Craft Recordings announces seven exclusive titles for Record Store Day 2025

Over the next week, I will be posting updates related to Record Store Day 2025 - which arrives at your favorite local record store on April 12, 2025...Robert Kinsler

CRAFT RECORDINGS ANNOUNCES SEVEN EXCLUSIVE TITLES FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2025   Limited-edition LPs include Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk’s Mulligan Meets Monk, Celia Cruz and Willie Colón’s Only They Could Have Made This Album, Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (Alternative Takes), and A Day to Remember’s Attack of the Killer B-Sides   Also available are Jazz Dispensary’s sleepless new compilation Night Lights, Carla Thomas’ Sweet Sweetheart and Collective Soul’s Blender

Click here to find your nearest record store   Los Angeles, CA (February 6, 2025)—Craft Recordings is excited to reveal its titles for Record Store Day 2025. This year’s lineup—available at participating independent music retailers on April 12—includes seven exclusive releases across several genres, including jazz, salsa, rock and soul. Many of these albums come in limited-edition vinyl colors exclusive to Record Store Day.   Among the much-anticipated releases: Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk’s exceptional Mulligan Meets Monk (in rare mono mix), Celia Cruz and Willie Colón’s seminal Only They Could Have Made This Album, a collection of alternate takes from Vince Guaraldi Trio’s legendary Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown and a rare release of Attack of the Killer B-Sides EP from hardcore band A Day to Remember.   Other highlights include the exclusive release of Jazz Dispensary: Night Lights (featuring treasures from Prestige Records’ storied Moodsville imprint), as well as the vinyl debut of Sweet Sweetheart, from Stax Records queen Carla Thomas, and a 25th-anniversary pressing of Collective Soul’s rock stand-out, Blender.   Scroll down for a detailed look into each release. For more information, visit CraftRecordings.com.   ***   Jazz Dispensary: Night Lights (1-LP, Midnight Blue Vinyl) The new compilation from Jazz Dispensary collects cuts from Prestige Records’ imprint Moodsville, featuring hauntingly beautiful late-night tunes from multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, guitarist Kenny Burrell, saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Gene Ammons, and many more. The smoke-hued blue vinyl befits the album’s enchanting sonic landscape, complimented by original artwork from acclaimed illustrator Liam Cobb.   Evoking the feeling of a warm cup of diner coffee on a cold, sleepless winter night in the city, Night Lights takes listeners on a long stroll that kicks off with Willis Jackson’s nostalgic contemplation “Home,” complimented by the warm hug of bookend “What’s New” from Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (which features the oft-forgotten, prolific organist and bandleader Shirley Scott). At its center, the new collection also features the silky motifs of Yusef Lateef’s “Don’t Blame Me,” the understated confidence of Kenny Burrell’s six-string meditation “No More,” Coleman Hawkins’ “When the Day Is Done” (which sooths like a much-needed salve), and Gene Ammons’ tableau of contentment, “Under a Blanket of Blue” — among many other timeless Moodsville cuts.   Jazz Dispensary serves as a treasure trove for Craft Recordings’ stash of gems, deep cuts, and mind-expanding experimentations from the ’60s and ’70s. The label’s compilations have become a celebrated Record Store Day tradition, earning rapturous reviews from outlets such as Under the Radar (“You are in for an absolute treat”) and Goldmine (“a…blossoming collection of remastered reissues).”   Jazz Dispensary: Night Lights, arrives on midnight blue vinyl and is limited to 4,400 copies.   Jazz Dispensary: Night Lights Tracklist:   Side A 1. Willis Jackson – Home 2. The Frank Wess Quartet – It’s So Peaceful in the Country 3. Arnett Cobb – Hurry Home 4. Lem Winchester – To Love and Be Loved 5. Coleman Hawkins – When Day Is Done 6. Kenny Burrell – No More   Side B 1. Gene Ammons – Under a Blanket of Blue 2. Clark Terry – This Is Always 3. Yusef Lateef – Don’t Blame Me 4. Red Garland Trio – I Heard You Cried Last Night 5. Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis feat. Shirley Scott – What’s New   Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk – Mulligan Meets Monk (1-LP, Black Vinyl) An exclusive edition of the rare mono mix, Mulligan Meets Monk was originally released on Riverside Records in 1957 and met with great intrigue. At the time, Thelonious Monk was just making his name, while Gerry Mulligan was firmly ensconced in the jazz world. This collaboration thrillingly entwined their very different approaches, dazzling critics and fans alike.   At heart, Mulligan Meets Monk is a study in contrasts, with Mulligan’s bright, smooth sax playing off Monk’s edgier piano (and vice versa), all grounded by the rhythm section of bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Shadow Wilson. “Mulligan enjoys himself,” Jazzwise wrote, “and his improvising style fits well with Monk’s backing, recalling again the pianist’s roots in the swing era.”   The more unforgettable tracks include the dexterous “’Round Midnight” (co-written by Monk), a breathless delight of an album opener, and the slyly corkscrewing “Straight, No Chaser” (a Mulligan composition) — proving Mulligan Meets Monk can indeed be all things at once. “The program, which includes four compositions by Monk and one by Mulligan, is unassailable,” AllMusic enthused. “This top-notch session — with its great tunes, chemistry, and soloing — is a true classic.”   