The Spirit of Memphis: 1962–1976

~ Release by Isaac Hayes (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Packaging lists disc 2, track 20 as "Title Theme" (from Three Tough Guys), but this track is not actually present on the disc.

Annotation last modified on 2017-10-28 07:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Soul Songwriter, Soul Producer
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sassy
Floyd Newman2:13
2Can’t See You When I Want To
David Porter2:54
3How Do You Quit (Someone You Love)
Carla Thomas2:55
4Boot-Leg
keyboard:
Isaac Hayes
tenor saxophone:
Charles “Packy” Axton
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
recording of:
Boot‐Leg
writer:
Charles “Packy” Axton, Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Isaac Hayes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
Booker T. & the MG’s2:06
5Candy
The Astors3:02
6Can’t Do Nothing Without You
Danny White3:03
7I Had a Dream
Johnnie Taylor3:04
8Hold on I’m Coming
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-03-08)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
vocals:
Sam & Dave (on 1966-03-08)
recording of:
Hold On, I’m Comin’ (on 1966-03-08)
writer:
Isaac Hayes, Hayes, Porter and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), East/Memphis Music, Irving Music, Inc., Pronto Music, Inc. (publisher) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Sam & Dave52:36
9I’ll Run Your Heart Away
Ruby Johnson3:11
10Let Me Be Good to You
recording of:
Let Me Be Good to You
writer:
Isaac Hayes, David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) and Carl Wells
Carla Thomas2:44
11Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
recording of:
Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Picking Soul Music, Irving Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and East/Memphis Music (in 1967)
Mable John2:59
12Fighting to Win
Homer Banks3:08
13B-A-B-Y
recording of:
B-A-B-Y (in 1966)
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Warner/Chappell North America
Carla Thomas4.252:58
14Never Like This Before
recording of:
Never Like This Before
writer:
Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
William Bell3:01
15Patch My Heart
The Mad Lads2:33
16Little Bluebird
Johnnie Taylor2:56
17When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-10-16)
producer:
Natalie Rosenberg (Stax record producer) and Seymour Rosenberg
recording of:
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (on 1966-10-16)
composer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Rondor, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
Charlie Rich2:49
18Love Is After Me
recording of:
Love Is After Me (on 1966-10-16)
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
Charlie Rich2:25
19You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart
recording of:
You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
Judy Clay2:55
20Soul Man
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-08-10)
producer:
Isaac Hayes, David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) and Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
instruments:
Booker T. & the MG’s (in 1967) and The Mar‐Keys Horns (in 1967)
lead vocals:
Sam Moore (singer, ex “Sam and Dave”) (in 1967) and David Prater (soul artist) (in 1967)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HHO Recordings Ltd., WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1966) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 458)
recording of:
Soul Man (on 1967-08-10)
writer:
Isaac Hayes (in 1967) and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) (in 1967)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Rondor Music Ltd. (publisher), Walden Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America, Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (in 1986) and Walden Music Corp. (publisher) (in 1986)
Sam & Dave4.52:40
21As Long as I’ve Got You
The Charmels2:41
22I Thank You
producer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
recording of:
I Thank You (on 1968-01-05)
writer:
Isaac Lee Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Rondor, Walden Music, Inc., Warner Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Birdees Music (in 1968)
Sam & Dave2:46
23The Sweeter He Is, Part I & II
recording of:
The Sweeter He Is
writer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
The Soul Children6:22
24Stormy
recording of:
Stormy
writer:
Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb
publisher:
Low‐Sal Music, Inc.
Billy Eckstine3:56
25Can’t See You When I Want To
David Porter4:28
26Show Me How
The Emotions3:05
2▶CD: Volt & Enterprise Singles
3▶CD: Cover Man
4▶CD: Jam Master
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