Percy Sledge Box Set

[oldiesmusicfan]

I just found this on Amazon tonight.

http://www.amazon.com/PERCY-SLEDGE-Atlantic-Recordings-4-Disc/dp/B004IMODZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321235037&sr=8-1

I had no idea it had been released last year. Does anyone out there have this box and would you mind posting the track listing for it? The tracks are not listed on Amazon. It contains 104 tracks. I have 81, and I'd love to know what I'm missing, though I'm not sure I'd pay $128.89 to get them!

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[gary_james]

DISC 1:
01. When a Man Loves a Woman
02. Love Me Like You Mean It
03. You Fooled Me
04. You’re Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
05. Love Me All the Way
06. Thief in the Night
07. Put a Little Lovin’ on Me
08. My Adorable One
09. Love Makes the World Go Round
10. When She Touches Me [[Nothing Else Matters)
11. Success
12. It Tears Me Up
13. Warm and Tender Love
14. Sugar Puddin’ [[single B-side – Atlantic 2342, 1966)
15. You’ve Got That Something Wonderful [[single A-side – Atlantic 2383, 1966)
16. I Love Everything About You
17. So Much Love
18. A Sweet Woman Like You
19. Love Me Tender
20. Heart of a Child
21. You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
22. I Stand Accused
23. Try a Little Tenderness
24. With Every Beat of My Heart
25. That’s How Strong My Love Is
26. Oh, How Happy
27. I’m Hanging Up My Heart for You
28. Little Girl


DISC 2:
01. Behind Every Great Man There’s a Woman [[single A-side – Atlantic 2453, 1967)
02. It Can’t Be Stopped [[single A-side – Atlantic 2396, 1967)
03. Baby, Help Me
04. Out of Left Field
05. You Send Me
06. Drown in My Own Tears
07. I Had a Talk with My Woman
08. What Am I Living For
09. You Don’t Miss Your Water
10. Tell It Like It Is
11. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long [[to Stop Now)
12. Pledging My Love
13. My Special Prayer
14. The Dark End of the Street
15. Just Out of Reach [[of My Two Open Arms)
16. High Cost of Leaving
17. It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright
18. Hard to Believe [[single A-side – Atlantic 2434, 1967)
19. Just Out of Reach [[of My Two Open Arms) [[Single Version)
20. Cover Me
21. Take Time to Know Her
22. It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright [[Single Version)
23. Feed the Flame
24. Sudden Stop
25. Come Softly to Me
26. Spooky
27. Between These Arms


DISC 3:
01. Sudden Stop [[Single Version) [[single A-side – Atlantic 2539, 1968)
02. Between These Arms [[Single Version) [[single B-side – Atlantic 2539, 1968)
03. You’re All Around Me [[from The Best of Percy Sledge, Atlantic SD-8210, 1969)
04. Self Preservation [[single B-side – Atlantic 2563, 1969)
05. Wanted
06. Bless Your Little Sweet Soul [[single B-side – Atlantic 2594, 1969)
07. Any Day Now [[single A-side – Atlantic 2616, 1969)
08. The Angels Listened In [[single B-side – Atlantic 2616, 1969)
09. Standing on the Mountain [[single A-side – Atlantic 2848, 1971)
10. Keep Your Arms Around Me
11. Kind Woman [[single A-side – Atlantic 2646, 1969)
12. Woman of the Night [[single B-side – Atlantic 2646, 1969)
13. Push Mr. Pride Aside [[Single Version)
14. Baby, Baby, Baby
15. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road [[single A-side – Atlantic 2679, 1969)
16. Faithful and True [[single B-side – Atlantic 2679, 1969)
17. Too Many Rivers to Cross
18. Set Me Free
19. Cotton Mill Man
20. Love’s Where Life Begins
21. Let It Be Me
22. Blow Out the Sun
23. I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
24. Stop the World Tonight [[single A-side – Atlantic 2826, 1971)
25. Help Me Make It Through the Night [[single B-side – Atlantic 2754, 19


