Wattstax [Box Set] (2007)

About this title: In 1972, Stax Records was second only to Motown as America's most successful black-owned record company, and as part of an ambitious bid to grow into a multimedia empire, the Memphis-based label had opened offices in Los Angeles and was eager to announce its presence in the community. The Watts Summer Festival was an annual celebration staged in the beleaguered Watts neighborhood of L.A., a mostly African-American community that had been scarred by race riots in the late '60s, and in 1972 Stax did something special for the occasion: it staged an all-day concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum on ... read more

Tracks:

1. Salvation Symphony [Warren]
2. Introduction
3. Lift Every Voice and Sing [Johnson/Public Doma]
4. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) [Barry/Bloom]
5. Are You Sure [Banks/Jackson]
6. I Like the Things About Me [Staples/Stubbs]
7. Respect Yourself [Rice/Ingram]
8. I'll Take You There [Isbell]
9. Pressios Lord, Take My Hand [Dorsey]
10. Better Get a Move On [Crutcher]
11. Them Hot Pants [Moore]
12. Wade in the Water [Traditional]
13. I Forgot to Be Your Lover [Bell/Jones]
14. Explain It to Her Mama [Fultz/Moore]
15. I've Been Lonely (For So Long) [Knight/Weaver]
16. Pin the Tail on the Donkey [Crutcher/Thomas]
17. Knock on Wood [Floyd/Cropper]
18. Peace Be Still [Traditional]
19. Old Time Religion [Traditional/Public]
20. Lying on the Trith [Smith/Jones]
21. Up Above My Head [Tharpe]
22. Son of Shaft/Feel It [Jones/Banks/Brown]
23. In the Hole [Jones/Alexander]
24. I Can't Turn You Loose [Redding]
25. Introduction [Porter/Williams]
26. Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) [Banks/Jones]
27. Can't See You When I Want To [Lee/Porter]
28. Reach out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) [Ashford/Simpson]
29. Niggas
30. Arrest/Lineup
31. So I Can Love You [Hutchinson]
32. Group Introduction/Show Me How [Hayes/Porter]
33. Open the Door to Your Heart [Banks]
34. Backfield in Motion [McPherson/Harden]
35. Steal Away [Hughes]
36. Killing Floor [Burnett]
37. Pick Up the Pieces [Barker/Davis/Briggs]
38. I Like What You're Doing (To Me) [Crutcher/Banks/Jack]
39. B-A-B-Y [Hayes/Porter]
40. Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) [Thomas]
41. I Have a God Who Loves [Thomas]
42. The Breakdown [Floyd/Rice/Thomas]
43. Do the Funky Chicken [Thomas]
44. Do the Funky Penguin [Bridges/Thomas/Rice]
45. I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To [Barge]
46. Hearsay [West/Colbert]
47. Theme from Shaft [Hayes]

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