
146 démos inédites de Stax dans le coffret “Written In Their Soul”
Après le monumental coffret Wattstax paru en début d’année, Stax Records et le label Craft proposeront le 23 juin prochain l’anthologie Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos.
Au programme d’une boxset renfermant 7CDs, 146 démos, versions de travail et autres works in progress majoritairement inédits de titres des Staple Singers (“Respect Yourself”), Luther Ingram (“If Loving You is Wrong (I Don’t Want to Be Right)”) et d’Eddie Floyd, avec le “634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)” confié à Wilson Pickett, sans oublier une myriade de chansons écrites par les plumes emblématiques du label, dont Isaac Hayes, David Porter et Carla Thomas.
Tracklisting complet ci-dessous.
Disc 1: Stax Writers, Stax Releases (Part 1)
- Comfort Me – Carla Thomas
- You Make a Strong Girl Weak – Jeanne & The Darlings
- What Did I Do Wrong – William Bell
- Another Night Without My Man – Carla Thomas
- I Got Everything I Need – Eddie Floyd
- Mister Fix It – Eddie Floyd
- I’ll Always Have Faith in You – Eddie Floyd
- Got to Make a Comeback – Eddie Floyd
- I’ve Seen What Loneliness Can Do – Homer Banks
- Slow Train – William Bell
- Hear My Call, Here – The Staple Singers
- Top of the Mountain – The Staple Singers
- I See It – The Staple Singers
- The Ghetto – The Staple Singers
- You Can’t Win with a Losing Hand – Eddie Floyd
- Sweet Sensation – Carla Thomas
- Spare Me the Hurt of Losing You – The Newcomers
- Third Child – Bettye Crutcher
- Respect Yourself – Mack Rice
- People Come Out of Your Shell – Bettye Crutcher
- I’ll Be Your Shelter (in Time of Storm) – Homer Banks
Track 16 released on Carla Thomas’ Hidden Gems - Ace (U.K.) CDSXD 039, 1991
Track 17 released on The Newcomers’ Mannish Boys: The Stax, Volt & Truth Recordings 1969-1974 - Ace (U.K.) CDUX010, 2013
Track 18 released on The Staple Singers’ Faith & Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976 - Concord STX-36969-02, 2015
Disc 2: Stax Writers, Stax Releases (Part 2)
- Get Up About Yourself – Homer Banks
- All Day Preachin’ – Bettye Crutcher
- (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Homer Banks
- We the People – Carl Smith
- Do the Sweetback – March Wind
- What Would I Do – Leon Moore
- Heaven Knows – Homer Banks
- I May Not Be All You Want (But I’m All You Got) – Homer Banks
- True Love Don’t Grow on Trees – Veda Brown
- (I Didn’t Know What Losing Was) ‘Til I Lost You – Eddie Floyd
- Until I Lost You – March Wind
- Drown Yourself – Bettye Crutcher
- If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me) – Homer Banks
- I Got to Be Myself – Carl Smith
- You’re Spreading Yourself a Little Too Thin – Bettye Crutcher
- Take a Walk Down My Street – Bettye Crutcher
- Before the Honeymoon – Homer Banks
- Nobody But You – Mack Rice
- Hot Line to Jesus – Mack Rice
- I Hear Footsteps (Coming Closer) – William Brown
Track 9 released on Judy Clay & Veda Brown’s The Stax Solo Recordings - Kent Soul/Ace (U.K.) CDKEND 302, 2008
Disc 3: Stax Writers, Stax Releases (Part 3)
- I’ll Be the Other Woman – Shelbra Bennett
- We’ve Got Love on Our Side – Bettye Crutcher
- It’s So Wonderful – Frederick Knight
- That’s What Friends Are For – Mack Rice
- Sugar Daddy – Bettye Crutcher
- Woman to Woman – Henderson Thigpen
- So Glad to Have You – Bettye Crutcher
- Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’ – Mack Rice
- Dy-No-Mite (Did You Saw My Love) – Mack Rice
- Your Love is Amazin’ – Eddie Floyd
- Walk On to Your New Love – Bettye Crutcher
- Something Ain’t Right – Mack Rice
- There is a God – Bettye Crutcher
- Packed Up and Took My Mind – Denise LaSalle
- Don’t You Know That It’s All Right – Joe Shamwell & Eddie Floyd
- Who Made the Man – Mack Rice
- It Don’t Pay to Get Up in the Morning – Mack Rice
Track 3 released on various artists promotional compilation The Hits - Irving Music/Rondor International EM05008, 1984
Track 11 released on Bettye Crutcher’s As Long As You Love Me - Ace (U.K.) CDSXD-141, 2013
CD 4: Moonlighting – Stax Writers, Non-Stax Releases
- Don’t Let the Love Light Leave – Carla Thomas
- I’ve Got No Time to Lose – Deanie Parker
- A Woman’s Love – Carla Thomas
- 634-5789 (Soulsville, USA) – Eddie Floyd
- Linda Sue Dixon – Mack Rice
- Told You for the Last Time – Delaney Bramlett
- Let Me Know – Mack Rice
- Let Me Be Yours – Joe Shamwell
- We Can Love – Eddie Floyd
- Without You – Mack Rice
- Shouting Out Love – Veda Brown
- Take My Body – Bettye Crutcher
- I’ve Got a Feeling (We’ll Be Seeing Each Other Again) – Homer Banks
- I Could Never Be Satisfied – Mack Rice
- Everybody’s Hustling – Mack Rice
- Either You Love Me or Leave Me – Homer Banks
- I’ve Never Been This Close to Jesus – Mack Rice
- Pussy Footing Around – Mack Rice
- This Time Yesterday – Mack Rice
- Are We Slipping Away – Mack Rice
- I Wanna Slow Dance Wit’cha – Frederick Knight
- What You Did to Me Last Night – Bettye Crutcher
Disc 5: Uncut Songs (Part 1)
