C., estate.

Daryl Brown is one of five heirs trying to have their father's will voided because they say his former advisers - including Dallas - used undue influence to get the singer to create charitable trusts from which the advisers would profit. The other advisers named in the Brown children's lawsuit are Alford Bradley and David Cannon.

Dallas quit as an estate trustee in November but now is trying to retract his resignation.

Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 of heart failure. He was 73.

Since his death, two women who were not named in his will have said paternity tests confirmed that Brown fathered them out of wedlock. They also have challenged the will, as has Brown's last partner, Tomi Rae Hynie. Hynie says she was Brown's fourth wife, but the trustees of Brown's estate have disputed that.

Dallas has denied the allegations and called attempts to void the will "an act of desperation."

Just how much money is involved in Brown's estate is unclear. In October, Forbes reported that Brown made an estimated $5 million in 2005 alone. But attorneys have said Brown's accounts do not have the money they expected.