Artist	Song
The Temptations	Ain't Too Proud to Beg
from Anthology Series: The Best of the Temptations (1995)
James Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good) [1965 Single - Mono]
from Number 1's (2007)
Aretha Franklin	Think
from Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (2008)
Fontella Bass	Rescue Me
from Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (1997)
Dusty Springfield	Son of a Preacher Man
from Rhino Hi-Five: Dusty Springfield - EP (2005)
Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music
from Rhino Hi-Five: Arthur Conley - EP (2005)
Stevie Wonder	I Was Made to Love Her
from Stevie Wonder: Greatest Hits (1998)
Clarence Carter	Slip Away
from Rhino Hi-Five: Clarence Carter - EP (2005)
Mel & Tim	Backfield In Motion
from Good Guys Only Win In the Movies (1996)
Etta James	Tell Mama
from Tell Mama - The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions (2001)
Joe Simon	The Chokin' Kind
from The Best of Joe Simon (1990)
Al Green	Take Me to the River
from Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)
Percy Sledge	Take Time to Know Her (Single Version)
from Atlantic Top 60: Sweat-Soaked Soul Classics (2007)
Bobby "Blue" Bland	That's the Way Love Is
from Bobby Blue Band: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - The Duke Recordings (2007)
Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
from The Very Best of Solomon Burke (2005)
King Curtis & The Kingpins	Memphis Soul Stew
from King Size Soul (2005)
The Meters	This Is My Last Affair
from Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology (2005)
Alvin Cash & The Crawlers	Twine Time
from An Introduction to Chicago Soul (2007)
James Carr	Pouring Water On a Drowning Man
from The Goldwax Story, Vol. 1 (2001)
Joe Tex	S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
from Greatest Hits (2006)
O.V. Wright	Ace of Spades
from The Soul of O.V. Wright (1992)
Otis Clay	I Testify
from An Introduction to Chicago Soul (2007)
Spencer Wiggins	The Power of a Woman
from The Goldwax Story, Vol. 1 (2001)
Kool Blues	I'm Going to Keep On Loving You
from Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label (2008)
Percy Milem	I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me)
from The Goldwax Story, Vol. 2 (2004)
Willie Mitchell	Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On
from Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On (1967)

Comment:

Like cross-town kin Sun Records before it, Stax [i]defined[/i] its time and place, and even those who never set foot in 926 East McLemore Avenue kept their ears keenly tuned to the sounds pounding against its walls. [i]"Do you like good music?"[/i] How could [i]anyone[/i] argue with sandpaper-larynxed Arthur Conley, as he name-checked a galaxy of superstars in the Otis Redding-produced soulabration of "Sweet Soul Music," before validating each one with a chest-thumping "Oh, yeah!" It's the rarest of singers who dares challenge Redding in a zero-to-heartbreak match race, but homegrown Memphis shouter James Carr drops the hammer — and connects — in the bone-deep misery of "Pouring Water On a Drowning Man," right down to his sad-bastard chuckle of despair. And the Right Reverend Al Green, stranded on a tightrope between sin and salvation, plunges his butter-cream vocal headlong into the grits 'n' gravy funk of "Take Me to the River," spurred on by MG's drummer Al Jackson, Jr. — the very same guy who backboned Stax's "Green Onions" and "Try a Little Tenderness." From James Brown to Etta James, we've got a soul-studded selection of Stax soundalikes — signed, sealed, and [i]delivered[/i].

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