DISC 4:
01. Love is a Job *
02. Push Mr. Pride Aside
03. That’s the Way I Want to Live My Life [[single B-side – Atlantic 2826, 1971)
04. Life’s Little Ups and Downs
05. What I Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me *
06. I Found a Love
07. Time *
08. Everything You’ll Ever Need [[single A-side – Atlantic 2886, 1972)
09. Sunday Brother [[single B-side – Atlantic 2886, 1972)
10. Rainbow Road [[single B-side – Atlantic 2848, 1972)
11. Here I Am
12. Same Old Loverman *
13. You Can Always Get It Where You Got It *
14. Sunshine
15. Unchanging Love
16. Introduction [[Live at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 1970)
17. Cover Me [[Live at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 1970)
18. Knock on Wood [[Live at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 1970)
19. Any Day Now [[Live at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 1970)
20. Come Softly to Me [[Live at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 1970)
21. Heart of a Child [[Live at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 1970)
22. Silent Night
23. Christmas Wish
24. When a Man Loves a Woman [[Alternate Take) [[from The Very Best of Percy Sledge – Rhino R2-72969, 1998)


* previously unreleased
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)
All tracks without * or [[) were released on various international releases

[oldiesmusicfan]

Thanks Gary. Where did you find this?

Does anyone here own this set and what do you think of it?

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[nosey]

His voice would probably grate on my nerves after @ 3 songs. LOL! Hi Oldies!

[Nothing But Soul]

Rhino Handmade released the Percy Sledge "The Atlantic Recordings" box set late in 2010, a year or so after they put out a similar box set for Wilson Pickett. I have each of these box sets and they're both very well done. I only had approximately half of the tracks on the Percy Sledge box set in my collection before I bought it, so to me it was a worthwhile purchase. I had heard all the cuts from the four Percy Sledge albums that were released on the Atlantic label in the states during the years 1966-1968; however, many of the non-album Atlantic singles on the box set were new to me. Other than "Stop the World Tonight" and "True Love Travels on A Gravel Road", I didn't have any of these non-album A and B single sides--most of which are pretty good. While there aren't any lost masterpieces among these single sides, they're all solid soul of the Muscle Shoals variety. Likewise, most of the tracks on the box set that had only been released in Europe are worth a listen. On the other hand, I was a little disappointed with the five previously unreleased tracks and the live tracks on the box set.

The remastering on the Percy Sledge box set sounds great, although, in my opinion there's too much mono. The box set is in chronological order, and I can accept the mono on the first disc, but some of the later tracks on the other three discs which are in mono have previously been released in stereo elsewhere. However, that's Rhino for you--they seem to have an affinity for mono. The booklet is excellent [[rare photos, album covers, trade ads, etc.), but the size of the booklet is only 7" x 7". I liked the early days of CD box sets better when they came in old-fashioned LP-sized 12" x 12" boxes and the booklets were big as well.

If you decide you want the Percy Sledge box set, there's no reason to pay $128 for it. I believe it's still available directly from the Rhino Handmade website for $79.98. Shipping is free for orders over $50. I got mine directly from the Rhino Handmade website last year during the Holiday season when they were running a 20% off special. They may possibly run a similar special sometime during the Holiday season this year.

[imnokid]

Both the Percy & Pickett sets are great.

[mark speck]

Didn't know he was still recording for Atlantic in 1972...this sounds like a cool box set!

Best,

Mark

[oldiesmusicfan]

Hi Nothing But Soul - Thank you so much for your post. I wasn't aware there is a Rhino Handmade website so I'll be checking that out. The more mono the better for me so this might be good. However, I'm hoping to be able to just buy the tracks I want because as I said above, I have 81 already and I don't much care for the live performances anyway.

Gary - Thanks again for the track listing. It will make my job much easier.

Nosey - Hi, sorry his voice gets on your nerves, haha, I love it. I just discovered A Lonely Violin yesterday and it brought me to tears. He has a very unique voice which I've always felt is so filled with emotion, love that southern soul.

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