- Got to Make You Mine – Eddie Floyd
- Come On Dance with Me – Rufus Thomas
- I Got to Go for That – Rufus Thomas
- Spin It – Deanie Parker
- Nobody Wants to Get Old – Deanie Parker & Mack Rice
- Such a Feeling – Eddie Floyd
- Never Say No to the One You Love – Eddie Floyd
- Looks Like Another Hot Summer – Steve Cropper & Eddie Floyd
- Give You All the Love I Got – Eddie Floyd
- It’s Up to You – Carla Thomas
- Let’s Be Sure – Carla Thomas
- Oo-We Baby What You Do to Me – Booker T. Jones
- Coming Together – Homer Banks
- It’s Over – Homer Banks
- Break Out (aka Bust Out) – Wendy Rene
- Walk On Back – Unknown
- Come On Down – Mack Rice
- Can’t Make Enough – William Bell
- Love is You – Eddie Floyd
- Let’s Get Down to Business – Bettye Crutcher
- Stone for Stone – Henderson Thigpen
- I Won’t Do You No Dirt – William Bell
- Just Too Right to Be Wrong – Mack Rice
- Song #2 – The MG’s
Disc 6: Uncut Songs (Part 2)
- Too Much Sugar for a Dime – Homer Banks
- Too Much Sugar for a Dime – Bettye Crutcher
- You Knock Me Out – Homer Banks
- I Should Have Changed My Ways – Jimmy Hughes
- ‘Til You’ve Been Loved by Me – Eddie Floyd
- Deaf and Dumb – Mack Rice
- It’s No Secret – William Bell
- Somebody’s Got You Baby – Marshall Jones
- Something Keeps Holding Me Back – Mack Rice
- Take It All Off – Bettye Crutcher
- Don’t You Know I’m All Alone – Eddie Floyd
- Sweet Dreams (I Had of You) – Eddie Floyd
- Ain’t No Love Like My Baby’s Love – Bettye Crutcher
- Just the Way You Loved Me – Bettye Crutcher
- Glory Glory I Love Him – Eddie Floyd
- Stay with Me – Eddie Floyd
- Three Meals a Day – Mack Rice
- Everybody is Talking Love – Bettye Crutcher
- Didn’t Love Straighten It Out – Homer Banks
- We Don’t Need Stone Walls – John KaSandra
- You’re Funny Boy – Carl Smith
Disc 7: Uncut Songs (Part 3)
- Shadows on the Wall – Eddie Floyd
- Grandpa’s Will – Homer Banks
- Whatcha Gonna Do (When You Find the One) – Bettye Crutcher
- I Got to Keep On Taking Chances – Jimmy Hughes
- Thank You For Loving Me – William Bell
- Do Me Wrong – Eddie Floyd
- Put It to a Vote – Carl Smith & Marshall Jones
- Dammit – Eddie Floyd & Mack Rice
- The Yard Man – Bettye Crutcher
- Don’t Stay Gone Too Long – Bettye Crutcher
- How Can I Win Your Love – Eddie Floyd
- Every Now and Then – Mack Rice
- Somewhere in Somebody’s Heart – Willie Singleton
- Love Treaty – Willie Singleton
- Staying with My Man – Eddie Floyd
- Bread Winner – Mack Rice
- GottTo Be Somebody For Me – Eddie Floyd
- Hometown Lover – Eddie Floyd
- Do You Want Me to Lie to You – Bettye Crutcher
- I Don’t Care Anymore – Shirley Brown
- I Like the Way You Groove Me – Frederick Knight

Wattstax, la totale en coffrets vinyle et CD
Le 20 août 1972, l’événement musico-culturel Wattstax, alias le « Woodstock noir », réunit près de 100 000 spectateurs au Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Le concert, organisé par Stax Records sept ans après les tragiques émeutes raciales du quartier de Watts, aligne sept heures de musique prodiguée par les plus prestigieux membres du label légendaire. De la soul, du funk, du gospel, du jazz et du blues avec, entre autres, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas, The Bar-Kays, Kim Weston, Albert King et Eddie Floyd.
Stax Records et Craft Recordings annoncent la sortie le 24 février prochain d’une série de coffrets saluant le célèbre Wattstax Benefit Concert : Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection, Wattstax: The Complete Concert, The Best of Wattstax, et les rééditions double-vinyle de Wattstax: The Living Word et The Living Word: Wattstax 2.
Disponible en édition 12-CDs, le coffret Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection propose l’intégralité des performances du L.A. Memorial Coliseum et des concerts plus intimistes du Summit Club, organisés en marge de l’événement. Cette édition contient 31 titres inédits et est accompagnée par un livre de 76-pages préfacé par Al Bell, ancien président de Stax Records et organisateur de Wattstax, et incluant de nouveaux essais de Rob Bowman et A. Scott Galloway.
Wattstax: The Complete Concert restitue l’intégralité du concert du L.A. Memorial Coliseum dans des coffrets 6-CDs ou 10-LPs. En plus des performances musicales, cette édition comprend les discours prononcés sur scène, dont le célèbre “I Am Somebody” du Révérend Jesse Jackson. Ces deux éditions proposent également le livre mentionné plus haut.
Disponible en CD simple, The Best of Wattstax réunit les 20 meilleures performances musicales du concert avec, entre autres, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Bar-Kays, Kim Weston, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Albert King et Eddie Floyd.
Les rééditions double-vinyle remasterisés à partir des masters analogiques de Wattstax: The Living Word et The Living Word: Wattstax 2 retraçant les meilleurs moments du concert et du documentaire réalisé par Mel Stuart seront également disponibles le 24 février. Tracklistings complets ci-dessous.
