Stax Records

DISC ONE

1. CARLA THOMAS – “Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)”
2. THE MAR-KEYS – “Last Night”
3. WILLIAM BELL – “You Don't Miss Your Water”
4. BOOKER T. & THE MGs – “Green Onions”
5. RUFUS THOMAS – “Walking the Dog”
6. OTIS REDDING – “I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”
7. THE ASTORS – “Candy”
8. OTIS REDDING – “Respect”
9. SAM & DAVE – “You Don't Know Like I Know”
10. THE MAD LADS – “I Want Someone”
11. SAM & DAVE – “Hold On I'm Comin’”
12. CARLA THOMAS – “Let Me Be Good To You”
13. MABLE JOHN – “Your Good Thing (Is About To End)”
14. EDDIE FLOYD – “Knock on Wood”
15. CARLA THOMAS – “B-A-B-Y”
16. OTIS & CARLA – “Tramp”
17. THE BAR-KEYS – “Soul Finger”
18. ALBERT KING – “Born Under a Bad Sign”
19. SAM & DAVE – “Soul Man”
20. OTIS REDDING – “(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay”
21. OLLIE & THE NIGHTINGALES – “I Got a Sure Thing”
22. BOOKER T. & THE MGs – “Soul Limbo”
23. EDDIE FLOYD – “I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)”
24. LINDA LYNDELL – “What a Man”
25. WILLIAM BELL & JUDY CLAY – “Private Number”
26. JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “Who's Making Love”
27. WILLIAM BELL – “I Forgot To Be Your Lover”
28. CARLA THOMAS – “I Like What You're Doing (To Me)”

DISC TWO

1. BOOKER T. & THE MGS – “Time Is Tight”
2. THE EMOTIONS – “So I Can Love You”
3. ISAAC HAYES – “Walk on By”
4. RUFUS THOMAS – “Do the Funky Chicken”
5. JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone”
6. JEAN KNIGHT – “Mr. Big Stuff”
7. ISAAC HAYES – “Never Can Say Goodbye”
8. THE DRAMATICS – “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”
9. THE STAPLE SINGERS – “Respect Yourself”
10. ISAAC HAYES – “Theme From Shaft”
11. THE BAR-KAYS – “Son of Shaft”
12. LITTLE MILTON – “That's What Love Will Make You Do”
13. FREDERICK KNIGHT – “I've Been Lonely for So Long”
14. SOUL CHILDREN – “Hearsay”
15. THE DRAMATICS – “In the Rain”
16. THE STAPLE SINGERS – “I’ll Take You There”
17. MEL & TIM STARTING – “Starting All Over Again”
18. THE TEMPREES – “Dedicated to the One I Love”
19. THE STAPLE SINGERS – “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)”
20. JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “Cheaper To Keep Her”
21. SOUL CHILDREN – “I'll Be the Other Woman”
22. SHIRLEY BROWN – “Woman to Woman”


Stax Records started in Memphis in 1959 as Satellite Records. It was founded by a country fiddler Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton. The name was derived from the first two letters of their last names, st and ax to form stax.

Stax became a name known for Southern Soul Music. It was the home of such greats as Otis Redding, Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, Booker T and the MGs and many more.

The above track list shows how awesome this cd collection is.