Recommended Materials
THE STAX STORY
4 disc collection of the hit songs from the Stax label. Tracks include “I Thank You”, “Soul Man”, and “ Shaft.” Album was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.
Stax (USA) #4429, 2000.
THE COMPLETE STAX./VOLT SINGLES 1959-1968
9-CD set with 244 tracks and a 64 page booklet. Collection features several David Porter hit songs performed by Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas and William Bell.
Atlantic Records # 82218, 1991.
BEST OF SAM AND DAVE
Recordings by Sam Moore and David Prater from 1965-1968. Tracks include the hit recordings of “I Thank You”, “You Don’t Know What You Mean to Me”, “Soul Man”, “and “Hold On, I’m Comin’”. Produced by David Porter and Isaac Hayes.
Atlantic Records # 81279, 1987.
WANTED: ONE SOUL SINGER
Recordings by Johnnie Taylor including the hit songs “I Had a Dream” and “I Got to Love Somebody’s Baby”.
Rhino Records # 82253, 1991.
GEE WHIZ
10 recordings by Carla Thomas with Otis Redding. Tracks include the top twenty hit song from 1966: “B-A-B-Y”.
Collectables # 9606, 2005.