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The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959 - 1968 (1991)
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Length:  10:52:05
    Track Listing:
      Vol. 1:
      1.  
      		 Veltones - Fool In Love    1:59
      2.  
      		 Carla & Rufus - 'Cause I Love You    2:46
      3.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz    2:21
      4.  
      		 The Chips - You Make Me Feel So Good    2:14
      5.  
      		 Carla Thomas - A Love Of My Own    2:30
      6.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Last Night    2:39
      7.  
      		 Rufus & Friends - I Didn't Believe    2:12
      8.  
      		 Prince Conley - I'm Going Home    2:51
      9.  
      		 Carla Thomas - (Mama, Mama) Wish Me Good Luck    2:25
      10.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Morning After    2:15
      11.  
      		 Barbare Stephens - The Life I Live    2:26
      12.  
      		 Mar-Keys - About Noon    2:33
      13.  
      		 Triumphs - Burnt Biscuits    2:01
      14.  
      		 Carla Thomas - I Kinda Think He Does    2:38
      15.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Foxy    2:17
      16.  
      		 William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water    3:00
      17.  
      		 William Bell - Formula Of Love    2:08
      18.  
      		 Macy Skipper - Goofin' Off    3:01
      19.  
      		 Barbara Stephens - Wait A Minute    2:25
      20.  
      		 Nick Charles - Sunday Jealous    2:57
      21.  
      		 Barbara Stephens - That's The Way It Is With Me    2:27
      22.  
      		 The Tonettes - No Tears    2:34
      23.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Pop-Eye Stroll    2:46
      24.  
      		 Nick Charles - The Three Dogwoods    2:29
      25.  
      		 The Canes - Why Should I Suffer With The Blues    2:53
      26.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Whot's Happenin'!    2:30
      27.  
      		 The Del-Rios - Just Across The Street    2:23
      28.  
      		 The Del-Rios - There's A Love    2:20
      29.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Can't Ever Let You Go    2:34
      Vol. 2:
      1.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions    2:55
      2.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Behave Yourself    3:54
      3.  
      		 William Bell - Any Other Way    2:31
      4.  
      		 Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It Home To You    3:07
      5.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Sack-O-Woe    2:33
      6.  
      		 Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine    2:33
      7.  
      		 Tonettes - Teardrop Sea    2:31
      8.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - The Dog    2:37
      9.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Jelly Bread    2:33
      10.  
      		 William Bell - I Told You So    2:32
      11.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Bo-Time    2:45
      12.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Home Grown    3:15
      13.  
      		 Deanie Parker & The Valadors - My Imaginary Guy    2:43
      14.  
      		 William Bell - Just As I Thought    3:02
      15.  
      		 Carla Thomas - What A Fool I've Been    2:17
      16.  
      		 Eddie Kirk - The Hawg, Part One    2:53
      17.  
      		 Oscar Mack - Don't Be Afraid Of Love    2:33
      18.  
      		 Cheryl & Pam Johnson - That's My Guy    2:09
      19.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Chinese Checkers    2:29
      20.  
      		 William Bell - Somebody Mentioned Your Name    3:05
      21.  
      		 Bobby Marchan - What Can I Do    2:45
      22.  
      		 Otis Redding - That's What My Heart Needs    2:42
      23.  
      		 Astors - What Can It Be    2:19
      24.  
      		 Billy & The King Bees - Bango    2:19
      25.  
      		 Eddie Kirk - Them Bones    2:23
      26.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog    2:37
      27.  
      		 William Bell - I'll Show You    2:49
      Vol. 3:
      1.  
      		 Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart    2:24
      2.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz It's Christmas    2:47
      3.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Mo' Onions    2:35
      4.  
      		 Floyd Newman - Frog Stomp    2:14
      5.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog    2:28
      6.  
      		 Bobby Marchan - You Won't Do Right    2:34
      7.  
      		 The Drapels - Wondering (When My Love Is Coming Home)    2:18
      8.  
      		 Deanie Parker - Each Step I Take    2:51
      9.  
      		 The Van-Dells - The Honey Dripper    2:07
      10.  
      		 William Bell - Who Will It Be Tomorrow    2:25
      11.  
      		 Otis Redding - Come To Me    2:46
      12.  
      		 Otis Redding - Don't Leave Me This Way    2:58
      13.  
      		 Eddie Jefferson - I Don't Want You Anymore    3:00
      14.  
      		 The Cobras - Restless    2:26
      15.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Somebody Stole My Dog    2:40
      16.  
      		 Barbara & The Browns - Big Party    2:42
      17.  
      		 Rufus & Carla - That's Really Some Good    1:57
      18.  
      		 Rufus & Carla - Night Time Is The Right Time    2:40
      19.  
      		 Otis Redding - Security    2:37
      20.  
      		 Oscar Mack - Dream Girl    3:01
      21.  
      		 Dorothy Williams - Closer To My Baby    2:28
      22.  
      		 Carla Thomas - I've Got No Time To Lose    3:01
      23.  
      		 The Drapels - Young Man    2:35
      24.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Soul Dressing    3:00
      25.  
      		 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)    3:02
      26.  
