Stax 50th Collection
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CD - Special Edition / Special Packaging
- Release Date: 03/18/2008
- 3 Disc Set
- Sales Rank: 42,984
- Label: MADACY SPECIAL MKTS
- UPC: 628261306329
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Stax 50th Collection
Disc
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| 1 | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay / Otis Redding Alternate Take 2:44 |
| 2 | Time Is Tight / Booker T. & the MG's 3:17 |
| 3 | Who's Making Love / Johnnie Taylor 2:49 |
| 4 | Do the Funky Chicken / Rufus Thomas 3:18 |
| 5 | Private Number / Judy Clay 2:40 |
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| 1 | I'll Take You There / The Staple Singers 3:15 |
| 2 | In the Rain / The Dramatics 3:26 |
| 3 | Soul Limbo / Booker T. & the MG's 2:24 |
| 4 | I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) / Eddie Floyd 2:46 |
| 5 | I Forgot to Be Your Lover / William Bell 2:22 |
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| 1 | Try a Little Tenderness / Otis Redding 4:02 |
| 2 | Short Stopping / Veda Brown 2:23 |
| 3 | Cheaper to Keep Her / Johnnie Taylor 3:29 |
| 4 | I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over / David Porter 4:45 |
| 5 | I'll Be Your Anything / Ollie & the Nightingales 2:55 |
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Editorial Reviews
Madacy forgoes their usual bottom-of-the-barrel reissues in favor of this three-disc set of "nothing but the hits" classics from Stax. There are 52 cuts from all over the Stax historical rainbow, ranging from obvious hits like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" to less obvious but equally fine selections like the Mad Lads' version of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." In fact, for every obvious entry, there is one that isn't -- so for each Johnny Taylor, Albert King, Rufus Thomas, or Staple Singers standard, there is something rather obscure by the Soul Children, the Temprees, March Wind, or Rance Allen. The set closes with the scorching blues of "Tupelo" by Pops Staples. The material here does speak for itself, and the price on this set is absolutely right. This is a terrific way to build a Stax shelf and add to anybody's Southern soul library. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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