This mono edition is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at RTI and limited to 3,400 copies. It features lacquers cut from the original tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and comes in a tip-on jacket.   Mulligan Meets Monk Tracklist:   Side A 1. ’Round Midnight 2. Rhythm-a-ning 3. Sweet and Lovely   Side B 1. Decidedly 2. Straight, No Chaser 3. I Mean You   Celia Cruz and Willie Colón – Only They Could Have Made This Album (1-LP, Black Vinyl)   The title of the first Willie Colón and Celia Cruz duet album was telling: With her unmistakably powerful vocals and his production perfectionism, it’s a release that could never have come to life without this momentous collaboration.     The 1977 album found the Queen of Salsa at the top of her game, while Colón at the top of his, as a trombonist and wildly talented producer. With Colón as producer, Celia was able to express a different side of her vocal bravado, aided by the many shades and colors of his extensive musical palette.     There is something for everyone here. Only They Could Have Made This Album’s timeless opener, “Usted abusó” (a cover previously made famous by Brazilian singer Maria Creuza), leaves the original song’s melody intact, while introducing a salsa beat and new lyrics in Spanish. It’s still one of the most popular tracks on the album. The gut-wrenching bolero “Plazos traicioneros” (a classic cover written by Cuban composer Luis Marquetti) is a melancholic tearjerker that evokes a time past, framed by velvety touches of bongos and strings. Meanwhile, “A Papá,” written by Puerto Rican Latin jazz icon Mon Rivera, is the opposite of both: a life-affirming dancefloor-ready cut beamed from the tropics. There’s also the inspiring “Todos somos iguales” (We Are All The Same) with a sobering lesson on religious tolerance, and the traditional merengue “Pun pun catalú" composed by Johnny Pacheco.     AllMusic once said of their collaborations: “A Celia Cruz/Willie Colón collaboration is to salseros what a Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell duet is to soul lovers.”     This edition, limited to 1,200 copies, is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at MRP and comes in a standard single-pocket jacket. The lacquers were cut from the original master tapes (AAA) by Dave Polster and Clint Holley at Well Made Music, and the reissue celebrates Celia Cruz’s Centennial.   Only They Could Have Made This Album Tracklist:   Side A 1. Usted abusó 2. A Papá 3. Plazos traicioneros 4. Pun pun catalú 5. Zambúllete   Side B 1. Tu y las nubes 2. Todos somos iguales 3. Dulce habanera 4. Rinkinkalla 5. Burundanga   Vince Guaraldi Trio – Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (Alternate Takes) (1-LP, Sky Blue Color Vinyl) The original album which introduced the world to Vince Guaraldi’s iconic “Linus and Lucy,” Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (Alternate Takes) features new and unreleased alternate takes of songs from the original recording sessions.   Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi was recruited to compose the soundtrack to A Boy Named Charlie Brown, a TV documentary about the cartoon and its creator Charles M. Schulz. That doc would never be aired — although its album would be, by Fantasy Records in 1964 — and its appeal, including its music, would inspire A Charlie Brown Christmas a year later.   The influence of Guaraldi’s music and the trio’s performance, would live on for generations, particularly in what would become his most recognizable song, the plucky “Linus and Lucy.” To that end, Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown, which has amassed glowing reviews over the years, even hit No.20 on Billboard’s soundtracks chart in 2015.   Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (Alternate Takes) features two alternate versions of “Linus and Lucy,” including an early studio test, as well as outtakes of “Oh, Good Grief,” the charming ode to fellow (albeit animated) pianist “Schroeder,” the sweepingly carefree “Baseball Theme” and more. “It’s not a children’s album,” All About Jazz pointed out, “but rather a top-notch series of breezy jazz treatments.”   This edition is pressed on sky-blue vinyl, limited to 3,400 copies, and mixed and mastered from the original analog sources by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Paul Blakemore. The lacquers were cut by Matthew Lutthans at Cohearent Audio.   Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (Alternate Takes) Tracklist:   Side A 1. Linus and Lucy (Studio Test) 2. Linus and Lucy (Take 3) 3. Happiness Theme (Happiness Is) (Take 4) 4. Pebble Beach (Take 7) 5. Baseball Theme (Take 1) 6. Oh, Good Grief (Take 1) 7. Schroeder (Take 3) 8. Baseball Theme (Take 2) 9. Oh, Good Grief (Take 1 / Later Session)   Side B 1. Schroeder (Take 2) 2. Blues for Peanuts 3. Charlie Brown Theme (Take 4) 4. Blue Charlie Brown (Take 1) 5. Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair) (Take 1)   Carla Thomas – Sweet Sweetheart (1-LP, Translucent Light Blue Color Vinyl) As Stax Records’ most hit-making woman, Carla Thomas was also referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. Her 1970 American Sound Studio recording session, produced by country music’s Chips Moman (famous for his work with Elvis), is significant for fusing her soul roots with just enough country, to great effect. This also happens to be Sweet Sweetheart’s vinyl debut, 55 years after it was recorded.   