Back To The River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961-1978

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Annotation

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Muscle Shoals‐Memphis Redux
▼ CD 2: Southern Routes
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1The Only Girl (I’ve Ever Loved)
producer:
Buddy Killen
recording of:
The Only Girl (I’ve Ever Loved) (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Tex (American southern soul musician)
Joe Tex2:39
2Rainy Night in Georgia
producer:
Arif Mardin
bass:
Harold Cowart (in 1969)
drums (drum set):
Ron Ziegler (drummer) (in 1969)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree (in 1969)
harmonica:
Toots Thielemans (in 1969)
instruments:
Cold Grits (in 1969)
organ:
Billy Carter (organ, jazz) (in 1969)
piano:
Dave Crawford (US soul songwriter, keyboard player, singer & producer) (in 1969)
arranger:
Arif Mardin
recorded at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, United States (in 1969)
later releases:
Rainy Night in Georgia by Brook Benton
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 498)
cover recording of:
Rainy Night in Georgia (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Tony Joe White
publisher:
Combine Music Corp. and EMI Songs Limited
Brook Benton43:52
3Love’s Come in Time
recorded in:
Shreveport, United States
producer:
Lynn Ourso, Jr. and Cyril Vetter (Songwriter)
recording of:
Love’s Come in Time
writer:
Lynn Ourso, Jr.
John Fred And His Playboys3:19
4Somebody Done Took My Baby and Gone
recording of:
Somebody Done Took My Baby and Gone
writer:
Joey Gilmore (Electric Blues, US), Willie “Beaver” Hale and Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
Joey Gilmore3:33
5I Found All These Things
producer:
Elijah Walker
recorded at:
Malaco Studios in Jackson, United States
recording of:
I Found All These Things
writer:
Joseph Broussard
C.P. Love3:52
6A Woman Will Do Wrong
producer:
Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall
recorded at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, United States
recording of:
A Woman Will Do Wrong
writer:
Paul Kelly (US soul singer & composer)
Helene Smith2:38
7Depend on Me
recorded in:
Mobile, United States
producer:
Jerry Powell (producer, songwriter, guitarist)
recording of:
Depend On Me
writer:
Jerry Powell (producer, songwriter, guitarist)
Steve Dixon2:54
8I’m in Love
producer:
Dave Crawford (US soul songwriter, keyboard player, singer & producer) and Tom Dowd
vocals:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther)
recorded at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, United States (in 1969)
cover recording of:
I’m in Love (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Womack
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Pronto Music
Esther Phillips2:23
9Easier to Say Than Do
recording of:
Easier to Say Than Do
writer:
B.B. Cunningham Jr. and Gary Wayne McEwen
Sam Dees2:57
10Without Life What Would Love Be
Terrie & Joy La Roy & Bill Parker Show Band2:49
11I’ve Got To Tell You
recording of:
I’ve Got to Tell You
writer:
Finley Duncan (US producer, songwriter, publisher, recording engineer & label owner) and Leroy Lloyd
Count Willie with LRL and the Dukes3:36
12You Need Me
Joe Wilson3:33
13Nearer to You
Joe Medwick2:46
14Your Love Is All I Need
Della Humphrey3:04
15Nothing Takes the Place of You
recording of:
Nothing Takes the Place of You
lyricist and composer:
Toussaint McCall
Toussaint McCall3:28
16How Sweet It Would Be
George Perkins3:26
17Daydreaming
Warren Storm2:53
18No More Ghettos in America
Stanley Winston3:24
19Do Right Man
Little Beaver2:56
20(Sometimes) a Man Will Shed a Few Tears Too
Johnny Adams2:24
21Asking for the Truth
Reuben Bell3:58
22I Can’t Stand to See You Go
Joe Valentine & The Imperials3:00
23You Got Everything I Need
Don Hollinger3:06
24A Sad Sad Song
Charles Crawford4:16
25Tell It Like It Is
Aaron Neville2:42
▶ CD 3: Going Back Home