Stax ’68: A Memphis Story

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

disc 1

disc 5

disc 4

disc 2

disc 3

Annotation last modified on 2021-02-20 08:00 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▶ CD 2
▶ CD 3
▼ CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Stay With Us
producer:
Steve Cropper
The Staple Singers2:34
2Give ’em Love
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
The Soul Children2:49
3Move Over
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
The Soul Children2:56
4Who’s Making Love
producer:
Donald Davis (American record producer) and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
bass:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (in 1968)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (in 1968)
membranophone:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1968)
organ and background vocals:
Booker T. Jones (in 1968)
piano:
Isaac Hayes (in 1968) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer) (in 1968)
lead vocals:
Johnnie Taylor (in 1968)
recording of:
Who’s Making Love? (in 1968)
writer:
Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis (American record producer) and Raymond Jackson (songwriter, guitarist and producer)
Johnnie Taylor2:49
5I’m Trying
producer:
Cropper and Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
Johnnie Taylor3:00
6Funky Mississippi
producer:
Steve Cropper
Rufus Thomas2:57
7So Hard to Get Along With
producer:
Steve Cropper
recording of:
So Hard to Get Along With
writer:
Edward Harris Jr and Rufus Thomas (US blues & funk singer & songwriter)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
Rufus Thomas3:02
8Where Do I Go
producer:
Al Bell
arranger:
Horace Ott
cover recording of:
Where Do I Go?
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
part of:
Hair (1967 musical)
Carla Thomas2:23
9I’ve Fallen in Love
producer:
Al Bell
recording of:
I’ve Fallen in Love
lyricist and composer:
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas2:44
10So Nice
producer:
Al Jackson Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
The Mad Lads2:39
11Make Room
producer:
Al Jackson Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
The Mad Lads2:48
12Lovin’ Feeling
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
writer:
Barry Mann, Phil Spector and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Columbia Music (Publisher. Do not use as a release label.), Mother Bertha Music Inc., Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG), Screen Gems-Columbia Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., 日本アブコ音楽出版, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Charmels2:54
13Sea Shell
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Sea Shells
writer:
Isaac Hayes and Joe Shamwell
The Charmels2:39
14It’s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)
producer:
Don Davis (American record producer)
Jeanne & the Darlings2:15
15I Like What You’re Doing to Me
producer:
Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
Jeanne & the Darlings2:43
16Smell of Incense
producer:
Bob Cardenas and Jim Rowley
Southwest F.O.B.2:42
17Green Skies
producer:
Bob Cardenas and Jim Rowley
Southwest F.O.B.2:02
18Sally’s Got a Good Thing
producer:
Natalie Rosenberg (Stax record producer)
The Village Sound2:19
19The La La Song
producer:
Natalie Rosenberg (Stax record producer)
The Village Sound2:06
20Bring It on Home to Me
producer:
Steve Cropper
cover recording of:
Bring It On Home to Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
Eddie Floyd2:33
21Sweet Things You Do
producer:
Steve Cropper
Eddie Floyd2:07
22Hang ’em High
producer:
Booker T. & the MG’s
cover recording of:
Hang ’em High
composer:
Dominic Frontiere
Booker T. & the MG’s13:53
23Over Easy
producer:
Booker T. & the MG’s
Booker T. & the MG’s4:03
24You’re Leaving Me
producer:
Al Bell and Ron Capone
arranger:
Booker T. Jones and Horace Ott
Ollie & The Nightingales2:51
25Showered With Love
producer:
Booker T. Jones
arranger:
Booker T. Jones
Ollie & The Nightingales2:41
26Kitchy Kitchy Koo
producer:
Ritchie Adams, Mark Barkan and H. B. Webman
The Pop Corn Generation2:39
27Shake It
producer:
Ritchie Adams, Mark Barkan and H. B. Webman
The Pop Corn Generation2:06
28Copy Kat
producer:
Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
Bar‐Kays2:23
29In the Hole
producer:
Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
recording of:
In the Hole
writer:
James Alexander (bassist, singer and songwriter) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
Bar‐Kays2:54
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Credits

Release

art direction and design:Rachel Gutek
liner notes:Robert Gordon (music historian)
Steve Greenberg (Record producer)
Andria Lisle
co-producer:Chris Clough
Robert Gordon (music historian)
Ryan Wilson (producer)
executive producer:Sig Sigworth
Mason Williams (Rhino Records)
producer:Joe McEwen
mastering:Paul Blakemore
booklet editor:Ryan Jebavy (LA singer-songwriter)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/12741515 [info]
ASIN:US: B07GRRGVWN [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0004944614 [info]