Johnnie Taylor - Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956-99 [Box]

Artist:

Taylor, Johnnie

UPC:

025218443227

See Also:

King, Ben E. Redding, Otis Cooke, Sam Soul Stirrers (The) Turner, Big Joe Brown, James Paul, Billy Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Jackie Butler, Jerry Rawls, Lou Charles, Ray

Description:

Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals, guitar); The Highway Q.C.s, The Soul Stirrers (vocals); Steve Cropper, Raymond Jackson, Don Davis, Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson, Bobby Manuel, Dino Zimmerman, Will Macfarlane (guitar); Booker T. Jones (piano, organ); Isaac Hayes (piano); Frederick Knight (keyboards, programming); Bernie Worrell, Marvell Thomas, Barry Beckett, Rudy Robinson, Carson Whitsett, Clayton Ivey, Butch Bonner, (keyboards); Duck Dunn, Bootsy Collins, David Hood, Ray Griffin (bass); Al Jackson, Jr., Roger Hawkins, James Robertson (drums); The Dramatics, Thelma Hopkins (background vocals); The Memphis Horns.
Producers include: Sam Cooke, Don Davis, Steve Cropper, Calvin Carter, Al Jackson, Jr.
Compilation producer: Lee Hildebrand.
Recorded between 1956 and 1999. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand, Don Davis, Wolf Stephenson and Al Bell.
Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (guitar); Leroy Crume (vocals, guitar); Charles Richardson, Quanda Brooks, R.B. Robinson, Jesse J. Farley, Lee Richardson, Paul Foster, Richard Gibbs, Spencer Taylor (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Don Davis , Eddie Hinton, Arthur Armstrong, Bobby Jackson, Leroy Hadley, Raymond Jackson , Steve Cropper, Tommy Tedesco , Will McFarlane, Bobby Manuel, Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Brian Gum, John Frantz, Tim Mika, Bennett Randman, Linda Geidel, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Peggy Plucker, Janet Dressler, Claudette Hampton (strings); Sybil Cheesman (flute); Joe Arnold, Edgar Redmond, Andrew Love (saxophone); John Anderson , Wayne Jackson (trumpet); John Ewing (trombone); Gary Armstrong, Harrison Calloway, Dennis Soule, Jim Horn, Ben Cauley, Vinnie Ciesielski, Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades (horns); Booker T. Jones III, Isaac Hayes (piano, organ); Frederick Knight (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Clayton Ivey, Rudy Robinson, Marvell Thomas, Barry Beckett, Bernie Worrell, Carson Whitsett (keyboards); Johnny Soul, Roger Clark (drums, percussion); Earl Palmer , Al Jackson, Jr. , Roger Hawkins, James Robertson (drums); Jack Ashford (tambourine); Vickie Lancaster (percussion); Sonya Washington, Angela Walls, LaTonya Youngblood, Leonard Williams, Thomisene Anderson, Catherine Henderson (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Lee Hildebrand.
Arranger: Rene Hall.
From his days singing gospel for the Highway Q.C.`s and as Sam Cooke`s replacement in the Soul Stirrers, to his bluesy 1996 regional hit "Last Two Dollars," Johnnie Taylor covered an amazing breadth of musical ground. The 3-CD box set LIFETIME presents all sides of Taylor: spiritual singer, blues wailer, and soul superstar. Included are early cuts with the aforementioned Highway Q.C.`s ("I Dreamed That Heaven Was Like This") and the Soul Stirrers ("Out on a Hill," "Until Then"), along with Taylor`s first forays into secular music, including his initial recordings for Stax (Merle Travis` "Sixteen Tons," Sam and Dave`s "You Don`t Know Like I Know"), and his short-lived stint on Cooke`s SAR label ("Rome Wasn`t Built in a Day").
Also included are the Arkansas native`s greatest Stax successes, notably "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)," and "Who`s Making Love." Taylor`s `70s material is drawn from his time with Columbia and features his biggest hit, the chart-topping "Disco Lady," which also became the first platinum-certified single. By the mid-`80s Taylor was recording for Southern soul label Malaco, represented here by tracks including the prophetic "Soul Heaven," recorded a few months before his death.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. I Dreamed Heaven Was Like This
2. Heaven Is My Home - (Take 1)
3. Love of God, The - (previously unreleased, Take 7)
4. Out on a Hill - (Take 1, alternate take)
5. Until Then - (Take 3, alternate take)
6. When The Gates Swing Open
7. Never, Never
8. Rome (Wasn`t Built In A Day)
9. Dance What You Wanna
10. Baby, We`ve Got Love
11. I Had A Dream
12. Easy Lovin` - (previously unreleased)
13. I`ve Got to Love Somebody`s Baby
14. Just the One (I`ve Been Looking For) - (previously unreleased, take 7)
15. Part Time Love - (previously unreleased, Take 2)
16. Sixteen Tons - (previously unreleased, Take 6)
17. Somebody`s Sleeping In My Bed
18. Blues in the Night - (previously unreleased, Take 1)
19. Save Your Love for Me - (previously unreleased, Take 2)
20. I Need Lots of Love - (previously unreleased)
21. You Can`t Win With A Losing Hand - (previously unreleased, Take 3)
22. Rumors
23. You Don`t Know Like I Know - (previously unreleased, Take 3)
24. Twenty Years From Today - (previously unreleased, Take 4)
25. Twenty Years From Today - (previously unreleased, Take 7)

DISC 2:

1. Little Bluebird
2. Toe Hold
3. That`s Where It`s At
4. I Ain`t Particular
5. Woman Across the River
6. Who`s Making Love?
7. I`m Not the Same Person
8. I`d Rather Drink Muddy Water
9. Mr. Nobody Is Somebody Now
10. Take Care of Your Homework
11. Testify (I Wanna)
12. Separation Line
13. I Could Never Be President
14. Love Bones
15. Steal Away
16. Steal Away - (previously unreleased, live)
17. I Am Somebody, Pts. 1-2
18. Jody`s Got Your Girl and Gone
19. I Don`t Wanna Lose You, Pt. 1-2
20. Don`t Take My Sunshine
21. Hijackin` Love

DISC 3:

1. Standing in for Jody
2. Doing My Own Thing, Pt. 1
3. Stop Doggin` Me
4. I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
5. Cheaper to Keep Her
6. We`re Getting Careless With Our Love
7. Starting All over Again
8. I`ve Been Born Again
9. It`s September
10. Try Me Tonight
11. Free
12. Disco Lady
13. Running Out of Lies
14. God Is Standing By
15. Play Something Pretty
16. Lady, My Whole World Is You
17. Lover Boy
18. Last Two Dollars
19. Soul Heaven

Album Information

Release Date:

11/14/2000

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Stax/Southern Soul

Label:

Stax (USA)

Catalog Number:

4432

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

3

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Steve Cropper; Isaac Hayes; Booker T. Jones; Bernie Worrell; Bootsy Collins; The Memphis Horns

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