Back to the River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961–1978
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 20 November 2015
Tracklist
- CD 1: Muscle Shoals‐Memphis Redux
- 1I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)Solomon Burke2:51
- 2Nearer to YouBetty Lavette3:09
- 3Private Number (extended version)Judy Clay & William Bell3:10
- 4Free Me (take 1)Otis Redding3:05
- 5A Touch of the BluesBobby Bland3:18
- 6This Love Won’t Run OutDee Dee Sharp2:43
- 7I Got Everything I NeedEddie Floyd2:38
- 8Please Don’t Desert Me BabyGloria Walker & The Chevelles2:52
- 9Sugarman (extended version)Sam Baker3:17
- 10Think I’ll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself to SleepJoe Perkins3:08
- 11Sure as SinJeanie Greene2:58
- 12What’s That You GotRudolph Taylor2:51
- 13I Found What I WantedMary Wells2:52
- 14I’ve Got Memories (demo)Melvin Carter3:14
- 15Message From MariaJoe Simon3:225.0 ★
- 16ProblemsMable John2:51
- 17I’ve Been SearchingO.V. Wright2:38
- 18She Ain’t Gonna Do RightClarence Carter2:39
- 19Give Me Back the Man I LoveBarbara West2:48
- 20You’re Gonna Want MeBill Coday3:15
- 21I’m Just Living a LieBettye Swann2:55
- 22Home for the SummerJimmy Braswell2:33
- 23Too Weak to Fight (extended version)Ella Washington2:36
- 24Everytime It Rains aka Teardrops From My EyesNa Allen3:03
- 25YesterdayThe Soul Children8:55
- CD 2: Southern Routes
- 1The Only Girl (I’ve Ever Loved)Joe Tex2:39
- 2Rainy Night in GeorgiaBrook Benton3:524.0 ★
- 3Love’s Come in TimeJohn Fred and His Playboys3:19
- 4Somebody Done Took My Baby and GoneJoey Gilmore3:32
- 5I Found All These ThingsC.P. Love3:51
- 6A Woman Will Do WrongHelene Smith2:38
- 7Depend on MeSteve Dixon2:54
- 8I’m in LoveEsther Phillips2:22
- 9Easier to Say Than DoSam Dees2:56
- 10Without Life What Would Love BeTerrie & Joy La Roy & Bill Parker Show Band2:49
- 11I’ve Got To Tell YouCount Willie with LRL and the Dukes3:35
- 12You Need MeJoe Wilson3:33
- 13Nearer to YouJoe Medwick2:46
- 14Your Love Is All I NeedDella Humphrey3:03
- 15Nothing Takes the Place of YouToussaint McCall3:27
- 16How Sweet It Would BeGeorge Perkins3:25
- 17DaydreamingWarren Storm2:53
- 18No More Ghettos in AmericaStanley Winston3:24
- 19Do Right ManLittle Beaver2:55
- 20(Sometimes) a Man Will Shed a Few Tears TooJohnny Adams2:24
- 21Asking for the TruthReuben Bell3:57
- 22I Can’t Stand to See You GoJoe Valentine & The Imperials3:00
- 23You Got Everything I NeedDon Hollinger3:06
- 24A Sad Sad SongCharles Crawford4:16
- 25Tell It Like It IsAaron Neville2:424.4 ★
- CD 3: Going Back Home
- 1Going Back HomeGroundhog3:23
- 2Cry to MeFreddie Scott3:18
- 3Lookin’ for a HomeLittle Buster2:20
- 4The Girls From Texas (extended version)Jimmy Lewis2:42
- 5Ain’t No WayAretha Franklin4:115.0 ★
- 6I Found a Man in My BedRoy C2:40
- 7Take Your TimeClay Hammond2:23
- 8Just a Touch of Your HandAl Gardner2:41
- 9You’re Good for MeDon Covay2:44
- 10I Found the OneBilly Sha-Rae2:43
- 11Don’t Make Me Pay for His MistakesZ.Z. Hill2:54
- 12What Can You Do When You Ain’t Got NobodySoul Brothers Six3:00
- 13That’s How It Is (When You’re in Love)Otis Clay2:36
- 14Go On Fool (extended version)Marion Black5:07
- 15I Want Everyone To KnowFontella Bass3:05
- 16You Wants To PlayOscar Weathers4:10
- 17(I Want Her) By My SideThe Four Fuller Brothers2:35
- 18Shackin’ UpBarbara Mason4:17
- 19Don’t Blame MeWillie Hightower3:35
- 20StopLester Young3:02
- 21Someone To Take Your PlaceBill Locke2:47
- 22If Loving You Is a Crime (I’ll Always Be Guilty)Lee Moses2:36
- 23Easy as Saying 1‒2‒3Timmy Willis3:08
- 24I Don’t Know What You’ve Got but It’s Got Me (Parts 1 & 2)Little Richard4:08
- 25Mary JaneBobby Rush2:28
Release credits
- producer [25]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- piano [5], vocal [5]
- arranger [1.1, 2.2, 3.5], conductor [1], horn [5], producer [2], strings [5]
- producer [10]
- trumpet [5]
- producer [2]
- organ [2]
- producer [1]
- producer [16]
- producer [3]
- producer [1]
- choir vocals [5]
- arranger [13], producer [12]
- keyboard [17]
- background vocals [5]
- producer [14]
- instrument [2]
- guitar [2]
- producer [3]
- piano [2], producer [8]
- producer [22]
- producer [16, 25]
- producer [24]
- producer [20]
- arranger [18], producer [18]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- producer [5]
- vocal [8]
- producer [8]
- flute [5], tenor saxophone [5]
- producer [19]
- arranger [2], conductor [2]
- producer [19]
- arranger [18]
- producer [25]
- bass [2]
- baritone saxophone [5]
- drums (drum set) [17]
- producer [20]
- producer [16]
- producer [8]
- producer [14]
- trombone [17]
- producer [23]
- baritone saxophone [17]
- producer [7]
- producer [16]
- producer [5]
- guitar [2]
- producer [18]
- producer [24]
- producer [4]
- trumpet [5]
- producer [23]
- producer [6]
- tenor saxophone [5]
- producer [2]
- bass [17]
- producer [3]
- guitar [17]
- producer [11]
- trumpet [5]
- producer [3]
- horn [21]
- producer [24]
- producer [4]
- producer [21], strings [21]
- producer [22]
- producer [13, 15]
- background vocals [17]
- producer [13, 18, 21]
- drums (drum set) [5]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- producer [25]
- tenor saxophone [5]
- vocal [1]
- producer [13]
- producer [18]
- producer [23]
- producer [3]
- producer [4]
- background vocals [2], choir vocals [5]
- arranger [5], engineer [1], producer [1.1, 1.6, 2.8], recording [5]
- bass guitar [5]
- bass trombone [5]
- harmonica [2]
- producer [12, 21]
- vibraphone [5]
- trumpet [17]
- producer [6, 23]
- producer [5, 15, 17, 20]
- producer [19]
Issues
B20 November 2015