Tracklistings
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection
12-CD & Digital
DISC 1
1. Dale Warren & The Wattstax ’72 Orchestra – Salvation Symphony
2. Kim Weston – The Star Spangled Banner*
3. Tommy Jacquette & Jesse Jackson – Opening announcements
4. Kim Weston – Lift Every Voice and Sing
5. Melvin Van Peebles – We’re here to consecrate, not desecrate
6. The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
7. The Staple Singers – Are You Sure
8. The Staple Singers – I Like the Things About Me
9. The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
10. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
DISC 2
1. Tommy Jacquette & Richard Roundtree – Wattstax Day proclamation
2. Jimmy Jones – Somebody Bigger Than You and I
3. Louise McCord – Better Get a Move On
4. Deborah Manning – Precious Lord Take My Hand
5. Eric Mercury – I Shall Not Be Moved*
6. Freddie Robinson – At the Drive-In*
7. Lee Sain – Them Hot Pants
8. Ernie Hines – What Would I Do*
9. Little Sonny – Wade in the Water
10. William Bell – I Forgot to Be Your Lover
11. The Newcomers – Pin the Tail on the Donkey
12. Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood
13. The Temprees – Explain It to Her Mama
14. Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
15. The Golden 13 – Old Time Religion
16. William Bell – Al Bell Award presentation
17. The Rance Allen Group – Lying on the Truth
18. The Rance Allen Group – Up Above My Head
DISC 3
1. William Bell – David Porter introduction
2. The David Porter Show – Introduction
3. David Porter – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
4. David Porter – Can’t See You When I Want To
5. David Porter – Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
6. William Bell – The Bar-Kays introduction
7. The Bar-Kays – Son of Shaft/Feel It
8. The Bar-Kays – In the Hole
9. The Bar-Kays – I Can’t Turn You Loose
10. William Bell – Tommy Tate introduction
11. Tommy Tate – I Remember*
12. William Bell – Please move back to the stands
13. Tommy Tate – Help Me Love*
14. Tommy Tate – School of Life*
DISC 4
1. William Bell & John Kasandra – Carla Thomas introduction
2. Carla Thomas – Pick Up the Pieces
3. Carla Thomas – I Like What You’re Doing (To Me)
4. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
5. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz
6. Carla Thomas – I Have a God Who Loves
7. John KaSandra – Albert King introduction
8. Albert King – Match Box Blues
9. Albert King – Got to Be Some Changes Made
10. Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You
11. Albert King – Killing Floor
12. Albert King – Angel of Mercy
13. John KaSandra – Rufus Thomas introduction
14. John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas – Rufus Thomas entrance
15. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown
16. John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas – Kindly go back to your seats
DISC 5
1. Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Chicken
2. Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Penguin
3. Jesse Jackson – I am, somebody
4. The Soul Children – I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To
5. The Soul Children – Hearsay
6. John KaSandra, Fred Williamson & Jesse Jackson – Let us stand and raise our fists together
7. Billy Eckstine – If I Can Help Somebody*
8. Billy Eckstine – There is a curfew here
DISC 6
1. Jesse Jackson – Isaac Hayes introduction
2. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (Version 1) *
3. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (Version 2)
4. Isaac Hayes – Soulsville
5. Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye
6. Isaac Hayes – Part-Time Love*
7. Isaac Hayes – Your Love Is So Doggone Good
8. Isaac Hayes – Ain’t No Sunshine/Lonely Avenue
9. Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused
10. Jesse Jackson – Let everybody stand and join hands
11. Jimmy Jones – If I Had a Hammer
DISC 7: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB (September 23, 1972)
1. Rufus Thomas – Rufus Thomas introduction*
2. Rufus Thomas – Comedy Set*
3. Rufus Thomas – Night Time Is the Right Time*
DISC 8: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB (September 23, 1972)
1. Rufus Thomas – Johnnie Taylor introduction
2. Johnnie Taylor – Take Care of Your Homework (Set 1)
3. Johnnie Taylor – Little Bluebird (Set 1)
4. Johnnie Taylor – Steal Away (Set 1)
5. Johnnie Taylor – I Don’t Wanna Lose You (Set 1)
6. Johnnie Taylor – Jody’s Got Your Girl and Gone (Set 1) *
7. Johnnie Taylor – Who’s Making Love (Set 2)
8. Johnnie Taylor – Hello Sundown (Set 2)
9. Johnnie Taylor – Steal Away (Set 2)
10. Johnnie Taylor – Stop Doggin’ Me (Set 2)
11. Johnnie Taylor – Jody’s Got Your Girl and Gone (Set 2)
DISC 9: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB (September 29, 1972)
1. Sons Of Slum – Think (About It) *
2. Sons Of Slum – Respect*
3. Sons Of Slum – The Man*
4. Sons Of Slum – Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone/Dance to the Music/Music Lover/I Want to Take You Higher*
5. The Emotions – So I Can Love You
6. The Emotions – Blind Alley*
7. The Emotions – Introductions
8. The Emotions – Show Me How
9. The Emotions – When Tomorrow Comes*
10. The Emotions – I Could Never Be Happy*
DISC 10: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB (October 4, 1972)
1. Little Milton – Open the Door to Your Heart
2. Little Milton – Let Me Down Easy
3. Little Milton – Grits Ain’t Groceries (All Around the World)
4. Little Milton – Blind Man
5. Little Milton – I Can’t Quit You Baby
6. Little Milton – That’s What Love Will Make You Do
7. Little Milton – Walking the Back Streets and Crying
DISC 11: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB (October 4, 1972)
1. Mel & Tim – Introduction*
2. Mel & Tim – Warm It Up*
3. Mel & Tim – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) *
4. Mel & Tim – Groovy Situation*
5. Mel & Tim – Good Guys Only Win in the Movies*
6. Mel & Tim – Backfield in Motion/Starting All Over Again*
7. Mel & Tim – Friendship Train*
DISC 12: ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS
1. The Emotions – Peace Be Still (Rehearsal)*
2. The Emotions – Peace Be Still (Take 1)*
3. The Emotions – Peace Be Still (Take 2)