      		 Ivory Joe Hunter - Can't Explain How It Happened    2:44
      27.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Bush Bash    2:32
      28.  
      		 The Fleets - Please Return To Me    2:35
      Vol. 4:
      1.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Jump Back    2:22
      2.  
      		 Otis Redding - Chained And Bound    2:41
      3.  
      		 Barbara & The Browns - In My Heart    2:52
      4.  
      		 Johnny Jenkins - Spunky    2:21
      5.  
      		 Wendy Rene - Bar B-Q    2:32
      6.  
      		 Mad Lads - The Sidewalk Surf    2:24
      7.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Can't Be Still    2:02
      8.  
      		 Carla Thomas - A Woman's Love    2:56
      9.  
      		 Baracudas - Yank Me (Doodle)    2:28
      10.  
      		 Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is    2:24
      11.  
      		 Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful    2:43
      12.  
      		 Del-Rays - Don't Let Her Be Your Baby    2:37
      13.  
      		 David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To    2:55
      14.  
      		 Barbara & The Browns - My Lover    2:23
      15.  
      		 The Admirals - Got You On My Mind    2:38
      16.  
      		 Carla Thomas - How Do You Quit (Someone You Love)    2:55
      17.  
      		 Gorgeous George - Biggest Fool In Town    2:48
      18.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Banana Juice    2:25
      19.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Little Sally Walker    2:29
      20.  
      		 Sam & Dave - A Place Nobody Can Find    2:57
      21.  
      		 Sam & Dave - Goodnight Baby    2:48
      22.  
      		 Booker & The MGs - Boot-Leg    2:06
      23.  
      		 Booker & The MGs - Outrage    2:38
      24.  
      		 Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)    2:55
      25.  
      		 Otis Redding - I'm Depending On You    2:30
      26.  
      		 Astors - Candy    3:02
      27.  
      		 Wendy Rene - Give You What I Got    2:49
      Vol. 5:
      1.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Stop! Look What You're Doin'    2:33
      2.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Willy Nilly    2:39
      3.  
      		 Mad Lads - Don't Have to Shop Around    2:55
      4.  
      		 William Bell - Crying All by Myself    2:43
      5.  
      		 Sam & Dave - I Take What I Want    2:33
      6.  
      		 Rufus & Carla - When You Move You Lose    2:50
      7.  
      		 Otis Redding - Respect    2:09
      8.  
      		 Premiers - Make It Me    2:48
      9.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - The World Is Round    2:29
      10.  
      		 Astors - In the Twilight Zone    2:45
      11.  
      		 Sir Isaac & The Do-Dads - Blue Groove    2:36
      12.  
      		 Sam & Dave - You Don't Know Like I Know    2:41
      13.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Grab This Thing (Part 1)    2:36
      14.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Be My Lady    2:38
      15.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Comfort Me    2:41
      16.  
      		 Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose    2:48
      17.  
      		 Otis Redding - Just One More Day    3:30
      18.  
      		 Mad Lads - I Want Someone    2:43
      19.  
      		 Rufus & Carla - Birds & Bees    2:26
      20.  
      		 Mar-Keys - Philly Dog    2:16
      21.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - I Had a Dream    3:05
      22.  
      		 Otis Redding - Satisfaction    2:46
      23.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - Things Get Better    2:25
      24.  
      		 Ruby Johnson - I'll Run Your Hurt Away    3:09
      25.  
      		 Four Shells - Hot Dog    2:10
      26.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Let Me Be Good to You    2:44
      27.  
      		 Sam & Dave - Hold On I'm Comin'    2:34
      Vol. 6:
      1.  
      		 Albert King - Laundromat Blues    3:09
      2.  
      		 Mad Lads - Sugar Sugar    2:31
      3.  
      		 William Bell - Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need)    2:51
      4.  
      		 William Bell - Marching Off To War    3:19
      5.  
      		 Otis Redding - My Prayer    3:11
      6.  
      		 Mable John - Your Good Thing (Is About To End)    2:58
      7.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - I Got To Love Some Body's Baby    2:55
      8.  
      		 Mad Lads - I Want A Girl    2:45
      9.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood    3:06
      10.  
      		 Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y    2:56
      11.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - My Sweet Potato    2:43
      12.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Booker Loo    2:29
      13.  
      		 Albert King - Oh, Pretty Baby    2:47
      14.  
      		 Sam & Dave - Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody    2:37
      15.  
      		 William Bell - Never Like This Before    3:02
      16.  
      		 Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)    2:43
      17.  
      		 Mad Lads - Patch My Heart    2:34
      18.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Sister's Got A Boyfriend    2:44
      19.  
      		 Ruby Johnson - Come To Me My Darling    2:54
      20.  
      		 Ruby Johnson - When My Love Comes Down    2:48
      21.  
      		 Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness    3:20
      22.  
      		 Albert King - Crosscut Saw    2:35
      23.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - Little Bluebird    2:57
      24.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - Toe Hold    2:40
      25.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Jingle Bells    2:37
      Vol. 7:
      1.  
