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A1	–Booker T & The MG's	Soul Limbo Written-By – A. Jackson*, B. T. Jones*, D. Dunn*, S. Cropper*
A2	–Judy Clay & William Bell	Private Number Written-By – B. T. Jones*, W. Bell*
A3	–Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love Written-By – B. Crutcher*, D. Davis*, H. Banks*, R. Jackson*
A4	–Eddie Floyd	Bring It On Home To Me Written-By – S. Cooke*
A5	–William Bell	I Forgot To Be Your Lover Written-By – B. T. Jones*, W. Bell*
A6	–Carla Thomas	I Like What You're Doing (To Me) Written-By – B. Crutcher*, H. Banks*, R. Jackson*
A7	–Booker T & The MG's	Time Is Tight Written-By – B. T. Jones*
A8	–Rufus Thomas	(Do The) Push And Pull Part 1 Written-By – R. Thomas*
A9	–Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff Written-By – C. Washington*, J. Broussard*, R. Williams*
B1	–The Dramatics	Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get Written-By – T. Hester*
B2	–The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself Written-By – L. Ingram*, M. Rice*
B3	–Isaac Hayes	Theme From Shaft Written-By – I. Hayes*
B4	–The Mar-Keys	Son Of Shaft Written-By – A. Jones*, H. Banks*, W. Brown*
B5	–The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There Written-By – A. Isabell*
B6	–Frederick Knight	I' Ve Been Lonely For So Long Written-By – J. Weaver*, P. Knight*
B7	–Mel & Tim	Starting All Over Again Written-By – P. Mitchell*
B8	–Shirley Brown	Woman To Woman Written-By – E. Marion*, H. Thigpen*, H. Banks*
B9	–Soul Children	I'll Be The Other Woman Written-By – C. Hampton*, H. Banks*

Companies, etc.

• Produced At – The Digital Editing Suite
• Licensed To – Ace Records Ltd.
• Marketed By – Ace Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – Ace Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ace Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Ace Records Ltd.

Credits

• Compiled By – Roger Armstrong
• Design [Package Designed] – Philip Barker Design
• Producer [Post Production] – Duncan Cowell
• Sleeve Notes – Peter Gibbon

Notes

Stax Records marketed & distributed by Ace Records Ltd.
Digitally transfered from original analogue master tapes.
Post-production at The Digital Editing Suite.
Photographs courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Fantasy, Inc. and is licensed to Ace Records Ltd.
Not licensed for sale in the USA or Canada.
Made in Germany

℗ Fantasy, Inc.
This compilation
℗ 1991 Ace Records Ltd.
© 1991 Ace Records Ltd.

Textes from back cover:

Know to record collectors as the "Yellow" Stax period because of the colour of the record labels, the second main phase of Stax / Volt recordings spanned the period from mid-1968 until the beginning of 1975. It was even more successful than the earlier "Blue" period, and resulted in chart entries on both sides of the Atlantic for a number of artists and in distinctive, constrasting styles. This compilation covers the best from that period, the time when Stax / Volt had terminated its relationship with Atlantic Records, its discs were being distributed through the Paramount film company and the famous finger-clicking logo adorned the Stax output of the Memphis-based label.

Several of the tracks here topped the US R & B chart including Johnnie Taylor's million-seller 'Who's Making Love', Rufus Thomas's 'Do The Push And Pull', Jean Knight's 'Mr Big Stuff', The Staple Singers' 'If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)' (also a million-seller) and Shirley Brown's 'Woman To Woman'. Among numbers that have been very popular in the UK are the deeply soulful duet from Judy Clay & William Bell - 'Private Number' and a couple of tracks from Booker T & The MGs, 'Soul Limbo', familiar to all criket fans, and 'Time Is Tight' which featured in the movie "Uptight". Artists from the Stax stable featured on the sound-tracks of a number of the black movies of the late 60s/early 70s, and Isaac Hayes' half-spoken, half-sung title track from 'Shaft' was probably the most notable of all.

Also featured in this collection are some of the top hits from Stax / Volt's major artists such as Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Carla Thomas and the Bar-Kays as well as tracks from acts which tasted success for the first time during the finger-clicking period - the Dramatics, Frederick Knight and the Soul Children.

PETER GIBBON
August 1991

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• Barcode: 0 29667 06434 7