4. Isaac Hayes – Rolling Down a Mountainside
5. Isaac Hayes – Rolling Down a Mountainside (Alternate Version) *
6. The Staple Singers – Oh La De Da
7. Eddie Floyd – Lay Your Loving on Me
8. The Dramatics – Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
9. Mel & Tim – I May Not Be What You Want
10. Richard Pryor – Saturday Night/Blue Note, Backroom
11. Richard Pryor – Arrest/Line-Up
12. Richard Pryor – Niggers
13. Richard Pryor – Negroes
14. Richard Pryor – Handshake
15. Richard Pryor – Wino Get a Job
* = Previously Unreleased
Wattstax: The Complete Concert
10-LP
SIDE A
1.Dale Warren & The Wattstax ’72 Orchestra – Salvation Symphony
SIDE B
1. Kim Weston – The Star Spangled Banner*
2. Tommy Jacquette & Jesse Jackson – Opening announcements
3. Kim Weston – Lift Every Voice and Sing
4. Melvin Van Peebles – We’re here to consecrate, not desecrate
SIDE C
1. The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
2. The Staple Singers – Are You Sure
3. The Staple Singers – I Like the Things About Me
4. The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
5. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
SIDE D
1. Tommy Jacquette & Richard Roundtree – Wattstax Day proclamation
2. Jimmy Jones – Somebody Bigger Than You and I
3. Louise McCord – Better Get a Move On
4. Deborah Manning – Precious Lord Take My Hand
SIDE E
1. Eric Mercury – I Shall Not Be Moved*
2. Freddie Robinson – At the Drive-In*
3. Lee Sain – Them Hot Pants
4. Ernie Hines – What Would I Do*
5. Little Sonny – Wade in the Water
SIDE F
1. William Bell – I Forgot to Be Your Lover
2. The Newcomers – Pin the Tail on the Donkey
3. Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood
4. The Temprees – Explain It to Her Mama
5. Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
6. The Golden 13 – Old Time Religion
SIDE G
1. William Bell – Al Bell Award presentation
2. The Rance Allen Group – Lying on the Truth
3. The Rance Allen Group – Up Above My Head
4. William Bell – David Porter introduction
SIDE H
1. The David Porter Show – Introduction
2. David Porter – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
3. David Porter – Can’t See You When I Want To
4. David Porter – Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
SIDE I
1. William Bell – The Bar-Kays Introduction
2. The Bar-Kays – Son of Shaft/Feel It
3. The Bar-Kays – In the Hole
4. The Bar-Kays – I Can’t Turn You Loose
SIDE J
1. William Bell – Tommy Tate introduction
2. Tommy Tate – I Remember*
3. William Bell – Please move back to the stands
4. Tommy Tate – Help Me Love*
5. Tommy Tate – School of Life*
SIDE K
1. William Bell & John Kasandra – Carla Thomas introduction
2. Carla Thomas – Pick Up the Pieces
3. Carla Thomas – I Like What You’re Doing (To Me)
4. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
5. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz
SIDE L
1. Carla Thomas – I Have a God Who Loves
2. John KaSandra – Albert King introduction
3. Albert King – Match Box Blues
4. Albert King – Got to Be Some Changes Made
5. Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You
SIDE M
1. Albert King – Killing Floor
2. Albert King – Angel of Mercy
3. John KaSandra – Rufus Thomas introduction
4. John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas – Rufus Thomas entrance
5. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown
6. John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas – Kindly go back to your seats
SIDE N
1. Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Chicken
2. Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Penguin
SIDE O
1. Jesse Jackson – I am, somebody
2. The Soul Children – I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To
3. The Soul Children – Hearsay
4. John KaSandra, Fred Williamson & Jesse Jackson – Let us stand and raise our fists together
SIDE P
1. Billy Eckstine – If I Can Help Somebody*
2. Billy Eckstine – There is a curfew here
SIDE Q
1. Jesse Jackson – Isaac Hayes introduction
2. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (Version 1)*
3. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (Version 2)
4. Isaac Hayes – Soulsville
SIDE R
1. Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye
2. Isaac Hayes – Part-Time Love
3. Isaac Hayes – Your Love Is So Doggone Good
SIDE S
1. Isaac Hayes – Ain’t No Sunshine/Lonely Avenue
SIDE T
1. Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused
2. Jesse Jackson – Let everybody stand and join hands
3. Jimmy Jones – If I Had a Hammer
* = Previously Unreleased
Wattstax: The Complete Concert 6-CD
DISC 1
1. Dale Warren & The Wattstax ’72 Orchestra – Salvation Symphony
2. Kim Weston – The Star Spangled Banner*
3. Tommy Jacquette & Jesse Jackson – Opening announcements
4. Kim Weston – Lift Every Voice and Sing
5. Melvin Van Peebles – We’re here to consecrate, not desecrate
6. The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
7. The Staple Singers – Are You Sure
8. The Staple Singers – I Like the Things About Me
9. The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
10. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
DISC 2
1. Tommy Jacquette & Richard Roundtree – Wattstax Day proclamation
2. Jimmy Jones – Somebody Bigger Than You and I
3. Louise McCord – Better Get a Move On
4. Deborah Manning – Precious Lord Take My Hand
5. Eric Mercury – I Shall Not Be Moved*
6. Freddie Robinson – At the Drive-In*
7. Lee Sain – Them Hot Pants
8. Ernie Hines – What Would I Do*
9. Little Sonny – Wade in the Water
10. William Bell – I Forgot to Be Your Lover
11. The Newcomers – Pin the Tail on the Donkey
12. Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood
13. The Temprees – Explain It to Her Mama
14. Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
15. The Golden 13 – Old Time Religion
16. William Bell – Al Bell Award presentation
17. The Rance Allen Group – Lying on the Truth
18. The Rance Allen Group – Up Above My Head
DISC 3
1. William Bell – David Porter introduction
2. The David Porter Show – Introduction
3. David Porter – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
4. David Porter – Can’t See You When I Want To
5. David Porter – Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
6. William Bell – The Bar-Kays introduction
7. The Bar-Kays – Son of Shaft/Feel It
