The Spirit of Memphis: 1962-1976

~ Release by Isaac Hayes (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Packaging lists disc 2, track 20 as "Title Theme" (from Three Tough Guys), but this track is not actually present on the disc.

Annotation last modified on 2017-10-28 07:30 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1: Soul Songwriter, Soul Producer
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sassy
Floyd Newman2:13
2Can’t See You When I Want To
David Porter2:54
3How Do You Quit (Someone You Love)
Carla Thomas2:55
4Boot-Leg
keyboard:
Isaac Hayes
tenor saxophone:
Charles "Packy" Axton
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
recording of:
Boot‐Leg
writer:
Charles "Packy" Axton, Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Isaac Hayes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
Booker T. & the MG’s2:06
5Candy
The Astors3:02
6Can’t Do Nothing Without You
Danny White3:03
7I Had a Dream
Johnnie Taylor3:04
8Hold on I’m ComingSam & Dave52:36
9I’ll Run Your Heart Away
Ruby Johnson3:11
10Let Me Be Good to You
Carla Thomas2:44
11Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
Mable John2:59
12Fighting to Win
Homer Banks3:08
13B-A-B-Y
recording of:
B-A-B-Y
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Warner/Chappell North America
Carla Thomas4.52:58
14Never Like This Before
recording of:
Never Like This Before
writer:
Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
William Bell3:01
15Patch My Heart
The Mad Lads2:33
16Little Bluebird
Johnnie Taylor2:56
17When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
recording of:
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
composer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
Charlie Rich2:49
18Love Is After Me
recording of:
Love Is After Me
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
Charlie Rich2:25
19You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart
Judy Clay2:55
20Soul Man
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
instruments:
Booker T. & the MG’s (in 1967) and The Mar‐Keys Horns (in 1967)
lead vocals:
Sam Moore (singer, ex "Sam and Dave") (in 1967) and David Prater (Soul artist) (in 1967)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HHO Recordings Ltd.
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 458)
recording of:
Soul Man (on 1967-08-10)
writer:
Isaac Hayes (in 1967) and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) (in 1967)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America, Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (in 1986) and Walden Music Corp. (publisher) (in 1986)
Sam & Dave4.352:40
21As Long as I’ve Got You
The Charmels2:41
22I Thank You
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
recording of:
I Thank You (on 1968-01-05)
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Walden Music, Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Birdees Music (in 1968)
Sam & Dave2:46
23The Sweeter He Is, Part I & II
recording of:
The Sweeter He Is
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
The Soul Children6:22
24Stormy
recording of:
Stormy
writer:
Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb
publisher:
Low-Sal Music, Inc.
Billy Eckstine3:56
25Can’t See You When I Want To
David Porter4:28
26Show Me How
The Emotions3:05
CD 2: Volt & Enterprise Singles
CD 3: Cover Man
CD 4: Jam Master
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