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Released April 18, 2006

The most explosive duo in pop history, Sam & Dave (Sam Moore and Dave Prater) made a career out of trying to outsing each other on a series of vital singles recorded at the legendary Stax Studios in Memphis in the late '60s. Working with the songwriting and production team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, and backed by arguably the greatest studio band ever, Booker T. & the MG's, Sam & Dave turned out gold with "Soul Man," "I Thank You," "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby," and many others. This four-disc set (it comes housed in a black wooden box with gold hinges) contains reissues of the albums Hold on, I'm Comin' (Stax, 1966), Double Dynamite (Stax, 1967), Soul Men (Stax, 1967), and I Thank You (Atlantic, 1968), and while there are classic tracks scattered throughout, there is also a lot of filler -- however well performed and produced it may be. Collectors may find this set interesting, if only for the fancy black box, but more casual listeners are probably better off picking up one of the greatest-hits collections like the two-disc Sweat & Soul anthology from Rhino/Atlantic, which keeps the hits coming one after another. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Hold on, I'm Comin'
2. If You Got the Loving
3. I Take What I Want
4. Ease Me
5. I Got Everything I Need
6. Don't Make It So Hard on Me
7. It's a Wonder
8. Don't Help Me Out
9. Just Me
10. You Got It Made
11. You Don't Know Like I Know
12. Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)

DISC 2

13. You Got Me Hummin'
14. Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
15. That's the Way It's Gotta Be
16. When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
17. Soothe Me
18. Just Can't Get Enough
19. Sweet Pains
20. I'm Your Puppet
21. Sleep Good Tonight
22. I Don't Need Nobody (To Tell Me 'Bout My Baby)
23. Home at Last
24. Use Me

DISC 3

25. Soul Man
26. May I Baby
27. Broke Down Piece of Man
28. Let It Be Me
29. Hold It Baby
30. I'm with You
31. Don't Knock It
32. Just Keep Holding On
33. The Good Runs the Bad Way
34. Rich Kind of Poverty
35. I've Seen What Loneliness Can Do

DISC 4

36. I Thank You
37. Everybody Got to Believe in Somebody
38. These Arms of Mine
39. Wrap It Up
40. If I Didn't Have a Girl Like You
41. You Don't Know What You Mean to Me
42. Don't Turn Your Heater On
43. Talk to the Man
44. Love Is After Me
45. Ain't That a Lot of Love
46. Don't Waste That Love
47. That Lucky Old Sun

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