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Stax '68: A Memphis Story

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of a pivotal year for Stax Records and for American history: 1968. This period immediately follows the untimely passing of Otis Redding; it’s the year that Stax parted ways with Atlantic Records, and it’s also when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. This five-disc CD box set compiles every single (A- and B- sides) released on Stax and its subsidiary labels in ’68 – over 120 iconic songs from era-defining artists, including Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, William Bell, Booker T. And The M.G.’s, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas and more.
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TRACK LISTING
- DISC ONE:
- 1. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
- 2. Otis Redding - Sweet Lorene
- 3. Sam & Dave - I Thank You
- 4. Sam & Dave - Wrap It Up
- 5. The Memphis Nomads - Don't Pass Your Judgement
- 6. The Memphis Nomads - I Wanna Be (Your Lover & Your Honey)
- 7. Shirley Walton - I Was Born To Love You
- 8. Shirley Walton - I'm So Glad You're Back
- 9. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Lovey Dovey
- 10. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - New Year's Resolution
- 11. Ollie & The Nightingales - I Got A Sure Thing
- 12. Ollie & The Nightingales - Girl, You Have My Heart Singing
- 13. Eddie Floyd - Big Bird
- 14. Eddie Floyd - Holding On With Both Hands
- 15. Bar-Kays - A Hard Day's Night
- 16. Bar-Kays - I Want Someone
- 17. Johnnie Taylor - Next Time
- 18. Johnnie Taylor - Sundown
- 19. William Bell - Every Man Oughta Have A Woman
- 20. William Bell - Tribute To A King
- 21. Mable John - Able Mable
- 22. Mable John - Don't Get Caught
- 23. Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train
- 24. Rufus Thomas - I Think I Made A Boo Boo
- 25. Jeanne & The Darlings - What Will Later On Be Like
- 26. Jeanne & The Darlings - Hang Me Now
- DISC TWO:
- 1. Derek Martin - Soul Power
- 2. Derek Martin - Sly Girl
- 3. Linda Lyndell - Bring Your Love Back To Me
- 4. Linda Lyndell - Here I Am
- 5. Carla Thomas - A Dime A Dozen
- 6. Carla Thomas - I Want You Back
- 7. Kangaroo's - Groovy Day
- 8. Kangaroo's - Every Man Needs A Woman
- 9. Isaac Hayes - Precious Precious
- 10. Isaac Hayes - Going To Chicago Blues
- 11. The Mad Lads - Whatever Hurts You
- 12. The Mad Lads - No Time Is Better Than Now
- 13. Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
- 14. Otis Redding - Open The Door
- 15. Albert King - (I Love) Lucy
- 16. Albert King - You're Gonna Need Me
- 17. Johnnie Taylor - I Ain't Particular
- 18. Johnnie Taylor - Where There's Smoke There's Fire
- 19. Eddie Henderson Quintet - Georgy Girl
- 20. Eddie Henderson Quintet - A Million Or More Times
- 21. Shirley Walton - Send Peace And Harmony Home
- 22. Shirley Walton - The One You Can't Have All By Yourself
- DISC THREE:
- 1. Booker T. & The MG's - Soul Limbo
- 2. Booker T. & The MG's - Heads Or Tails
- 3. Eddie Floyd - I Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
- 4. Eddie Floyd - I'm Just The Kind Of Fool
- 5. Delaney & Bonnie - It’s Been A Long Time Coming
- 6. Delaney & Bonnie - We Just Been Feeling Bad
- 7. Linda Lyndell - What A Man
- 8. Linda Lyndell - I Don’t Know
- 9. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Broadway Freeze
- 10. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - I Can't Cry No More
- 11. Johnny Daye - Stay Baby Stay
- 12. Johnny Daye - I Love Love
- 13. Bobby Whitlock - Raspberry Rug
- 14. Bobby Whitlock - And I Love You
- 15. Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number
- 16. Judy Clay And William Bell - Love-Eye-Tis
- 17. Jimmy Hughes - I Like Everything About You
- 18. Jimmy Hughes - What Side Of The Door
- 19. The Delrays - Lollipop Lady
- 20. The Delrays - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
- 21. Lindell Hill - Remone
- 22. Lindell Hill - Used To Be Love
- 23. The Aardvarks - Subconscious Train Of Thought
- 24. The Aardvarks - Unicorn Man
- 25. Fresh Air - Somebody Stole My Gal
- 26. Fresh Air - Somebody Stole My Gal (Instrumental)
- 27. Judy Clay - Bed Of Roses
- 28. Judy Clay - Remove These Clouds
- 29. The Staple Singers - Long Walk To D.C.
- DISC FOUR:
- 1. Staple Singers - Stay With Us
- 2. The Soul Children - Give 'Em Love
- 3. The Soul Children - Move Over
- 4. Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love
- 5. Johnnie Taylor - I'm Trying
- 6. Rufus Thomas - Funky Mississippi
- 7. Rufus Thomas - So Hard To Get Along With
- 8. Carla Thomas - Where Do I Go
- 9. Carla Thomas - I've Fallen In Love
- 10. The Mad Lads - So Nice
- 11. The Mad Lads - Make Room
- 12. Charmells - Lovin' Feeling
- 13. Charmells - Sea Shell
- 14. Jeanne & The Darlings - It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)
- 15. Jeanne & The Darlings - I Like What You're Doing To Me
- 16. Southwest F. O. B. - Smell Of Incense
- 17. Southwest F. O. B. - Green Skies
- 18. The Village Sound - Sally's Got A Good Thing
- 19. The Village Sound - The La La Song
- 20. Eddie Floyd - Bring It On Home To Me
- 21. Eddie Floyd - Sweet Things You Do
- 22. Booker T. & The MG's - Hang 'Em High
- 23. Booker T. & The MG's - Over Easy
- 24. Ollie & The Nightingales - You're Leaving Me
- 25. Ollie & The Nightingales - Showered With Love
- 26. The Pop Corn Generation - Kitchy Kitchy Koo
- 27. The Pop Corn Generation - Shake It
- 28. Bar-Kays - Copy Kat
- 29. Bar-Kays - In The Hole
- DISC FIVE:
- 1. Dino & Doc - Mighty Cold Winter
- 2. Dino & Doc - A Woman Can't Do (What A Man Do)
- 3. William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
- 4. William Bell - Bring The Curtain Down
- 5. The Goodees - Condition Red
- 6. The Goodees - Didn't Know Love Was So Good
- 7. Mable John - Running Out
- 8. Mable John - Shouldn't I Love Him
- 9. Billy Lee Riley - Family Portrait
- 10. Billy Lee Riley - Going Back To Memphis
- 11. Judy Clay And William Bell - My Baby Specializes
- 12. Judy Clay And William Bell - Left Over Love
- 13. The Soul Children - I'll Understand
- 14. The Soul Children - Doing Our Thang
- 15. The Staple Singers - The Ghetto
- 16. The Staple Singers - Got To Be Some Changes Made
- 17. Albert King - Blues Power
- 18. Albert King - Night Stomp
- 19. The Epsilons - The Echo
- 20. The Epsilons - Really Rockin
- 21. Rufus Thomas - Funky Way
- 22. Rufus Thomas - I Want To Hold You
- 23. The Generation - The Children Have Your Tongue
- 24. The Generation - Give Her What She Wants
- 25. Daaron Lee - Who's Making Love
- 26. Daaron Lee - Long Black Train
- 27. Johnnie Taylor - Take Care Of Your Homework
- 28. Johnnie Taylor - Hold On This Time