8. The Bar-Kays – In the Hole
9. The Bar-Kays – I Can’t Turn You Loose
10. William Bell – Tommy Tate introduction
11. Tommy Tate – I Remember*
12. William Bell – Please move back to the stands
13. Tommy Tate – Help Me Love*
14. Tommy Tate – School of Life*
DISC 4
1. William Bell & John Kasandra – Carla Thomas introduction
2. Carla Thomas – Pick Up the Pieces
3. Carla Thomas – I Like What You’re Doing (To Me)
4. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
5. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz
6. Carla Thomas – I Have a God Who Loves
7. John KaSandra – Albert King introduction
8. Albert King – Match Box Blues
9. Albert King – Got to Be Some Changes Made
10. Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You
11. Albert King – Killing Floor
12. Albert King – Angel of Mercy
13. John KaSandra – Rufus Thomas introduction
14. John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas – Rufus Thomas entrance
15. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown
16. John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas – Kindly go back to your seats
DISC 5
1. Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Chicken
2. Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Penguin
3. Jesse Jackson – I am, somebody
4. The Soul Children – I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To
5. The Soul Children – Hearsay
6. John KaSandra, Fred Williamson & Jesse Jackson – Let us stand and raise our fists together
7. Billy Eckstine – If I Can Help Somebody*
8. Billy Eckstine – There is a curfew here
DISC 6
1. Jesse Jackson – Isaac Hayes introduction
2. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (Version 1)*
3. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (Version 2)
4. Isaac Hayes – Soulsville
5. Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye
6. Isaac Hayes – Part-Time Love
7. Isaac Hayes – Your Love Is So Doggone Good
8. Isaac Hayes – Ain’t No Sunshine/Lonely Avenue
9. Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused
10. Jesse Jackson – Let everybody stand and join hands
11. Jimmy Jones – If I Had a Hammer
* = Previously Unreleased
The Best of Wattstax
1-CD & Digital
1. Kim Weston – Lift Every Voice and Sing
2. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
3. Louise McCord – Better Get a Move On
4. Deborah Manning – Precious Lord Take My Hand
5. Eric Mercury – I Shall Not Be Moved*
6. Lee Sain – Them Hot Pants
7. William Bell – I Forgot to Be Your Lover
8. Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood
9. The Temprees – Explain It to Her Mama
10. Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely for So Long
11. The Golden 13 – Old Time Religion
12. The Rance Allen Group – Lying on the Truth
13. David Porter – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
14. The Bar-Kays – I Can’t Turn You Loose
15. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
16. Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You
17. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown
18. Jesse Jackson – I Am, Somebody
19. The Soul Children – Hearsay
20. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft
* = Previously Unreleased
Wattstax: The Living Word
2-LP
SIDE A
1. The Staple Singers – Oh La De Da
2. The Staple Singers – I Like The Things About Me
3 The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
4. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
5. Eddie Floyd – Knock on Wood
6. Eddie Floyd – Lay Your Loving On Me Live
SIDE B
1. Carla Thomas – I Like What You’re Doing (To Me)
2. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz
3. Carla Thomas – I Have a God Who Loves
4. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown
5. Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Chicken
6. Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Penguin
SIDE C
1. The Bar-Kays – Son of Shaft / Feel It
2. The Bar-Kays – I Can’t Turn You Loose
3. Albert King – Killing Floor
4. Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You
5. Albert King – Angel of Mercy
SIDE D
1. The Soul Children – I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To
2. The Soul Children – Hearsay
3. Isaac Hayes – Ain’t No Sunshine
The Living Word: Wattstax 2 Tracklist
2-LP
SIDE A
1. Jessie Jackson – Introduction
2. Kim Weston – Lift Every Voice and Sing
3. The Rance Allen Group – Lying on the Truth
4. Jimmy Jones – Someone Greater Than You And I
5. The Golden 13 – Old Time Religion
6. The Emotions – Peace Be Still
SIDE B
1. Richard Pryor – Saturday Night
2. Richard Pryor – Blue Note
3. Richard Pryor – Back Room
4. David Porter Show – Introduction
5. David Porter Show – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
6. David Porter Show – Can’t See You When I Want To
7. David Porter Show – Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
8. David Porter Show – Finale
9. Richard Pryor – Arrest
10. Richard Pryor – Line Up
SIDE C
1. Johnnie Taylor Show – Introduction
2. Johnnie Taylor Show – Steal Away
3. Johnnie Taylor Show – Stop Doggin’ Me
4. Johnnie Taylor Show – Jody’s Got Your Girl and Gone
5. Little Milton – Walking the Back Streets and Crying
SIDE D
1. Richard Pryor – Niggers
2. The Emotions – Group Introduction
3. The Emotions – So I Can Love You
4. The Emotions – Show Me How
5. Richard Pryor – Negroes
6. The Dramatics – Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
7. Richard Pryor – Handshake
8. Mel & Tim – I May Not Be What You Want
9. Richard Pryor – Wino Get a Job
10. Isaac Hayes – Rolling Down a Mountainside

Le Stax Museum ouvre gratuitement ses portes aux internautes
Dans le cadre du Black History Month 2022, la Stax Music Academy et le Stax Museum ouvriront gratuitement leurs portes virtuelles.
Afin de pallier à l’absence de visiteurs due au COVID, la Stax Music Academy offrira aux internautes des performances exclusives de ses talentueux élèves autour des répertoires de (entre autres) B.B. King, the Pointer Sisters, Ike & Tina Turner, Rufus Thomas, Duke Ellington, Beyonce et Janelle Monae.
En parallèle, le Stax Museum proposera la visite d’une exposition virtuelle dédiée aux carrières du président de Stax Records Al Bell, de Bettye Crutcher, du légendaire batteur Al Jackson, Jr. et de Mavis Staples (The Staple Singers).

