Stax Box Set
01/22/07
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(conqueroo) The 50th anniversary of the legendary soul label Stax Records will kick off with the release of a deluxe edition 50-song, 2-CD box set titled Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration. The most comprehensive Stax hits collection ever — featuring for the first time all major Stax hit singles — Stax 50 will formally inaugurate Concord Music’s re-launch of Stax. The set is packaged in a hardcover box with lenticular cover art of the famous snapping finger logo. Street date is set for March 13, 2007.
Stax 50 features hits from the Memphis label’s heyday of the 1960s and ‘70s, including the many legendary artists who jointly created the “Stax sound,” among them Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, The Dramatics, Little Milton, The Mar-Keys, Mel & Tim, Jean Knight, and The Emotions.DISC ONE 1. CARLA THOMAS – “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)”
2. THE MAR-KEYS – “Last Night”
3. WILLIAM BELL – “You Don't Miss Your Water”
4. BOOKER T. & THE MGs – “Green Onions”
5. RUFUS THOMAS – “Walking the Dog”
6. OTIS REDDING – “I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”
7. THE ASTORS – “Candy”
8. OTIS REDDING – “Respect”
9. SAM & DAVE – “You Don't Know Like I Know”
10. THE MAD LADS – “I Want Someone”
11. SAM & DAVE – “Hold On I'm Comin’”
12. CARLA THOMAS – “Let Me Be Good To You”
13. MABLE JOHN – “Your Good Thing (Is About To End)”
14. EDDIE FLOYD – “Knock on Wood”
15. CARLA THOMAS – “B-A-B-Y”
16. OTIS & CARLA – “Tramp”
17. THE BAR-KEYS – “Soul Finger”
18. ALBERT KING – “Born Under a Bad Sign”
19. SAM & DAVE – “Soul Man”
20. OTIS REDDING – “(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay”
21. OLLIE & THE NIGHTINGALES – “I Got a Sure Thing”
22. BOOKER T. & THE MGs – “Soul Limbo”
23. EDDIE FLOYD – “I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)”
24. LINDA LYNDELL – “What a Man”
25. WILLIAM BELL & JUDY CLAY – “Private Number”
26. JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “Who's Making Love”
27. WILLIAM BELL – “I Forgot To Be Your Lover”
28. CARLA THOMAS – “I Like What You're Doing (To Me)”
DISC TWO 1. BOOKER T. & THE MGS – “Time Is Tight”
2. THE EMOTIONS – “So I Can Love You”
3. ISAAC HAYES – “Walk on By”
4. RUFUS THOMAS – “Do the Funky Chicken”
5. JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone”
6. JEAN KNIGHT – “Mr. Big Stuff”
7. ISAAC HAYES – “Never Can Say Goodbye”
8. THE DRAMATICS – “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”
9. THE STAPLE SINGERS – “Respect Yourself”
10. ISAAC HAYES – “Theme From Shaft”
11. THE BAR-KAYS – “Son of Shaft”
12. LITTLE MILTON – “That's What Love Will Make You Do”
13. FREDERICK KNIGHT – “I've Been Lonely for So Long”
14. SOUL CHILDREN – “Hearsay”
15. THE DRAMATICS – “In the Rain”
16. THE STAPLE SINGERS – “I’ll Take You There”
17. MEL & TIM STARTING – “All Over Again”
18. THE TEMPREES – “Dedicated to the One I Love”
19. THE STAPLE SINGERS – “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)”
20. JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “Cheaper To Keep Her”
21. SOUL CHILDREN – “I'll Be the Other Woman”
22. SHIRLEY BROWN – “Woman to Woman”
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