Stax 50th

Disc 1 1  Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) - Carla Thomas 2  Last Night - The Mar-Kays 3  You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell 4  Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's 5  Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas 6  I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Otis Redding 7  Candy - The Astors 8  Respect - Otis Redding 9  You Don't Know Like I Know - Sam & Dave 10  I Want Someone - The Mad Lads 11  Hold On! I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave 12  Let Me Be Good to You - Carla Thomas 13  Your Good Thing (Is About to End) - Mable John 14  Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd 15  B-a-B-Y - Carla Thomas 16  Tramp - Otis & Carla 17  Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays 18  Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King 19  Soul Man - Sam & Dave 20  (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding 21  I Got a Sure Thing - Ollie & The Nightengales 22  Soul Limbo - Booker T. & The MG's 23  I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd 24  What a Man - Linda Lyndell 25  Private Number - William Bell/Judy Clay 26  Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor 27  I Forgot to Be Your Lover - William Bell 28  I Like What You're Doing (To Me) - Carla Thomas Disc 2 1  Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MG's 2  So I Can Love You - The Emotions 3  Walk on By - Isaac Hayes 4  Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas 5  Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone - Johnnie Taylor 6  Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight 7  Never Can Say Goodbye - Isaac Hayes 8  Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics 9  Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers 10  Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes 11  Son of Shaft - The Bar-Kays 12  That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton 13  I've Been Lonely For So Long - Frederick Knight 14  Hearsay - Soul Children 15  In the Rain - The Dramatics 16  I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers 17  Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim 18  Dedicated to the One I Love - The Temprees 19  If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Singers 20  Cheaper to Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor 21  I'll Be the Other Woman - Soul Children 22  Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown

• Recording information: 1961 - 1974.
  
• For those daunted by the idea of wading through the multi-volume COMPLETE STAX/VOLT SINGLES series, this two-CD best-of celebrating the label's 50th anniversary is a much more manageable item. Featuring well-known milestones in the label's history, such as Booker T. & The MGs' "Green Onions," the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There," and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," and lesser-known gems like William Bell and Judy Clay's "Private Number," Frederick Knight's "I've Been Lonely for So Long," and Shirley Brown's "Woman to Woman," STAX 50TH is a well-chosen, informatively annotated overview of one of the 1960s and '70s' finest R&B labels.
  

Down Beat (p.76) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "50 songs that belong to one of the most prized vaults in the history of popular music."

Dirty Linen (p.63) - "This spectacular set manages to cram 50 amazing tracks onto two CDs. Everything you could possibly want is here..."

Living Blues (p.64) - "[A] good introduction to the vibrant southern soul sounds associated with Stax."

No Depression (p.74) - "The remastered sound is superb; one marvels at the clarity of Al Jackson's drums in 1969's 'Time Is Tight'."

Producer:	Cheryl Pawelski (Compilation); Rob Bowman (Compilation)
Format:	CD (2 Disc); Stereo
Country:	USA
Quantity Available:	133
UPC:	888072302037
Studio/Live:	Studio
Release Date:	13 March 2007