Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. I Was Born to Love You - Shirley Walton
2. Precious, Precious - Isaac Hayes
3. Send Peace and Harmony Home - Shirley Walton
4. Soul Limbo - Booker T. & The MG's
5. I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd
6. It's Been a Long Time Coming - Delaney & Bonnie
7. What a Man - Linda Lyndell
8. I Like Everything About You - Jimmy Hughes
9. Stay Baby Stay - Johnny Daye
10. Private Number - Judy Clay/William Bell
11. So Nice - The Mad Lads
12. Long Walk to D.C. - The Staple Singers
13. Give 'Em Love - Soul Children
14. Funky Mississippi - Rufus Thomas
15. Lovin' Feeling - The Charmels
16. Where Do I Go - Carla Thomas
17. Bed of Roses - Judy Clay
18. Bring It on Home to Me - Eddie Floyd
19. It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul) - Jeanne & The Darlings
20. Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
21. Mighty Cold Winter - Dino & Doc
22. Hang 'Em High - Booker T. & The MG's
23. You're Leaving Me - Ollie & The Nightingales
24. Copy Kat - The Bar-Kays
25. I Forgot to Be Your Lover - William Bell
26. Running Out - Mable John
27. My Baby Specializes - William Bell/Judy Clay
28. I'll Understand - Soul Children
DISC 2:
1. Ghetto, The - The Staple Singers
2. Blues Power - Albert King
3. Echo, The - The Epsilons
4. Funky Way - Rufus Thomas
5. Take Care of Your Homework - Johnnie Taylor
6. I Like What You're Doing (To Me)-Carla Thomas - Carla Thomas
7. I've Got to Have Your Love - Eddie Floyd
8. Let 'Em Down Baby - Jimmy Hughes
9. Love Is Here Today and Gone Tomorrow - The Mad Lads
10. It Ain't Long Enough - Judy Clay
11. Mellow Way You Treat Your Man - Ollie & The Nightingales
12. Private Number - Sonny Stitt
13. Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MG's
14. Double or Nothing - The Mar-Keys
15. Dock of the Bay, (Sittin' on the) - The Staple Singers
16. So I Can Love You - The Emotions
17. Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music) (Part I) - The Bar-Kays
18. One More Chance - Margie Joseph
19. I Wanna Be Good (To You) - Jimmy Dotson
20. Finger Lickin' Good - Art Jerry Miller
21. Tighten up My Thang - Soul Children
22. My Whole World Is Falling Down - William Bell
23. Testify (I Wonna) - Johnnie Taylor
24. Drowning on Dry Land - Albert King
25. Do the Cissy - The Stingers
26. Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been) - Eddie Floyd
DISC 3:
1. Mrs. Robinson - Booker T. & The MG's
2. Love's Sweet Sensation - William Bell/Mavis Staples
3. Just Because Your Love Is Gone - Darrell Banks
4. Chains of Love - Jimmy Hughes
5. Happy - William Bell
6. Challenge, The - The Staple Singers
7. Soul-a-Lujah - Johnnie Taylor/Eddie Floyd/William Bell/Pervis Staples/Carla Thomas/Mavis Staples/Cleotha Staples
8. Never, Never Let You Go - Eddie Floyd/Mavis Staples
9. Just Keep on Loving Me - Johnnie Taylor/Carla Thomas
10. I Need You Woman - William Bell/Carla Thomas
11. I've Got a Feeling - Ollie & The Nightingales
12. It's Time to Pay For the Fun (We've Had) - Jeanne & The Darlings
13. I Could Never Be President - Johnnie Taylor
14. By the Time I Get to Phoenix - The Mad Lads
15. Long and Lonely World - Colette Kelly
16. Midnight Cowboy - The Bar-Kays
17. I've Fallen in Love (With You) - Carla Thomas
18. Slum Baby - Booker T. & The MG's
19. Best Part of a Love Affair, The - The Emotions
20. By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Isaac Hayes
21. Walk on By - Isaac Hayes
22. Tupelo (Part I) - Pops Staples/Albert King/Steve Cropper
23. Water - Steve Cropper/Albert King/Pops Staples
24. Sweeter He Is, The (Part I) - Soul Children