On this album, which wasn’t released in any form until its CD release in 2013, Thomas transforms many tracks from other popular songwriters of the time—James Taylor, Bee Gees, Gerry Goffin, Carole King, and more—into a wholly unique sound. The album’s first single “Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)” is a slowed-down King/Goffin track, its pop veneer mingled with warm, soulful vocals. James Taylor’s earthy “Country Road” becomes a beat-driven celebration of freedom. And the Bee Gee’s “To Love Somebody” is a lingering, intimate testament to heartbreak.   AllMusic referred to Sweet Sweetheart, following its 2013 CD release, as “a clean, pure, progressive soul record that belongs to its time.”   Sweet Sweetheart comes to vinyl as a limited-edition translucent light blue pressing, limited to 1,200 copies.   Sweet Sweetheart Tracklist:   Side A 1. Country Road 2. I Loved You Like I Love My Very Life 3. I’m Gettin’ Closer to You 4. To Love Somebody 5. Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) 6. Heaven Help the Non-Believer   Side B 1. Heavy Load 2. Sweet Sweetheart 3. I Think I Love You Again 4. Everything Is Beautiful 5. I’m Gettin’ Closer to You (Version 2)   A Day to Remember – Attack of the Killer B-Sides (45-RPM, Neon Orange Vinyl)   To celebrate the 15th anniversary of A Day to Remember’s Attack of the Killer B-Sides, Craft Recordings is releasing the trailblazing hardcore band’s four-song EP in limited-edition form. Since their formation in 2003, A Day to Remember quietly emerged as arguably the biggest underground band in the world. The Florida group affirmed this status by achieving one Platinum album, two Gold albums, one Platinum single and four Gold singles.   The 2010 EP effortlessly combines two of the band’s singles with a pair of covers. The originals are comprised of the escapist, fist-in-the-air anthem “Right Where You Want Me to Be” and the thrashier lament “Another Song About the Weekend,” while the covers see the band’s angstier take on Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” and more caffeinated, rousing version of the Fray’s “Over My Head (Cable Car).”   The expanse of music covered in such a short EP is no surprise for the Billboard-topping A Day to Remember. Writes AllMusic, “A Day to Remember draws from a wide array of genres including emo, pop-punk, hardcore, and heavy metal — affectionately referred to by their fans as ‘pop mosh.’”   This 10" pressing of Attack of the Killer B-Sides is cut at 45 RPM on neon orange vinyl and is limited to 2,000 copies.   Attack of the Killer B-Sides Tracklist:   Side A 1. Right Where You Want Me to Be 2. Since U Been Gone   Side B 1. Another Song About the Weekend 2. Over My Head (Cable Car)   Collective Soul — Blender (1-LP, Translucent Cobalt Vinyl) This release from alt-rockers Collective Soul commemorates the 25th anniversary of their hook-heavy album Blender. Released in 2000, it marked nearly a decade of meteoric rise for the Georgia-based rock band. The album saw Collective Soul harnessing rock’s mainstream appeal while weaving in elements of pop, industrial and beyond to expand their sound.   Here, the band leads with metal and industrial influences, starting with the doomed romance of “Why Pt.2,” their Mainstream Rock-charting single. Wrote Rolling Stone, “Collective Soul excel at making you pay homage to the Mount Rushmore-like solidity of rock stripped to hard-hitting essentials.”   However, the band made sure to balance the loud with the more ruminative, yielding fan favorites “Vent” and “After All.” But Collective Soul’s most surprising offering on Blender comes from the levitating, oohing “Perfect Day,” which includes vocals and piano by Sir Elton John. Wrote Entertainment Weekly about Blender, “Soul controller Ed Roland displays an effortless knack for pop formula.”   This exclusive release of Blender features translucent cobalt vinyl and is pressed in a run of 3,000 copies.   Blender Tracklist:   Side A 1. Skin 2. Vent 3. Why Pt.2 4. 10 Yrs Later 5. Boast 6. Turn Around     Side B 1. You Speak My Language 2. Perfect Day 3. After All 4. Over Tokyo 5. Happiness     About Craft Recordings: Craft Recordings is home to one of the largest and most essential collections of master recordings and compositions in the world. Its storied repertoire includes landmark releases from icons such as Joan Baez, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Celia Cruz, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, R.E.M., Joan Sebastian, and Traveling Wilburys. Plus, the catalog recordings of celebrated contemporary acts including A Day to Remember, Evanescence, Alison Krauss, Nine Inch Nails, Taking Back Sunday and Violent Femmes, to name just a few. Renowned imprints with catalogs issued under the Craft banner include Fania, Fantasy, Fearless, Musart, Nitro, Panart, Prestige, Riverside, Rounder, Specialty, Stax, Vanguard, Varèse Sarabande, Vee-Jay and Victory, among many others. Craft creates thoughtfully curated packages, with a meticulous devotion to quality and a commitment to preservation — ensuring that these recordings endure for new generations to discover. Craft is also home to the Billie Holiday and Tammy Wynette estates which preserve and protect their respective names, likeness and music through day-to-day legacy management of these cultural trailblazers.   Craft Recordings is the catalog label team for Concord. For more info, visit CraftRecordings.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.   ###

