The Atlantic Recordings

~ Release by Percy Sledge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Disc 1, Tracks 1-11 released as When a Man Loves a Woman (Atlantic SD-8125, 1966)
Disc 1, Tracks 12-13, 17-23 and 25-28 released as Warm and Tender Soul (Atlantic SD-8132, 1966)
Disc 2, Tracks 5-15 released as The Percy Sledge Way (Atlantic SD-8146, 1967)
Disc 1, Track 16 and Disc 2, Tracks 3-4 16-17, 20-21 and 23-27 released as Take Time to Know Her (Atlantic SD-8180, 1968)
Disc 1, Track 24, Disc 3, Tracks 18, 21 and 23 and Disc 4, Tracks 4, 6 and 11 released on The Golden Voice of Soul (Midi (DE) 20 085, 1974)

Annotation last modified on 2015-09-16 00:32 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Behind Every Great Man There’s a Woman (single A‐side)
2:50
2It Can’t Be Stopped (single A‐side)
3:15
3Baby, Help Me
recording of:
Baby Help Me
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Womack
2:39
4Out of Left Field
recording of:
Out of Left Field
writer:
Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn (songwriter, soul singer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:15
5You Send Me
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
cover recording of:
You Send Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
additional writer:
L. C. Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), 日本アブコ音楽出版 (ABKCO Japan Publishing), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:07
6Drown in My Own Tears
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
4:00
7I Had a Talk With My Woman
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
3:22
8What Am I Living For
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
cover recording of:
What Am I Living For? (in 1967)
writer:
Art Harris and Fred Jay
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
2:27
9You Don’t Miss Your Water
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Miss Your Water
lyricist and composer:
William Bell
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
3:03
10Tell It Like It Is
cover recording of:
Tell It Like It Is
writer:
George Davis (US musician & songwriter George Richard Davis Jr., guitar, bass, saxophone, oboe) and Lee Diamond
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Olrap Publishing Co., Inc.
2:59
11I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)
cover recording of:
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
writer:
Jerry Butler (soul singer) (in 1965) and Otis Redding (in 1965)
publisher:
East (US publishing company affiliated with BMI), Time (US publishing entity affiliated with BMI) and Wildwood Music Ltd.
2:45
12Pledging My Love
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
2:51
13My Special Prayer
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
recording of:
My Special Prayer
lyricist and composer:
Wini Scott
publisher:
Peter Maurice (publisher) (in 1972)
43:02
14The Dark End of the Street
cover recording of:
The Dark End of the Street
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn (songwriter, soul singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
2:45
15Just Out of Reach (of My Two Open Arms)
cover recording of:
Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)
lyricist and composer:
Virgil F. Stewart
publisher:
Sony / ATV Acuff Rose Music
3:32
16High Cost of Leaving
3:01
17It’s All Wrong but It’s Alright (stereo version)
recording of:
It’s All Wrong but It’s Alright
writer:
Marlin Greene (’60s teen artist, writer & engineer) and Eddie Hinton
2:57
18Hard to Believe (single A‐side)
2:21
19Just Out of Reach (of My Two Open Arms) (single version)
cover recording of:
Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)
lyricist and composer:
Virgil F. Stewart
publisher:
Sony / ATV Acuff Rose Music
2:27
20Cover Me
recording of:
Cover Me
writer:
Marlin Greene (’60s teen artist, writer & engineer) and Eddie Hinton
22:59
21Take Time to Know Her
producer:
Marlin Greene (’60s teen artist, writer & engineer) and Quin Ivy
recording of:
Take Time to Know Her (on 1968-02-01)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Allen Davis (American singer-songwriter, born October 4, 1949 in Hendersonville, Tennessee)
writer:
Stephen Allen Davis (American singer-songwriter, born October 4, 1949 in Hendersonville, Tennessee) and Al Gallico
2:54
22It’s All Wrong but It’s Alright (single version)
recording of:
It’s All Wrong but It’s Alright
writer:
Marlin Greene (’60s teen artist, writer & engineer) and Eddie Hinton
2:53
23Feed the Flame
2:24
24Sudden Stop (stereo version)
recording of:
Sudden Stop
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
2:46
25Come Softly to Me
recording of:
Come Softly to Me
writer:
Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis and Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods’ lead singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Morris, EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and Unart Music Corp. (in 1958, in 1959)
2:55
26Spooky
cover recording of:
Spooky
lyricist:
Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb
composer:
Harry Middlebrooks and Mike Shapiro (saxophonist, composer of Spooky)
publisher:
Bike Music, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
is based on:
Spooky (instrumental)
2:52
27Between These Arms (stereo version)
2:39
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