Vidéo : “Stax, le label soul légendaire” (Arte, 2019)
Réalisé en 2019 par Lionel Baillon et Stéphane Carrel, le documentaire inédit Stax, le label soul légendaire, revient sur l’histoire de la célèbre enseigne soul de Memphis.
Ponctué d’images de fresques urbaines de Memphis, le film raconte une tumultueuse épopée, de la création de Stax Records par Jim Stewart et sa sœur Estelle Axton en 1957 jusqu’à sa banqueroute en 1975, puis sa renaissance dans les années 2000. Des archives inédites et à les témoignages exclusifs de Steve Cropper, Al Bell, Sam Moore, William Bell, James Alexander et du biographe Rob Bowman complètent un documentaire à découvrir également sur Arte le vendredi 26 juillet à 23h30 et le samedi 3 août à 5h20 (également disponible sur Arte.TV jusqu’au 24 septembre).
Découvrez ci-dessous le documentaire Stax, le label soul légendaire :

Stax ’68 : A Memphis Story
Marquée par sa rupture avec Atlantic et l’assassinat de Martin Luther King, 1968 était une année charnière pour Stax Records.
50 ans plus tard, le coffret Stax ’68 : A Memphis Story réunit tous les singles (faces A et faces B) publiés au cours de l’année 1968 par Stax dans un coffret 5-CDs incluant 120 titres d’Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, William Bell, Booker T. and the M.G.s, Carla Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Isaac Hayes, Linda Lindell, Rufus Thomas et bien d’autres…
Cette anthologie contient également un livret de 56 pages illustré de photos rares extraites des archives de Stax et rédigé par l’historien de Memphis Andria Lisle, le spécialiste de Stax Records Robert Gordon et le producteur Steve Greenberg.
Sortie le 19 octobre en coffret 5-CDs et version digitale (tracklisting ci-dessous).
Tracklisting
Disc 1
1 Otis Redding Dock Of The Bay
2 Otis Redding Sweet Lorene
3 Sam & Dave I Thank You
4 Sam & Dave Wrap It Up
5 Memphis Nomads Don’t Pass Your Judgement
6 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 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 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 2
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 Mad Lads Whatever Hurts You
12 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 Times or More
21 Shirley Walton Send Peace and Harmony Home
22 Shirley Walton The One You Can’t Have All By Yourself
Disc 3
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 & William Bell Private Number
16 Judy Clay & William Bell Love Eye-Tis
17 Jimmy Hughes I Like Everything About You
18 Jimmy Hughes What Side of the Door
19 The-Del Rays Lollipop Lady
20 The Del-Rays (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 Though
24 The Aardvarks Unicorn Man
25 Fresh Air Somebody Stole My Gal
26 Fresh Air Somebody Stole My Gal (instr.)
Disc 4
1 Judy Clay Bed of Roses
2 Judy Clay Remove the Clouds
3 Staple Singers Long Walk To DC
4 Staple Singers Stay With Us
5 Soul Children Give ‘Em Love
6 Soul Children Move Over
7 Johnnie Taylor Who’s Making Love
8 Johnnie Taylor I’m Trying
9 Rufus Thomas Funky Mississippi
10 Rufus Thomas So Hard to Get Along With
11 Carla Thomas Where Do I Go
12 Carla Thomas I’ve Fallen in Love with You
13 Mad Lads So Nice
14 Mad Lads Make Room
15 Charmels Lovin’ Feeling
16 Charmels Sea Shell
17 Jeanne & the Darlings It’s Unbelievable
18 Jeanne & the Darlings I Like What You’re Doing to Me
19 Southwest F.O.B. Smell Of Incense
20 Southwest F.O.B. Green Skies
21 The Village Sound Sally’s Got a Good Thing
22 The Village Sound The La La Song
23 Eddie Floyd Bring it On Home to Me
24 Eddie Floyd Sweet Things You Do
25 Booker T. & The MG’s Hang ‘Em High
26 Booker T. & The MG’s Over Easy
27 Ollie & the Nightingales You’re Leaving Me
28 Ollie & the Nightingales Showered with Love
29 The Popcorn Generation Kitchy Kitchy Koo
30 The Popcorn Generation Shake It
Disc 5
1 Bar-Kays Copy Kat
2 Bar-Kays In the Hole
3 Dino And Doc Mighty Cold Winter
4 Dino And Doc A Woman Can’t Do (What a Man Can Do)
5 William Bell I Forgot to Be Your Lover
6 William Bell Bring the Curtain Down
7 Goodees Condition Red
8 Goodees Didn’t Know Love Was So Good
9 Mable John Running Out
10 Mable John Shouldn’t I Love Him
11 Billy Lee Riley Family Portrait
12 Billy Lee Riley Going Back to Memphis
13 Judy Clay & William Bell My Baby Specializes
14 Judy Clay & William Bell Left Over Love
15 Soul Children I’ll Understand
16 Soul Children Doing Our Thing
17 Staple Singers The Ghetto
18 Staple Singers Got to Be Some Changes Made
19 Albert King Blues Power
20 Albert King Night Stomp
21 The Epsilons The Echo
22 The Epsilons Really Rockin’
23 Rufus Thomas Funky Way
24 Rufus Thomas I Want to Hold You
25 The Generation The Children Have Your Tongue
26 The Generation Give Her What She Wants
27 Daaron Lee Who’s Making Love
28 Daaron Lee Long Black Train
29 Johnnie Taylor Take Care Of Your Homework
30 Johnnie Taylor Hold On This Time

Les compilations Rhythm and Blues Formidable de retour en vinyle
Initialement distribuées par Atlantic Records en 1967, les légendaires compilations Rhythm and Blues Formidable recensent les trésors soul de l’enseigne et de ses sous-labels Stax, Atco et Volt, d’Otis Redding à Sam and Dave en passant par Booker T & the MG’s, Aretha Franklin, Joe Tex et Wilson Pickett.