The Staple Singers’ ‘Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection’ available as 7-CD box set

This promises to be one of the best special sets of 2020! Earlier this year a quartet of The Staple Singers' post-Stax titles were reissued and you can read my review of those winning releases HERE. - Robert Kinsler

The Staple Singers' Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection

to be available in a deluxe seven-CD box set

 

Acclaimed collection celebrates The Staple Singers' Stax Years, including all of their studio albums on the iconic label, plus live recordings and rarities

 

OUT NOVEMBER 13^th ON CRAFT RECORDINGS

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Special exclusive bundles, including a Stax t-shirt, available via the Stax Store

Los Angeles, CA (September 23, 2020)—Craft Recordings is thrilled to announce a deluxe CD edition of Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection. The acclaimed box set, which was previously released on vinyl digital formats, celebrates one of music’s greatest gospel and soul groups, The Staple Singers. Available for pre-order today, and set for a November 13th release, Come Go With Me presents all of the group’s studio albums released on the iconic Memphis label, spanning 1968–1974, and features the Staples’ biggest hits, including “I’ll Take You There,” “Respect Yourself” and “If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me).” Each album was remastered from the original analog masters by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl, while the seventh disc offers rarities, non-album singles and live recordings from the legendary 1972 Wattstax music festival. Housed in a slipcase, the seven-disc collection also includes a booklet with archival photos and liner notes from American music specialist and curator Levon Williams (formerly of the Stax Museum and the National Museum of African American Music), and folklorist, ethnomusicologist and writer Dr. Langston Wilkins.