      		 Sam & Dave - You Got Me Hummin'    2:50
      2.  
      		 Mable John - You're Taking Up Another Man's Place    2:54
      3.  
      		 Carla Thomas - All I Want For Christmas Is You    2:54
      4.  
      		 Charmels - Please Uncle Sam (Send Back My Man)    2:34
      5.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You)    2:34
      6.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - Raise Your Hand    2:28
      7.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)    3:12
      8.  
      		 Mad Lads - I Don't Want To Lose Your Love    2:21
      9.  
      		 Sam & Dave - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby    3:18
      10.  
      		 Bobby Wilson - Let Me Down Slow    2:11
      11.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Hip Hug-Her    2:26
      12.  
      		 William Bell - Everybody Loves A Winner    2:53
      13.  
      		 Sir Mack Rice - Mini-Skirt Minnie    2:34
      14.  
      		 Carla Thomas - When Tomorrow Comes    2:31
      15.  
      		 Eddie Purrell - The Spoiler    2:47
      16.  
      		 Otis Redding - I Love You More Than Words Can Say    2:56
      17.  
      		 Ruby Johnson - If I Ever Needed Love (I Sure Do Need It Now)    2:23
      18.  
      		 Mable John - Same Time Same Place    2:56
      19.  
      		 Otis & Carla - Tramp    3:02
      20.  
      		 Bar-Kays - Soul Finger    2:21
      21.  
      		 Bar-Kays - Knucklehead    2:27
      22.  
      		 Otis Redding - Shake    2:36
      23.  
      		 Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign    2:49
      24.  
      		 Sam & Dave - Soothe Me    3:00
      25.  
      		 Sam & Dave - I Can't Stand Up    2:43
      26.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - Don't Rock The Boat    2:02
      Vol. 8:
      1.  
      		 Mad Lads - My Inspiration    2:48
      2.  
      		 Sir Mack Rice - Love Sickness    2:26
      3.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Sophisticated Sissy    2:45
      4.  
      		 Carla Thomas - I'll Always Have Faith In You    2:55
      5.  
      		 Jeanne & The Darlings - How Can You Mistreat The One You Love    2:45
      6.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - Love Is Doggone Good Thing    2:27
      7.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Groovin'    2:44
      8.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Slim Jenkins Place    2:31
      9.  
      		 Otis Redding - Glory Of Love    2:41
      10.  
      		 Mable John - I'm A Big Girl Now    2:31
      11.  
      		 Mable John - Wait You Dog    2:12
      12.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - You Can't Get Away From It    2:49
      13.  
      		 William Bell - Eloise (Hang On In There)    2:45
      14.  
      		 Otis & Carla - Knock On Wood    2:52
      15.  
      		 C.L. Blast - I'm Glad To Do It    3:05
      16.  
      		 C.L. Blast - Double Up    2:03
      17.  
      		 Judy Clay - You Can't Run Away From Your Heart    2:56
      18.  
      		 Charmels - I'll Gladly Take You Back    2:38
      19.  
      		 Sam & Dave - Soul Man    2:40
      20.  
      		 Astors - Daddy Didn't Tell Me    2:36
      21.  
      		 Bar-Kays - Give Everybody Some    2:25
      22.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - On A Saturday Night    2:44
      23.  
      		 Mable John - Don't Hit Me No More    2:50
      24.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed    2:50
      25.  
      		 Booker T. & The MGs - Winter Snow    3:25
      26.  
      		 William Bell - Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday    2:38
      27.  
      		 Johnny Daye - What'll I Do For Satisfaction    2:59
      28.  
      		 Carla Thomas - Pick Up The Pieces    2:46
      Vol. 9:
      1.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - Down Ta My House    2:26
      2.  
      		 Charmels - As Long As I've Got You    2:40
      3.  
      		 Jeanne & The Darlings - Soul Girl    2:31
      4.  
      		 Albert King - Cold Feet    2:48
      5.  
      		 Sam & Dave - I Thank You    2:46
      6.  
      		 Sam & Dave - Wrap It Up    2:33
      7.  
      		 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay    2:41
      8.  
      		 Memphis Nomads - Don't Pass Your Judgement    2:07
      9.  
      		 Otis & Carla - Lovey Dovey    2:36
      10.  
      		 Ollie & The Nightingales - I Got A Sure Thing    2:39
      11.  
      		 Eddie Floyd - Big Bird    3:03
      12.  
      		 Bar-Kays - A Hard Day's Night    2:45
      13.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - Next Time    2:35
      14.  
      		 William Bell - A Tribute To A King    2:54
      15.  
      		 William Bell - Every Man Oughta Have A Woman    2:46
      16.  
      		 Mable John - Able Mable    2:42
      17.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train    2:34
      18.  
      		 Rufus Thomas - I Think I Made A Boo Boo    2:22
      19.  
      		 Jeanne & The Darlings - What Will Later On Be Like    2:49
      20.  
      		 Jeanne & The Darlings - Hang Me Now    2:21
      21.  
      		 Derek Martin - Soul Power    2:53
      22.  
      		 Linda Lyndell - Bring Your Love Back To Me    2:09
      23.  
      		 Carla Thomas - A Dime A Dozen    2:53
      24.  
      		 Mad Lads - Whatever Hurts You    3:02
      25.  
      		 Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum Dum)    2:44
      26.  
      		 Albert King - (I Love) Lucy    2:54
      27.  
      		 Johnnie Taylor - I Ain't Particular    2:27
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      VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 [BOX SET]
      # Audio CD (April 30, 1991)
      # Original Release Date: April 30, 1991
      # Number of Discs: 9
      # Format: Box set
      # Label: Atlantic / Wea


