Nobody Wins: Stax Southern Soul 1968 - 1975 / Var Nobody Wins: Stax Southern Soul 1968 - 1975 / Var CD

UK compilation that puts the spotlight on the music emanating from the South's greatest label - Stax Records of Memphis. In the early '60s, Stax defined the sound of Southern Soul through the work of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and Booker T & the MGs. From 1968 onwards the label widened it's reach and, although records were still cut in their own studio, the label was also using studios in other parts of the city and the south. Nobody Wins follows these developments through a mixture of rare gems, previously unreleased tracks and a sprinkling of classics. Of the previously unreleased numbers, the earliest is the Charmel's' 'I've Done It Again' from what was probably the under-recorded vocal group's last Stax session. Chuck Brooks provides US with a brilliant version of 'Hold on This Time', and we have a wonderful unreleased number by Stax songwriter Bettye Crutcher. Kent.

1. Stay Baby Stay - Johnny Daye 2. I've Done It Again - the Charmels 3. Love Changes - Charlene ; the Soul Seranaders 4. Move Over - the Soul Children 5. Hold on This Time - Chuck Brooks 6. Where Was He? - Jimmy Lewis 7. Nobody Wins Til the Game Is Over - Mack Rice 8. Groovin' on My Baby's Love - Freddie Waters 9. Stealing Love - Eddie Floyd 10. Crossing Over the Bridge - Inez Foxx 11. Make a Joyful Noise - Bettye Crutcher 12. Lovin' on Borrowed Time - William Bell 13. Two Fools - Willie Singleton 14. You're Leaving Me - Ollie ; the Nightingales 15. The Fault Is Not in Me - Sylvia and the Blue Jays 16. Shouldn't I Love Him - Mable John 17. Will You Love Me Forever - Johnnie Taylor 18. I've Never Found a Girl to Love Me Like You Do - Calvin Scott 19. Let 'Em Down Baby - Jimmy Hughes 20. Woman Across the River - Little Milton 21. A Love Affair That Bears No Pain - Shack 22. Lonely Life - John Edwards