Released on vinyl and digital platforms earlier this year (in February), Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection received strong praise from such outlets as Uncut, Mojo and Paste, the latter of which wrote, “this marvelous run of records sound brand new in these new all-analog pressings, with the earthy tang of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Bar-Kays horn section ripping out of the speakers with hip-shaking fervor... This is a milestone of American musical history, treated with the appropriate levels of respect and reverence.” All six of the Staple Singers’ albums with Stax were also made available in hi-res 24-bit/192 kHz and 24-bit/96 kHz formats for the first time.

By the time that the Staple Singers signed to Stax in 1968, the family quartet—helmed by patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples, with daughters Cleotha and Mavis, and son Pervis (later replaced by his sister Yvonne)—had long graduated from the gospel circuit. The Chicago group had become well known in the counterculture and folk scenes and were performing alongside major rock acts like Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Grateful Dead. The Staples had also become formidable voices in the Civil Rights movement, and many of their songs preached a message of empowerment and racial equality.

In the fall of ’68, the group went into the studio to record their first album for Stax, Soul Folk in Action, working with producer Steve Cropper and songwriter Homer Banks. The sessions were set against a backdrop of social and political turmoil, which climaxed with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis. The Staple Singers were known for writing politically charged “message songs,” and the year’s events certainly inspired many of the tracks on this album, including “Long Walk to D.C.” and “The Ghetto.” In their liner notes, Levon Williams and Langston Wilkins write that both of these songs “Truly tapped into the experiences and emotions of Black America at the close of the ’60s. The former is a tribute to the 1963 March on Washington told from the perspective of a poor yet hopeful African American person willing to use their last dimes to make it to the rally … Conversely, the somber and haunting ‘The Ghetto’ takes listeners deep into the isolation and despair of inner-city life.” Also notable to this album are stunning covers of The Band’s “The Weight” and Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” recorded in tribute to the fallen Stax star, who died tragically just a year earlier in a plane crash. The Staple Singers returned to the studio with Cropper the following year to record We’ll Get Over (1970). Highlights include the standout message song “When Will We Be Paid,” as well as covers of tracks like Sly & the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” and Gladys Knight & the Pips’ “The End of the Road.”

Though both Soul Folk in Action and We’ll Get Over carried powerful messages and tight-knit harmonies, neither had commercial success. And so, for the band’s third album, Stax co-president Al Bell (who signed the band) took the helm as producer. Williams and Wilkins note that “As a long-time DJ, Bell’s ear for what moves Black listeners, both literally and metaphorically, had been keenly crafted over several years. Bell hosted shows that had both sacred and secular followings and had amassed a wealth of experience from watching, noting and deeply understanding the impact music has on varied audiences. His ear was essentially priceless.”

With support from the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as “The Swampers”), the Staple Singers found a winning team with Bell, and the resulting album, 1971’s The Staple Swingers, would be their first charting record, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard’s top R&B albums. The LP offered a funkier sound from the group, with high-energy singles like “Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)” and the Smokey Robinson cover “You’ve Got to Earn It.”

The group reunited with the Swampers and Bell for 1972’s Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, an album that transformed the Staple Singers into mainstream stars. Peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, the groove-filled album featured the Staples’ first No. 1 hit—the infectious “I’ll Take You There,” and “Respect Yourself,” a song which Williams and Wilkins declare “encapsulates the Staple Singers’ entire career.” The powerful message song not only resonated with African Americans but also with many women across the country as they, too, fought for equal opportunity.

The group’s 1973 follow-up, Be What You Are, featured the Top Ten hit “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me),” popular single "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend” and the sweetly harmonized “Love Comes in All Colors,” while the Staple Singers’ final album with Stax—1974’s City in the Sky—includes such highlights as the politically charged “Washington We’re Watching You,” “Back Road into Town” and “Who Made the Man,” which marked a return to the group’s gospel roots.

The final disc in Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection offers a selection of live tracks from the Staple Singers’ energetic performance at Wattstax, as well as B-sides like “Stay With Us,” non-album singles like “Oh La De Da” and rarities that include “Walking in Water Over Our Head” and “Trippin’ on Your Love.”

Following their time at Stax, the Staple Singers continued to tour and record throughout the ’70s and early ’80s. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and received a GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. In recent years, Mavis Staples has been back in the spotlight—headlining tours and reaching a new generation of fans with her solo records. In 2016, she was the subject of a documentary (Mavis!) and ended the year as a Kennedy Center Honoree.