Oo-Poo-Pa-Doo ! Cette série culte est de retour cette année avec les rééditions vinyles des trois volumes dont les tracklistings complets sont à découvrir ci-dessous. Précisons également que ces trois compilations sont disponibles exclusivement dans le réseau FNAC (liens directs ci-dessous).
Compilation Rhythm and Blues Formidable vol. 1
Face A
1. Billy Graham & The Escalators – Oo-Poo-Pa-Doo
2. Otis Redding – She Put The Hurt On Me
3. Ben E. King – What Is Soul?
4. The Drifters – Baby What I Mean
5. Joe Tex – Papa Was Too
6. Wilson Pickett – New Orleans
7. Sam & Dave – You Got Me Hummin’
8. King Curtis – Pots And Pans (Live At Small’s Paradise)
Face B
1. The Mar-Keys – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
2. Percy Sledge – Love Me Tender
3. Otis Redding – You’re Still My Baby
4. Esther Phillips – When Love Comes To The Human Race
5. Clarence Carter – I Stayed Away Too Long
6. William Bell – You Don’t Miss Your Water (Single Version)
7. Booker T. & The MG’s – Summertime
Compilation Rhythm and Blues Formidable vol. 2
Face A
1. Wilson Pickett – Something You Got
2. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Lovey Dovey
3. Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey Do The Dog
4. Aretha Franklin – Respect
5. Soul Brothers Six – Some Kind Of Wonderful
6. Joe Tex – Show Me
7. Herbie Mann – Scratch
Face B
1. The Sweet Inspirations – Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
2. Solomon Burke – Keep A Light In The Window
3. Brother Jack McDuff – A Change is Gonna Come
4. Esther Phillips – Try Me
5. Percy Sledge – My Special Prayer
6. Arthur Conley – Let Nothing Separate Us
Compilation Rhythm and Blues Formidable vol. 3
Face A
1. Wilson Pickett – Mojo Mama
2. Aretha Franklin – Satisfaction
3. Billy Graham & The Escalators – East 24th Avenue
4. The Drifters – Ain’t It The Truth (Single Version)
5. Esther Phillips – Cheater Man (Single Version)
6. Clarence Carter – Slip Away
7. Sam & Dave – Broke Down Piece Of Man
Face B
1. Solomon Burke – Take Me Just As I Am
2. Esther Phillips – I’m Sorry
3. Percy Sledge – Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) (Single Version)
4. Wilson Pickett – Something Within Me
5. Aretha Franklin – Baby, I Love You

Booker T and the MG’s, la biographie française
Pour la première fois, une biographie française retrace les origines et la carrière de Booker T and the MG’s, le plus légendaire des backing bands de la musique soul.
Racontée par Éric Tessier, voici l’histoire du groupe-maison de Stax Records replacée dans son contexte historique. Booker T & the MG’s, Green Onion & Memphis Soul retrace ainsi la création d’une formation mixte en pleine ségrégation raciale, puis l’envol du noyau dur du mythique quatuor composé de Booker T. Jones (chant, claviers), Steve Cropper (guitare), Al Jackson (batterie) et du bassiste Lewis Steinberg, bientôt remplacé par Donald “Duck” Dunn.
Bien plus qu’une signature sonore à jamais liée à l’incontournable “Green Onions”, le parcours de Booker T and the MG’s correspond de près à celui de Stax Records, des débuts extatiques à la banqueroute. Après avoir assisté les géants du genre (Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett…), le groupe fera les frais de la gestion hasardeuse du label. L’assassinat (toujours non-élucidée) d’Al Jackson, puis la disparition de Donald “Duck” Dunn en 2012 mettront un frein à une discographie étalée sur quatre décennies.
Cette dernière est commentée dans les pages de cet ouvrage où, outre les portraits des membres des MG’s et les multiples reformations du groupe, sont comptées de nombreuses anecdotes, parmi lesquelles les rendez-vous manqués avec les Beatles et Elvis Presley. À votre tour de plonger dans le soul limbo !
Booker T & the MG’s, Green Onion & Memphis Soul d’Éric Tessier (Camion blanc, 416 pages, 32 €).

Stax fête ses 60 ans en rééditions, coffrets et vinyles
Concord Music Group et Rhino Entertainment, la division catalogue de Warner Music, viennent d’annoncer une campagne commune célébrant le 60ème anniversaire du célèbre label soul Stax Records. Cette association unique marque la première réunion des enregistrements Stax depuis le retrait d’Atlantic Records en 1967.
Quelques-uns des plus grands titres Stax enregistrés à Soulsville, USA (à Memphis, dans le Tennessee) seront réédités sur de nouvelles compilations de hits, des albums vinyles, des versions digitales haute-définition et des coffrets Deluxe. Ces parutions rendront hommages aux succès intemporels de Stax, mais aussi à des titres plus rares de légendaires artistes du label, dont Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Mable John et The Mad Lads.
Cette collaboration entre Rhino et Concord démarrera le 19 mai avec le lancement de la série Stax Classics et dix anthologies à prix réduit, chacune d’entre elles proposant 12 titres des plus grandes stars du label accompagnés de nouvelles notes de pochette. Disponibles en CD, versions digitales et en streaming, ces albums célèbreront les carrières prolifiques d’Otis Redding, William Bell, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas, Booker T & The MGs, The Dramatics, Albert King, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes et les Staple Singers.
Tout au long de l’année, Concord et Rhino rééditeront plusieurs albums légendaires de Stax en vinyle, dont l’édition 50ème anniversaire King & Queen d’Otis Redding et Carla Thomas (Rhino), la bande-son de Melvin Van Peebles du visionnaire Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (Concord), le rare John Gary Williams du leader des Mad Lads (Concord) et The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, le classique d’Otis Redding paru en 1965 (Rhino).