      Disc: 1

      1. Fool In Love - Veltones
      2. 'Cause I Love You - Carla & Rufus
      3. Gee Whiz - Carla Thomas
      4. You Make Me Feel So Good - The Chips
      5. A Love Of My Own - Carla Thomas
      6. Last Night - Mar-Keys
      7. I Didn't Believe - Rufus & Friend
      8. I'm Going Home - Prince Conley
      9. (Mama, Mama) Wish Me Good Luck - Carla Thomas
      10. Morning After - Mar-Keys
      11. The Life I Live - Barbara Stephens
      12. About Noon - Mar-Keys
      13. Burnt Biscuits - Triumphs
      14. I Kinda Think He Does - Carla Thomas
      15. Foxy - Mar-Keys
      16. You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bel
      17. Formula Of Love - William Bell
      18. Goofin' Off - Macy Skipper
      19. Wait A Minute - Barbara Stephens
      20. Sunday Jealous - Nick Charles
      21. That's The Way It Is With Me - Barbara Stephens
      22. No Tears - The Tonettes
      23. Pop-Eye Stroll - Mar-Keys
      24. The Three Dogwoods - Nick Charles
      25. Why Should I Suffer With The Blues - The Canes
      26. Whot's Happenin'! - Mar-Keys
      27. Just Across The Street - The Del-Rios
      28. There's A Love - The Del-Rios
      29. Can't Ever Let You Go - Rufus Thomas

