Various Artists - The Last Soul Company [Box]

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

048201003024

Description:

THE LAST SOUL COMPANY is a 6-CD box set commemorating Malaco Records` 30th Anniversary, including booklet and a 45,000-word essay by Rob Bowman.
THE LAST SOUL COMPANY was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.
Compilation producers: Tommy Couch, Wolf Stephenson, Rob Bowman.
Digitally remastered by Jerry Masters and Kent Bruce.
Young Mississippi entrepreneurs Tommy Couch and Wolf Stephenson started the Malaco label in the late `60s, and over the decades they amassed an impressive catalog of soul, blues, and gospel, including stellar recordings by unknowns as well as by highly respected artists. THE LAST SOUL COMPANY is an attempt to sum up what Couch and Stephenson have done for the roots music of America`s southern region. The breadth of material included on this label retrospective, spanning three decades of music, is nearly as impressive for its diversity as for its high quality.
The collection moves from the stark, uncompromising blues of Mississippi Fred McDowell to the salacious, funky R&B of King Floyd to the string-laden soul balladry of G.C. Cameron. Malaco never got stuck in the past, so we also get the synth-driven R&B of Formula V and a Z.Z. Hill cut with a drum track that sounds suspiciously electronic, but it`s all part of the soulful, idiosyncratic mise-en-scene that is Malaco Records.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Looking For My Pig - Haran Griffin
2. Warm Loving Man - Cozy Corley
3. I Can`t Go Wrong - Eddie Houston
4. Sweetheart Baby - Jackie Dorsey
5. You Can`t Find Love - Betty & Charles
6. Red Cross Store - Mississippi Fred McDowell
7. Mississippi River - Paul Davis
8. I Feel Better Now - Stefan Anderson
9. Talking `Bout Love - George Soul¿
10. Funky Thing - Unemployed
11. Groove Me - King Floyd
12. I Miss You - Bonnie & Sheila
13. When a Man Cries - Joe Wilson
14. Baby Let Me Kiss You - King Floyd
15. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
16. I Found All These Things - C.P. Love
17. Mr. & Mrs. Untrue - Mighty Sam McClain
18. Gypsy Read Your Cards For Me - Barons
19. Gospel Train - Golden Nuggets
20. Woman Don`t Go Astray - King Floyd
21. Can`t Be in Two Places at the Same Time - Chuck Brooks
22. Superman - Richard Caiton
23. Dog in the Night - Carson Whitsett
24. Don`t Let Go - Dorothy Moore

DISC 2:

1. We Can Love - King Floyd/Dorothy Moore
2. Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
3. Travel On - Jackson Southernaires
4. E Ni Me Ni Mi Ni Mo - Elliot Small
5. Somebody Touched Me - Eddie Floyd
6. Funny How Time Slips Away - Dorothy Moore
7. We Should Really Be in Love - Dorothy Moore/Eddie Floyd
8. Dark Skin Woman - Billy Cee
9. Flying Too High - Natural High
10. Trouble Blues - McKinley Mitchell
11. I Believe You - Dorothy Moore
12. You Don`t Love Me No More - Willie Cobbs
13. I Wanna Be Your C.B. - Joe Shamwell
14. With Pen in Hand - Dorothy Moore
15. End of the Rainbow, The - McKinley Mitchell
16. Fallin` in Love With You - Nolan Struck
17. I`m Gonna Hate Myself - The Fiestas
18. Take This Job and Shove It - Ona Watson
19. Whole World Is Dancin`, The - Natural High
20. Let Your Love Rain Down on Me - Jewel Bass
21. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

DISC 3:

1. Dance, Sing Along - Freedom
2. Groove Me - Fern Kinney
3. Get up and Dance - Freedom
4. Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney
5. Sweet Life - Fern Kinney/Frederick Knight
6. Please Don`t Make Me Do Something Bad to You - Z.Z. Hill
7. Seeing You Again - Ruby Wilson
8. Down Home Blues - Z.Z. Hill
9. Cheating in the Next Room - Z.Z. Hill
10. Groovin` - Power
11. Don`t Be Lonely - Sho-Nuff
12. Bad Risk - Latimore
13. Lady in the Street, A - Denise LaSalle
14. Let`s Share - G.C. Cameron
15. Someone Else Is Steppin` In - Z.Z. Hill
16. Get a Little, Give a Little - Z.Z. Hill
17. Right Place, Right Time - Denise LaSalle/Latimore
18. Shade Tree Mechanic - Z.Z. Hill
19. Your Husband Is Cheating on Us - Denise LaSalle

DISC 4:

1. Blues Is Alright, The - Little Milton
2. Lady, My Whole Whole World Is You - Johnnie Taylor
3. This Is Your Night - Johnnie Taylor
4. My Tu Tu - Denise LaSalle
5. Part Time Lover - Formula V
6. I Get Off on You - The Rose Brothers
7. Members Only - Bobby "Blue" Bland
8. Rock Me - Mosley & Johnson
9. Wall to Wall - Johnnie Taylor
10. Sunshine Lady - Latimore
11. Annie Mae`s Cafe - Little Milton
12. Cheatin` Is a Risky Business - Little Milton
13. Get Your Money Where You Spend Your Time - Bobby "Blue" Bland
14. Room 244 - Little Milton
15. Everything`s Out in the Open - Johnnie Taylor
16. All You`ll Ever Need - Latimore
17. I Found a Love - Johnnie Taylor

DISC 5:

1. You Gotta Hurt Before You Heal - Bobby "Blue" Bland
2. Ain`t Nothin` Like the Lovin` We Got - Shirley Brown/Bobby Womack
3. Still Crazy - Johnnie Taylor
4. Midnight Run - Bobby "Blue" Bland
5. Wet Match - Denise LaSalle
6. Take Off Your Shoes - Bobby "Blue" Bland
7. If You`ll Give Me Your Heart - Dorothy Moore
8. I Need a Good Woman Bad - Latimore
9. Working Is the Curse of the Drinking Classes - Big Mike Griffin
10. I`ll Always Love You - The Beat Daddys
11. Stay Close to Home - Dorothy Moore
12. There`s a Stranger in My House - Bobby "Blue" Bland
13. Poonanny Be Still - Poonanny
14. Please Don`t Let Our Good Thing End - Dorothy Moore/Z.Z. Hill

DISC 6:

1. Here`s Your Mop Mr. Johnson - Keri Leigh
2. Don`t Let the Devil Ride - James Peterson
3. Cold This Winter - Ernie Johnson
4. You Ain`t Woman Enough to Take My Man - Shirley Brown
5. One Monkey Don`t Stop No Show - Bobby Rush
6. Good Love - Johnnie Taylor
7. Your Man Is Home Tonight - Artie "Blues Boy" White
8. Last Two Dollars - Johnnie Taylor
9. Got My Whiskey - Mel Walters
10. I Been Having an Affair - Tonya
11. Let Me Please You - Tyrone Davis
12. Who Is Betty? - Shirley Brown
13. Don`t Make Me Creep - Stan Mosley
14. Tenderness - Kristine
15. Two Lumps of Sugar - Carl Sims
16. Big Boned Woman - Little Milton

Album Information

Release Date:

03/23/1999

Type:

Collection

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Stax/Southern Soul

Label:

Malaco

Catalog Number:

30

Original Release Year:

1999

# of Discs:

6

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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