Les deux labels collaboreront également à un coffret 3-CDs Stax 60ème anniversaire et à un nouveau volume de la célèbre série Complete Stax Singles. Ce quatrième tome se concentrera sur la diversité du catalogue Stax, avec, en plus des singles parus chez Stax et Volt, des titres sortis sur Enterprise, Hip, Chalice et Gospel Truth. Rhino et Concord proposeront également des sorties digitales avec plusieurs titres populaires en haute définition et au format Mastered for iTunes. De nombreux albums seront aussi disponibles en streaming et en versions digitales pour la première fois.

Audio : Otis Redding “Mr. Pitiful” live at The Whisky A Go Go
En avril 1966, Otis Redding et son groupe de 9 musiciens investissaient la scène du Whisky A Go Go à Los Angeles pour trois soirs. Compilés sur l’album In Person at the Whisky a Go Go, ces concerts seront disponibles pour la première fois dans leur intégralité le 21 octobre prochain dans un nouveau coffret 6cd intitulé Live at the Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings chez Stax Records.
“J’étais debout devant la scène pendant tout le concert” se souvient Robby Krieger, le guitariste des Doors. “Je n’avais jamais entendu parler d’Otis Redding avant et j’étais impressionné par l’énergie qu’il dégageait sur scène”.
Découvrez une version inédite et passionnée de “Mr. Pitiful” extraite du premier show donné au Whisky A Go Go le 9 avril 1966 dans le lecteur ci-dessous.

William Bell de retour avec “This Is Where I Live”
William Bell, le légendaire songwriter et performer d’Atlantic/Stax Records sera de retour le 3 juin avec This Is Where I Live. L’auteur du standard “You Don’t Miss Your Water” et le co-auteur de “Born Under a Bad Sign” avec Booker T. Jones propose un nouvel album aux accents country-soul dont le premier extrait, “The Three of Me”, est disponible ci-dessous.
À noter que This Is Where I Live sera disponible sur le label Stax Records, qui fête en 2016 le 10ème anniversaire de son retour dans l’industrie du disque. William Bell n’avait plus enregistré avec la mythique enseigne de Memphis depuis 1975, l’année de sortie de Phases of Reality.

The Complete Stax/Volt Singles (1959-1968) en coffret 9-CDs
Initialement publié par le label Atlantic en 1991, The Complete Stax/Volt Singles (1959-1968) sera de retour le 22 janvier en version coffret 9-CDs. Cette somme de 244 titres signés, entre autres, Otis Redding, Booker T and the MGs, Carla Thomas, the Mar-Keys et Sam & Dave, comprend tous les faces A du légendaire label de Memphis ainsi que quelques faces B rares enregistrées lors de la période faste de Stax Records.
Le nouveau format “cloche” de The Complete Stax/Volt Singles (1959-1968) vient ainsi compléter les volumes 2 et 3 récemment publiés par Universal. Comptez environ une cinquantaine d’Euros pour ce monument soul !

Une anthologie 4-CDs pour The Staple Singers
Disponible depuis le 13 novembre, Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976, retrace en 4-CDs la carrière des Staple Singers. Fondé par Pop Staples en 1949 en compagnie de ses filles Mavis, Yvonne, Pervis et Cleedi, le groupe familial est rapidement devenu une référence de la scène gospel avant de devenir un des piliers de Stax Records et de la sol des années 1960-70 grâce à des standards comme “Respect Yourself”, “I’ll Take You There” et “Let’s Do it Again”
Cette nouvelle anthologie propose 80 titres (dont une version démo inédite de “Respect Yourself”), ans oublier un 45-tous collector comprenant les tous premiers enregistrements réalisés en 1953 par la grande famille du gospel, de la soul et du R&B.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
1. It Rained Children
2. I Just Can’t Keep It To Myself
3. Each Day
4. God’s Wonderful Love
5. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
6. I’ve Got A New Home
7. Uncloudy Day
8. Come On Up In Glory
9. I Know I Got Religion
10. Swing Down Chariot (Let Me Ride)
11. I Had A Dream
12. Help Me Jesus
13. Low Is The Way
14. This May Be The Last Time [Alternate Take]
15. So Soon
16. I’m So Glad
17. Pray On
18. Good News
19. Downward Road
20. Don’t Drive Me Away
Disc 2
1. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
2. Don’t Knock
3. Medley: Too Close/I’m On My Way Home/I’m Coming Home/He’s Alright [Live]
4. Swing Low
5. Calling Me
6. Stand By Me
7. Hammer And Nails
8. Gloryland
9. Hear My Call, Here
10. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
11. New-Born Soul
12. Dying Man’s Plea
13. Great Day
14. There Was A Star
15. Use What You Got
16. Let That Liar Alone
17. I Can’t Help From Cryin’ Sometime
18. Blowin’ In The Wind
19. This Land Is Your Land
20. I Know I’ve Been Changed
Disc 3
1. A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
2. Masters Of War
3. What Are They Doing (In Heaven Today)
4. Wish I Had Answered [Live At Newport]
5. I’ll Fly Away
6. Tell Him What You Want [Stapleton Singers]
7. Be Careful Of The Stones You Throw
8. Samson & Delilah
9. As An Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
10. Freedom Highway
11. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
12. John Brown
13. Waiting For My Child
14. It’s Been A Change
15. For What It’s Worth
16. Let’s Get Together
17. Crying In The Chapel [Mavis Staples With The Staple Singers]
18. Long Walk To D.C.
19. Got To Be Some Changes
20. Slow Train
Disc 4
1. I See It
2. The Ghetto
3. When Will We Be Paid
4. God Bless The Children
5. The Challenge
6. Brand New Day [Theme From The Motion Picture The Landlord]
7. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
8. I Like The Things About You
9. You’re Gonna Make Me Cry
10. Respect Yourself
11. I’ll Take You There
12. This World
13. I’m Just Another Soldier
14. Are You Sure
15. If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)
16. Touch A Hand, Make A Friend
17. Back Road Into Town
18. Let’s Do It Again
19. The Weight [The Band feat. Staple Singers]
20. Respect Yourself [Demo]
7” track listing:
Side A
1. Faith and Grace
Side B
1. These Are They