25. You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger) - Mavis Staples
DISC 4:
1. Open up Your Heart (Let Me in) - The Newcomers
2. Why Is the Wine Sweeter (On the Other Side) - Eddie Floyd
3. When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers
4. Grinder Man - John Lee Hooker
5. Born Under a Bad Sign - William Bell
6. What You Gonna Do - Margie Joseph
7. I'm So Glad - Jimmy Hughes
8. Beautiful Feelings - Darrell Banks
9. Your Love Was Strange - The Dramatics
10. Love Bones - Johnnie Taylor
11. Hard to Say Goodbye - Delaney & Bonnie
12. Got to Get Rid of You - J.J. Barnes
13. Habit Forming Love - Reggie Milner
14. My Thing Is a Moving Thing - T.S.U Toronadoes
15. Stealing Love - The Emotions
16. When Tomorrow Comes - The Emotions
17. Wrapped up in Love Again - Albert King
18. Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
19. California Girl - Eddie Floyd
20. Tribute to a Black Woman (Part I) - Bernie Hayes
21. Sang and Dance - The Bar-Kays
22. Hold On, I'm Comin' - Soul Children
23. Love's Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (Part I) - Chuck Brooks
24. Help Me Put Out the Flame (In My Heart) - Ernie Hines
25. Black Boy - Roebuck "Pops" Staples
DISC 5:
1. Bracing Myself For the Fall - Ollie & The Nightingales
2. All I Have to Do Is Dream - William Bell/Carla Thomas
3. Singing About Love - Jeanne & The Darlings
4. Goodies - Chris & Shack
5. Just the Way You Are Today - Barbara Lewis
6. Creeper Returns, The - Little Sonny
7. Guide Me Well - Carla Thomas
8. Give a Damn - The Staple Singers
9. Steal Away - Johnnie Taylor
10. Your Sweet Lovin' - Margie Joseph
11. I Forgot to Remember - Jones & Blumenberg
12. Can't See You When I Want To - David Porter
13. Never Be True - Carla Thomas
14. Can't You See What You're Doing to Me - Albert King
15. Sixty Minute Man (Part 2) - Rufus Thomas
16. Preacher and the Bear, The - Rufus Thomas
17. Something - Booker T. & The MG's
18. Seeing Is Believin' - The Mad Lads
19. You're My Only Temptation - Roz Ryan
20. What I Don't Know Won't Hurt Me - Paul Thompson
21. Right, Tight and Out of Sight - Branding Iron
22. Natural Do, (What's Under) The - John KaSandra
DISC 6:
1. My Girl - Eddie Floyd
2. I Have Learned to Do Without You - Mavis Staples
3. Play the Music Toronadoes - T.S.U. Toronadoes
4. Lonely Soldier - William Bell
5. Heart Association - The Emotions
6. I Stand Accused - Isaac Hayes
7. Brand New Day - The Staple Singers
8. Sweeter Tomorrow - Margie Joseph
9. Cool Strut - Bernie Hayes
10. You Put the Sunshine Back in My World - The Newcomers
11. Montego Bay - The Bar-Kays
12. Got It Together (Parts 1 & 2) - Rudy Robinson & The Hungry Five
13. Wade in the Water - Little Sonny
14. You're Movin' Much Too Fast - The Nightingales
15. Best Years of My Life, The - Eddie Floyd
16. I Am Somebody (Part 2) - Johnnie Taylor
17. I Loved You Like I Love My Very Life - Carla Thomas
18. Soul Machine - Reggie Milner
19. Rules and Regulations, (Follow Her) - The Temprees
20. Push and Pull (Part I), (Do the) - Rufus Thomas
21. Love Changes - Charlene & The Soul Serenaders
22. Put Your World in My World (Best of Two Worlds) - Soul Children
23. Love Is Plentiful - The Staple Singers
DISC 7:
1. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) - The Staple Singers
2. Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas - The Staple Singers
3. Too Many Lovers - Shack
4. Black Christmas - The Emotions
5. Mistletoe and Me, The - Isaac Hayes
6. Ask the Lonely - Barbara Lewis
7. Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone - Johnnie Taylor
8. Finish Me Off - Soul Children
9. Oh, How It Rained - Eddie Floyd
