- Doin' the Side Saddle - Rufus Thomas
- Devil in a Man - Stu Gardner
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The Emotions Primary Artist
Wrecking Crew Primary Artist
Rudy Robinson & the Hungry Five Primary Artist
John KaSandra Primary Artist
Inez Foxx Primary Artist
Black Nasty Primary Artist
Calvin Scott Primary Artist
Albert King Primary Artist
The Staple Singers Primary Artist
The Sweet Inspirations Primary Artist
Reggie Milner Primary Artist
Katie Love Primary Artist
Rufus Thomas Primary Artist
Lee Sain Primary Artist
Jimmy McCracklin Primary Artist
Bernie Hayes Primary Artist
Bar-Kays Primary Artist
Sir Mack Rice Primary Artist
Rudy Robinson Primary Artist
Katie Love & the Four Shades of Black Primary Artist
Israel Tolbert Primary Artist
James Banks Composer
Eddie Marion Composer
Calvin Arnold Composer
Winston Stewart Composer
Henderson Thigpen Composer
Willie Hall Composer
Black Nasty Composer
Carl Hampton Composer
James Alexander Composer
Nick Robbins Mastering
Rudy Robinson Composer
Rufus Thomas Composer
Lloyd Smith Composer
Lester Snell Composer
Dean Rudland Liner Notes
Homer Banks Composer
Myrna Smith Composer
Isaac Hayes Composer
Raymond Jackson Composer
Jimmy McCracklin Composer
Larry Nix Composer
Bernie Hayes Composer
David Porter Composer
Gene Anderson Composer
Sir Mack Rice Composer
Lewis Collins Composer
Tony Hollins Composer
Randy Stewart Composer
Al Kooper Composer


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Overview
This 21-track collection focuses on some of the more obscure and funk-oriented music Stax put out in the first half of the 1970s. There are a few big names here and there, though not represented by famous tracks, such as the Staple Singers, the Bar-Kays, Albert King, and Rufus Thomas, and more moderately famous performers like Sir Mack Rice, Inez Foxx, the Emotions, the Sweet Inspirations, and Jimmy McCracklin. But a lot of the music is by artists most won't have remembered as being on the Stax roster, or on any other for that matter. On the whole it's OK, but not first-division period soul-funk crossover, sometimes recalling other, bigger artists too obviously, as Bernie Hayes does James Brown on "Cool Strut" (complete with "hit it!" exhortations). The Emotions' "From Toys to Boys" certainly sounds influenced by the kind of very early-'70s Motown production heard on some Jackson 5 records, as do to a lesser degree a couple of the other songs. As for the better moments, the blues-tinged "Big Leg Woman" by Israel "Popper Stopper" Tolbert was an actual 1970 R&B Top 20 hit that doesn't show up on many compilations, and the Bar-Kays' "Cold Blooded" is a cool, largely instrumental James Brown-like tune whose arrangement bears influences from both Philly soul and Santana. There's also Albert King's curious 1974 funk remake of "Crosscut Saw." The one previously unissued track is Rufus Thomas' "Do the Side Saddle." ~ Richie Unterberger
Product Details
Release Date: | 07/28/2008 |
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Label: | Bgp |
UPC: | 0029667515016 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Stu Gardner Primary ArtistThe Emotions Primary Artist
Wrecking Crew Primary Artist
Rudy Robinson & the Hungry Five Primary Artist
John KaSandra Primary Artist
Inez Foxx Primary Artist
Black Nasty Primary Artist
Calvin Scott Primary Artist
Albert King Primary Artist
The Staple Singers Primary Artist
The Sweet Inspirations Primary Artist
Reggie Milner Primary Artist
Katie Love Primary Artist
Rufus Thomas Primary Artist
Lee Sain Primary Artist
Jimmy McCracklin Primary Artist
Bernie Hayes Primary Artist
Bar-Kays Primary Artist
Sir Mack Rice Primary Artist
Rudy Robinson Primary Artist
Katie Love & the Four Shades of Black Primary Artist
Israel Tolbert Primary Artist
Technical Credits
Israel Tolbert ComposerJames Banks Composer
Eddie Marion Composer
Calvin Arnold Composer
Winston Stewart Composer
Henderson Thigpen Composer
Willie Hall Composer
Black Nasty Composer
Carl Hampton Composer
James Alexander Composer
Nick Robbins Mastering
Rudy Robinson Composer
Rufus Thomas Composer
Lloyd Smith Composer
Lester Snell Composer
Dean Rudland Liner Notes
Homer Banks Composer
Myrna Smith Composer
Isaac Hayes Composer
Raymond Jackson Composer
Jimmy McCracklin Composer
Larry Nix Composer
Bernie Hayes Composer
David Porter Composer
Gene Anderson Composer
Sir Mack Rice Composer
Lewis Collins Composer
Tony Hollins Composer
Randy Stewart Composer
Al Kooper Composer
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