Click here to pre-order the 7-CD set Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection

Special exclusive bundles, including a Stax t-shirt, available via the Stax Store

Track Listing - Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection (CD edition):

 

Soul Folk in Action

1.     We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together

2.     (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay

3.     Top of the Mountain

4.     Slow Train

5.     The Weight

6.     Long Walk to D.C.

7.     Got to Be Some Changes Made

8.     The Ghetto

9.     People, My People

10.  I See It

11.  This Year

We’ll Get Over

1.     We’ll Get Over

2.     Give a Damn

3.     Everyday People

4.     The End of Our Road

5.     Tend to Your Own Business

6.     Solon Bushi (Japanese Folk Song)

7.     The Challenge

8.     God Bless the Children

9.     Games People Play

10.  A Wednesday in Your Garden

11.  The Gardener

12.  When Will We Be Paid

The Staple Swingers

1.     This Is a Perfect World

2.     What’s Your Thing

3.     You’ve Got to Earn It

4.     You’re Gonna Make Me Cry

5.     Little Boy

6.     How Do You Move a Mountain

7.     Almost

8.     I’m a Lover

9.     Love Is Plentiful

10.  Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)

11.  I Like the Things About You

12.  Give a Hand – Take a Hand

Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

1.     This World

2.     Respect Yourself

3.     Name the Missing Word

4.     I’ll Take You There

5.     This Old Town (People in This Town)

6.     We the People

7.     Are You Sure

8.     Who Do You Think You Are? (Jesus Christ the Super Star)

9.     I’m Just Another Soldier

10.  Who

Be What You Are

1.     Be What You Are

2.     If You’re Ready (Come Go with Me)

3.     Medley: Love Comes in All Colors / Tellin’ Lies

4.     Touch a Hand, Make a Friend

5.     Drown Yourself

6.     I Ain’t Raisin’ No Sand

7.     Grandma’s Hands

8.     Bridges Instead of Walls

9.     I’m on Your Side

10.  That’s What Friends Are For

11.  Heaven

City in the Sky

1.     Back Road Into Town

2.     City in the Sky

3.     Washington We’re Watching You

4.     Something Ain’t Right

5.     Today Was Tomorrow Yesterday

6.     My Main Man

7.     There Is a God

8.     Blood Pressure

9.     If It Ain’t One Thing It’s Another

10.  Who Made the Man

11.  Getting Too Big for Your Britches

Bonus Disc: Singles, Live & More

1.     Stay With Us

2.     Brand New Day (Theme from The Landlord)

3.     Walking in Water Over Your Head

4.     Oh La De Da

5.     I Got to Be Myself

6.     Trippin’ on Your Love

7.     Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) (Live at Wattstax)

8.     Are You Sure (Live at Wattstax)

9.     I Like the Things About You (Live at Wattstax)

10.  Respect Yourself (Live at Wattstax)

11.  I’ll Take You There (Live at Wattstax)

About Stax Records:

One of the most popular soul labels of all time, Stax has become synonymous with its gritty, Southern sounds. Originally known as Satellite Records, the Memphis imprint was founded in 1957 by Jim Stewart. Over the course of two decades, Stax released more than 800 singles and nearly 300 LPs, picking up eight GRAMMYS® and an Academy Award along the way. In all, Stax placed more than 167 hit songs in the Top 100 pop charts, and a staggering 243 hits in the Top 100 R&B charts. For more info, visit StaxRecords.com and follow @StaxRecords on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

About Craft Recordings:

Craft Recordings is home to one of the largest and most prestigious collections of master recordings and compositions in the world. Its rich and storied repertoire includes legendary artists such as Joan Baez, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, Nine Inch Nails, Thelonious Monk, Otis Redding, R.E.M. and Traveling Wilburys, to name just a few. Renowned imprints with catalogs issued under the Craft banner include Concord, Fania, Fantasy, Fearless, Milestone, Musart, Nitro, Prestige, Riverside, Rounder, Specialty, Stax, Sugar Hill, Vanguard, Vee-Jay and Victory, among many others. Craft creates thoughtfully curated packages, with a meticulous devotion to quality and a commitment to preservation—ensuring that these recordings endure for new generations to discover. Craft Recordings is the catalog label team for Concord Recorded Music. For more info, visit CraftRecordings.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify.