Soul Patrol, Vol. 1 (1994)

About this title: If you're in the mood for Southern soul, your first stop should probably be Stax/Volt's monumental nine-volume Complete Singles Collection, but after you digest that, by all means move on to the lesser-known but almost equally excellent five-disc Soul Patrol anthology. While every CD in the series is packed with superlative examples of the gritty country- and blues-spiced music that made Southern soul famous, volume one is probably the best. Many of the 24 tracks -- including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," and James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You ... read more

Tracks:

1. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right [Banks/Jackson/Hampt]
2. The Dark End of the Street [Penn/Moman]
3. Clean Up Woman [Reid/Clarke]
4. Mr. Big Stuff [Broussard/Williams/]
5. Sexual Healing [Brown/Gaye/Ritz]
6. Slip Away [Armstrong/Terrell]
7. Let's Stay Together [Green/Jackson/Mitch]
8. The Thrill Is Gone [Hawkins/Darnell]
9. Harry Hippie [Ford]
10. Let's Do It Over [Penn/Oldham]
11. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag [Brown]
12. I've Been Loving You Too Long [Redding/Butler]
13. Take Time to Know Her [Davis/Gallico]
14. If I Could Love You Forever [Hammond]
15. Steal Away [Hughes]
16. Precious, Precious [Crawford/Moore]
17. Are You Lonely for Me, Baby? [Berns]
18. That's How Strong My Love Is [Jamison]
19. I'll Take You There [Isbell]
20. Lean on Me [Withers]
21. Farther Up the Road [Robey/Veasey]
22. Pouring Water on a Drowning Man [Baker/McCormick]
23. Jealous Kind of Fella [Armstead/Browner/Do]
24. Stand by Your Man [Sherrill/Wynette]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.