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The best of the Staple Singers [sound recording].
Title:
The best of the Staple Singers [sound recording].
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Publication Information:
Berkeley, CA : Stax, [1986]
℗1986
Physical Description:
1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Soul music and popular songs, many in the civil rights vein.
All selections previously released on various recordings on the Stax label, 1968-1974.
Compact disc.
Contents:
Heavy makes you happy (sha-na-boom boom) / Barry, Bloom (3:04) -- You've got to earn it / Robinson, Grant (3:29) -- Love is plentiful / Manuel, Crutcher (2:30) -- This world / Schapiro, Friedman (3:30) -- (Sittin' on) the dock of the bay / Redding, Cropper (3:09) -- The weight / R. Robertson (4:31) -- Respect yourself / Rice, Ingram (4:54) -- We'll get over / Banks, Jackson, Crutcher (2:53) -- I'll take you there / A. Isbell (4:47) -- Oh la de da / L.P. Mitchell (3:34) -- Be what you are / Banks, Jackson, Hampton (5:01) -- This old town (People in this town) / Covay, Stevenson, Pickett (4:42) -- If you're ready (come go with me) / Banks, Jackson, Hampton (4:27) -- Touch a hand (make a friend) / Banks, Jackson, Hampton (4:02) -- My main man / Crutcher ... [et al.] (2:12) -- City in the sky / Chalmers, S. Rhodes, D. Rhodes (3:51).
Genre:
Performer:
Performed by the Staple Singers.
Production Credits:
Producers, Steve Cropper, Al Bell.
OCLC Number:
ocm42559961
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1