      Disc: 2

      1. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MGs
      2. Behave Yourself - Booker T. & The MGs
      3. Any Other Way - William Bell
      4. I'll Bring It Home To You - Carla Thomas
      5. Sack-O-Woe - Mar-Keys
      6. These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding
      7. Teardrop Sea - The Tonettes
      8. The Dog - Rufus Thomas
      9. Jelly Bread - Booker T. & The MGs
      10. I Told You So - William Bell
      11. Bo-Time - Mar-Keys
      12. Home Grown - Booker T. & The MGs
      13. My Imaginary Guy - Deanie Parker & The Valadors
      14. Just As I Thought - William Bell
      15. What A Fool I've Been - Carla Thomas
      16. The Hawg, Part One - Eddie Kirk
      17. Don't Be Afraid Of Love - Oscar Mack
      18. That's My Guy - Cheryl & Pam Johnson
      19. Chinese Checkers - Booker T. & The MGs
      20. Somebody Mentioned Your Name - William Bell
      21. What Can I Do - Bobby Marchan
      22. That's What My Heart Needs - Otis Redding
      23. What Can It Be - The Astors
      24. Bango - Billy & The King Bees
      25. Them Bones - Eddie Kirk
      26. Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
      27. I'll Show You - William Bell

      Disc: 3

      1. Pain In My Heart - Otis Redding
      2. Gee Whiz It's Christmas - Carla Thomas
      3. Mo' Onions - Booker T. & The MGs
      4. Frog Stomp - Floyd Newman
      5. Can Your Monkey Do The Dog - Rufus Thomas
      6. You Won't Do Right - Bobby Marchan
      7. Wondering (When My Love Is Coming Home) - The Drapels
      8. Each Step I Take - Deanie Parker
      9. The Honey Dripper - The Van-Dells
      10. Who Will It Be Tomorrow - William Bell
      11. Come To Me - Otis Redding
      12. Don't Leave Me This Way - Otis Redding
      13. I Don't Want You Anymore - Eddie Jefferson
      14. Restless - The Cobras
      15. Somebody Stole My Dog - Rufus Thomas
      16. Big Party - Barbara & The Browns
      17. That's Really Some Good - Rufus & Carla
      18. Night Time Is The Right Time - Rufus & Carla
      19. Security - Otis Redding
      20. Dream Girl - Oscar Mack
      21. Closer To My Baby - Dorothy Williams
      22. I've Got No Time To Lose - Carla Thomas
      23. Young Man - The Drapels
      24. Soul Dressing - Booker T. & The MGs
      25. After Laughter (Comes Tears) - Wendy Rene
      26. Can't Explain How It Happened - Ivory Joe Hunter
      27. Bush Bash - Mar-Keys
      28. Please Return To Me - The Fleets

      Disc: 4

      1. Jump Back - Rufus Thomas
      2. Chained And Bound - Otis Redding
      3. In My Heart - Barbara & The Browns
      4. Spunky - Johnny Jenkins
      5. Bar B-Q - Wendy Rene
      6. The Sidewalk Surf - Mad Lads
      7. Can't Be Still - Booker T. & The MGs
      8. A Woman's Love - Carla Thomas
      9. Yank Me (Doodle) - Baracudas
      10. That's How Strong My Love Is - Otis Redding
      11. Mr. Pitiful - Otis Redding
      12. Don't Let Her Be Your Baby - Del-Rays
      13. Can't See You When I Want To - David Porter
      14. My Lover - Barbara & The Browns
      15. Got You On My Mind - The Admirals
      16. How Do You Quit (Someone You Love) - Carla Thomas
      17. Biggest Fool In Town - Gorgeous George
      18. Banana Juice - Mar-Keys
      19. Little Sally Walker - Rufus Thomas
      20. A Place Nobody Can Find - Sam & Dave
      21. Goodnight Baby - Sam & Dave
      22. Boot-Leg - Booker T. & The MGs
      23. Outrage - Booker T. & The MGs
      24. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Otis Redding
      25. I'm Depending On You - Otis Redding
      26. Candy - Astors
      27. Give You What I Got - Wendy Rene

      Disc: 5

      1. Stop! Look What You're Doin' - Carla Thomas
      2. Willy Nilly - Rufus Thomas
      3. Don't Have To Shop Around - Mad Lads
      4. Crying All By Myself - William Bell
      5. I Take What I Want - Sam & Dave
      6. When You Move You Lose - Rufus & Carla
      7. Respect - Otis Redding
      8. Make It Me - The Premiers
      9. The World Is Round - Rufus Thomas
      10. In The Twilight Zone - The Astors
      11. Blue Groove - Sir Isaac & The Do-Dads
      12. You Don't Know Like I Know - Sam & Dave
      13. Grab This Thing (Part 1) - The Mar-Keys
      14. Be My Lady - Booker T. & The MGs
      15. Comfort Me - Carla Thomas
      16. I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding
      17. Just One More Day - Otis Redding
      18. I Want Someone - The Mad Lads
      19. Birds & Bees - Rufus & Carla
      20. Philly Dog - The Mar-Keys
      21. I Had A Dream - Johnnie Taylor
      22. Satisfaction - Otis Redding
      23. Things Get Better - Eddie Floyd
      24. I'll Run Your Hurt Away - Ruby Johnson
      25. Hot Dog - Four Shells
      26. Let Me Good To You - Carla Thomas
      27. Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam and Dave

      Disc: 6

      1. Laundromat Blues - Albert King
      2. Sugar Sugar - Mad Lads
      3. Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need) - William Bell
      4. Marching Off To War - William Bell
      5. My Lover's Prayer - Otis Redding
      6. Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Mable John
      7. I Got to Love Somebody's Baby - Johnnie Taylor
      8. I Want A Girl - Mad Lads
      9. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
      10. B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
      11. My Sweet Potato - Booker T. & The MGs
      12. Booker Loo - Booker T. & The MGs
      13. Oh, Pretty Woman - Albert King
      14. Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody - Sam & Dave
      15. Never Like This Before - William Bell
      16. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding
      17. Patch My Heart - Mad Lads
      18. Sisters' Got A Boyfriend - Rufus Thomas
      19. Come To Me Darling - Ruby Johnson
      20. When My Love Comes Down - Ruby Johnson
      21. Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
      22. Crosscut Saw - Albert King
      23. Little Bluebird - Johnnie Taylor
      24. Toe Hold - Johnnie Taylor
      25. Jingle Bells - Booker T. & The MGs

      Disc: 7

      1. You Got Me Hummin' - Sam & Dave
      2. You're Taking Up Another Man's Place - Mable John
      3. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Carla Thomas
      4. Please Uncle Sam (Send Back My Man) - Charmels
      5. Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You) - Carla Thomas
      6. Raise Your Hand - Eddie Floyd
      7. Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) - Johnnie Taylor
      8. I Don't Want To Lose Your Love - Mad Lads
      9. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby - Sam & Dave
      10. Let Me Down Slow - Bobby Wilson
      11. Hip Hug - Her - Booker T. & The MGs
      12. Everybody Loves A Winner - William Bell
      13. Mini-Skirt Minnie - Sir Mack Rice
      14. When Tomorrow Comes - Carla Thomas
      15. The Spoiler - Eddie Purrell
      16. I Love You More Than Words Can Say - Otis Redding
      17. If I Ever Needed Love (I Sure Do Need It Now) - Ruby Johnson
      18. Same Time Same Place - Mable John
      19. Tramp - Otis & Carla
      20. Soul Finger - Bar-Kays
      21. Knuckelhead - Bar-Kays
      22. Shake - Otis Redding
      23. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
      24. Soothe Me - Sam & Dave
      25. I Can't Stand Up - Sam & Dave
      26. Don't Rock The Boat - Eddie Floyd

      Disc: 8

      1. My Inspiration - Mad Lads
      2. Love Sickness - Sir Mack Rice
      3. Sophisticated Sissy - Rufus Thomas
      4. I'll Always Have Faith In You - Carla Thomas
      5. How Can You Mistreat The One You Love - Jeanne & The Darlings
      6. Love Is Doggone Good Thing - Eddie Floyd
      7. Groovin' - Booker T. & The MGs
      8. Slim Jenkins Place - Booker T. & The MGs
      9. Glory Of Love - Otis Redding
      10. I'm A Big Girl Now - Mable John
      11. Wait You Dog - Mable John
      12. You Can't Get Away From It - Johnnie Taylor
      13. Eloise (Hang On In There) - William Bell
      14. Knock On Wood - Otis & Carla
      15. I'm Glad To Do It - C.L. Blast
      16. C.L. Blast/Double Up - C.L. Blast
      17. You Can't Run Away From Your Heart - Judy Clay
      18. I'll Gladly Take You Back - Charmels
      19. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
      20. Daddy Didn't Tell Me - Astors
      21. Give Everybody Some - Bar-Kays
      22. On A Saturday Night - Eddie Floyd
      23. Don't Hit Me No More - Mable John
      24. Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed - Johnnie Taylor
      25. Winter Snow - Booker T. & The MGs
      26. Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday - William Bell
      27. What'll I Do For Satisfaction - Johnny Daye
      28. Pick Up The Pieces - Carla Thomas

      Disc: 9

      1. Down Ta My House - Rufus Thomas
      2. As Long As I've Got You - Charmels
      3. Soul Girl - Jeanne & The Darlings
      4. Cold Feet - Albert King
      5. Wrap It Up - Sam & Dave
      6. Wrap It Up - Sam & Dave
      7. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
      8. Don't Pass Your Judgement - Memphis Nomads
      9. Lovey Dovey - Otis & Carla
      10. I Got A Sure Thing - Ollie & The Nightingales
      11. Big Bird - Eddie Floyd
      12. A Hard Day's Night - Bar-Kays
      13. Next Time - Johnnie Taylor
      14. A Tribute To A King - William Bell
      15. Every Man Ought To Have A Woman - William Bell
      16. Able Mable - Mable John
      17. The Memphis Train - Rufus Thomas
      18. I Think I Made A Boo Boo - Rufus Thomas
      19. What Will Later On Be Like - Jeanne & The Darlings
      20. Hang Me Now - Jeanne & The Darlings
      21. Soul Power - Derek Martin
      22. Bring Your Love Back To Me - Linda Lyndell
      23. A Dime A Dozen - Carla Thomas
      24. Whatever Hurts You - Mad Lads
      25. The Happy Song (Dum Dum) - Otis Redding
      26. (I Love) Lucy - Albert King
      27. I Ain't Particualar - Johnnie Taylor


      Review by Dave Marsh
      If you like good music, that sweet soul music, turn your spotlight on The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968. Spread over nine CDs, ''The Complete Stax/Volt'' is a warts-and-all tour of soul's Southern capital, the label that brought us the sensual poetry of Otis Redding's love ballads, the gospel-bred frenzy of Sam & Dave, the black rock & roll of Booker T. and the MGs, and the protofunk of the Bar-Kays' ''Soul Finger.''

      In the best of these earthy, churchy records, spiritual soul-searching is equated with sex. If that sounds like a good definition of what the rock & rollers of the '60s were after, you're not the first to make the connection. The Rolling Stones built ''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'' on the Stax/Volt model, using electric guitar to imitate the riffing horns of their Memphis models.

      Stax/Volt suited rockers better than the other leading black pop style of the day, Motown, because it was Motown's polar opposite. It was raw and rugged rather than slick and smooth, crafted by individualists rather than production teams, made to meet the needs and desires of the black community; it spread to the pop audience not by design, as Motown's did, but by accident.

      Or so it seems. ''The Complete Stax/Volt'' refutes the idea of Stax as an isolated little toiler purer than its big-city cousins. Wading through the derivative harmony groups and mediocre rock bands that dominate the first four volumes shows that Stax spent its early years (up to 1964) emulating more successful Northern counterparts -- not only Motown but black-based blues and R&B labels like Vee-Jay and Chess.

      The payoff on these first volumes comes with the early tracks by Otis Redding, the MGs, and, sometimes, Rufus Thomas, early Stax's most distinctively Southern performers. Thomas derived his act from Deep South medicine shows; Redding sounded as straight out of the Georgia woods as Carla Thomas (Rufus' daughter and Stax's leading female singer) claimed he was in their duet hit ''Tramp''; the MGs were the first urban soul band, a racially integrated combo that would have been unthinkable in the North, where there was far less direct contact between black and white.

      Early Stax made good records with other performers, but it made consistently great ones only when these men strutted their stuff, and above all, when Otis Redding stepped to the microphone. Otis wrote classic songs, had a genuine poetic gift, and was equally comfortable shouting or crooning. If Redding's range and timbre weren't spectacular, his sense of phrasing and timing remains unrivaled. His special magic, which shows even on his first Stax record, 1962's ''These Arms of Mine,'' was turning a vocal digression -- for example, that track's hummed and groaned ''Come on, come on, baby'' -- into the focal point of a song, a feat not for amateurs.

      Redding galvanized the Stax house band. Built around Booker T. and the MGs, keyboardist-arranger Isaac Hayes (long before he became a baaad movie actor), and the Mar-Key horns, the group's core was its powerful, subtle rhythm section: fluid bassist Donald ''Duck'' Dunn and immortal drummer Al Jackson. Jackson, who drove Memphis hits from early Otis to late Al Green, lagged impossibly far behind the beat to create the deepest imaginable pocket for the singer and lead instrumentalists. Fine as they always meshed, Jackson and his mates came together with a special purity of spirit and feeling whenever they played behind Otis, as they rose to the special challenge of playing with him.

      By 1965, Stax's major talents had forged an inimitable sound, a process aided by the emergence of Hayes and David Porter as a songwriting and production team to rival Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland. The cherry on top was the arrival of Sam & Dave.

      Working with Hayes and Porter, Sam Moore and Dave Prater crafted the best soul duets ever made, beginning with ''Hold On! I'm Comin','' which features perhaps the definitive Stax horn arrangement, and continuing through such classics as ''When Something Is Wrong With My Baby,'' ''Soul Man,'' and ''Wrap It Up.'' The ultimate tribute is that we know so many of their hits as hits by other artists -- the Blues Brothers (with ''Soul Man''), the Fabulous Thunderbirds (''Wrap It Up''), Bonnie Raitt (''I Thank You''). Yet nobody's ever come close to matching the originals: Moore -- whose shouting and testifying baritone, pushed to its upper limits, led the duo -- is among the greatest singers in rock and soul.

      After Sam & Dave, a host of soul talent -- including Albert King, Eddie Floyd, and Johnnie Taylor -- flowed into the label's studios the way rockabillies had poured into Sam Phillips' crosstown Sun studio a decade earlier. On ''The Complete Stax/Volt,'' this story plays itself out on volumes five through nine, a flood of heart-stopping R&B without a single bad track -- not one.

      Still -- while I'm glad to have discovered such gems as Ruby Johnson's scorched-lung 1966 rendition of ''I'll Run Your Hurt Away,'' how many people really want to hear every Stax single ever made? ''The Otis Redding Story,'' a three-CD compilation, and the double-disc Sam & Dave set, ''An Anthology of Sam & Dave: The Stax Years 1965-1968,'' from WEA Canada (available here only as an import) are more essential purchases. Besides, ''The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968'' isn't truly the complete Stax story: We never hear the post-'68 extensions of the Memphis sound that Isaac Hayes, in particular, extrapolated on albums like 1969's ''Hot Buttered Soul'' and 1971's ''Shaft.'' The omission symbolizes the historic distortion from which soul artists in general, and Stax/Volt performers in particular, have suffered: Soul historians, including those who assembled this set, treat soul as if it just fell apart and disappeared one day, when in fact it transmuted into the rhythm-music future in which we now live, into musical styles ranging from white rock to rap, and from funk to new jack swing.

      Such injustice takes nothing away from Stax's artistry, but it helps explain why so few are aware of this magnificent music. Now that the quality of singing has undeniably deteriorated, and our best balladeers are stuck with formulaic songs and subordinated to increasingly inflexible beats, Stax/Volt remains glorious for the supremacy of its singers and the astonishingly resilient rhythms that drove them. ''The Complete Stax/Volt'' is overkill. But it brings to Stax/Volt's artists some long-overdue r-e-s-p-e-c-t. B+



      Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

      At nine discs and 244 tracks, The Complete Stax-Volt Singles: 1959-1968 is far too exhaustive for casual fans, but that's not who the set is designed for -- it's made for the collector. Featuring every A-side the label released during those nine years, as well as several B-sides, the set is a definitive portrait of gritty, deep Southern soul. Many of the genre's major names -- Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Booker T. & the MG's, William Bell, Rufus Thomas, the Bar-Kays, Albert King -- plus many terrific one-shot wonders are showcased in terrific sound and augmented with an in-depth booklet. For any serious soul or rock collector, it's an essential set, since Stax-Volt was not only a musically revolutionary label, its roster was deep with talent, which means much of the music on this collection is first-rate. But if you only want the hits, you'll be better off with a smaller collection, since too much of this set will sound too similar, and sorting through the nine discs will be a monumental task if you only want to hear Otis, Rufus, Carla, and Sam & Dave.
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