10. Look of Love, The - Isaac Hayes
11. Electrified Love - Ernie Hines
12. Melting Pot - Booker T. & The MG's
13. That's the Way I Like It (I Like It That Way) - Barbara Lewis
14. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
15. You Make Me Want to Love You - The Emotions
16. Stop! In the Name of Love - Margie Joseph
17. I Don't Wanna Lose You - Johnnie Taylor
18. I Love You, (Girl) - The Temprees
19. World Is Round, The - Rufus Thomas
20. Penny For Your Thoughts, A - William Bell
21. Never Can Say Goodbye - Isaac Hayes
22. I Don't Want to Be Like My Daddy - The Nightingales
DISC 8:
1. You've Got to Earn It - The Staple Singers
2. Hold on to It - The Limitations
3. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
4. Born Too Late - Branding Iron
5. Just Ain't Strong as I Used to Be (You Done Fed Me Sumpin') - Jimmy Hughes
6. That Other Woman Got My Man and Gone - Margie Joseph
7. If You Think It (You May as Well Do It) - The Emotions
8. Shame on the Family Name - Calvin Scott
9. Blood Is Thicker Than Water - Eddie Floyd
10. Hijackin' Love - Johnnie Taylor
11. Sweetback's Theme - Melvin Van Peebles
12. Breakdown, The (Part I) - Rufus Thomas
13. Pin the Tail on the Donkey - The Newcomers
14. Them Hot Pants - Lee Sain
15. If That Ain't a Reason (For Your Woman to Leave You) - Little Milton
16. It's Good to Be Careful (But It's Better to Be Loved) - Shack
17. Where Would You Be Today - Ilana
18. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven - Albert King
19. Got to Get Away From It All - Soul Children
20. Love's Creeping up on Me - United Image
21. Show Me How - The Emotions
22. If I Give It up, I Want It Back - David Porter
23. Woman Named Trouble, A - Little Sonny
DISC 9:
1. Losing Boy - Eddie Giles
2. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
3. I'll Kill a Brick (About My Man) - Hot Sauce
4. You Think You're Hot Stuff - Jean Knight
5. All For the Love of a Woman - William Bell
6. Shaft, (Theme From) - Isaac Hayes
7. Jamaica, This Morning - The MGs
8. Gone! The Promises of Yesterday - The Mad Lads
9. Girl, Come on Home - Major Lance
10. Loser's Seat, (Let Hurt Put You in) - Joni Wilson
11. My Baby Love - The Temprees
12. How Do You Move a Mountain - The Leaders
13. Black Nasty Boogie (Part 6) - Black Nasty
14. Do the Funky Penguin (Part I) - Rufus Thomas
15. You've Got a Cushion to Fall On - Carla Thomas
16. Get up and Get Down - The Dramatics
17. Son of Shaft - The Bar-Kays
18. Don't Cha Mess With My Money, My Honey, Or My Woman - L.V. Johnson
19. I Can Smell That Funky Music - Eric Mercury
20. Sadness For Things, A - Calvin Scott
21. That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton
22. Standing in For Jody - Johnnie Taylor
| Details | | Producer: | Bill Belmont, Rob Bowman | | Distributor: | Fantasy (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
THE COMPLETE STAX/VOLT SOUL SINGLES, VOLUME 2 (1968-1971) contains 216 tracks on 9 CDs and includes a deluxe 60-page booklet with an essay by Rob Bowman. The booklet is extensively illustrated with photos and archival materials.
Editorial Reviews
...Casual listeners might be entertained by the chart-toppers here, but STAX/VOLT VOLUME 2, with its high-ticket price and its plethora of lesser-known names and numbers, will be of most abiding interest to collectors and musicologists...
Musician (12/01/1993)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Don't drop it on your foot....here's another 9-CD soul history whopper....the torrent of fine music that [Stax] produced is all here...
Q (12/01/1993)
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