CD ONE (69:00): HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT / BE YOUR OWN JUDGE / I LET HER GET AWAY / I WANNA BE FREE / I'D RATHER HAVE YOU / I WANT TO DO (EVERYTHING FOR YOU) / A SWEET WOMAN LIKE YOU / THE LOVE YOU SAVE (MAY BE YOUR OWN) - JOE TEX • I'VE GOT A THING GOING ON / I GOTTA SIT DOWN AND CRY / GET DOWN WITH IT (Alternate) / HALF A MIND / JUST BE YOURSELF / I JUST WANT WHAT BELONGS TO ME / SAD SACK - BOBBY MARCHAN • SOMEBODY WILL / I REFUSE TO GIVE UP (Stereo) / GIMME A TRY - CLARENCE REID • ONLY YOUR LOVE / CHILLS AND FEVER / CAN'T HELP IT / SINCE I FOUND YOU - PAUL KELLY • YOU REALLY FOOLED ME - CHRIS HARRIS & THE SOUL AGENTS • IT COMES AND IT GOES - LEN WADE • YOU CAN'T TIE ME DOWN / ALL I HAVE TO DO - LITTLE ARCHIE
CD TWO (76:49): SKINNY LEGS AND ALL (Stereo) / I GOTCHA (Stereo) - JOE TEX • DON'T LET THE SUN SHINE ON ME - THE DIALTONES • HUMMIN' A HEARTACHE / THIS TIME / THAT'S WHEN I GUESSED - CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY • I NEED YOU / I AM A CARPET - LITTLE ARCHIE • DR FUNKY / TELL 'EM I AM WHO I AM - CHRIS HARRIS • CALL ANOTHER DOCTOR (ON THE CASE) / WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT (Stereo) - PAUL KELLY • THROW THE SWITCH / I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN - FREDERICK KNIGHT • FOOTPRINTS ON MY MIND (Extended) (Stereo) / I'LL BE YOUR FOOL ONCE MORE (Stereo) / YOU OUGHTA BE HERE WITH ME (Stereo) / GET YOUR THING TOGETHER (Stereo) / JUST AS HOOKED AS I'VE EVER BEEN (Stereo) / LOVE CONNECTION (Stereo) - ANNETTE SNELL • CAN YOU DIG IT (Stereo) / LEARNING TO FORGET YOU (Stereo) - KING FLOYD • DIRT (Stereo) / JESSE JOE (YOU GOT TO GO) (Stereo) - JEAN KNIGHT • AIN'T NOTHIN' WRONG WITH WHITEY (Stereo) - BOBBY MARCHAN
Cliff White writes, "These [10 tracks] were eventually, but not immediately, released by Atlantic on an album titled FROM THE ROOTS CAME THE RAPPER, and appear here in the vinyl album's originally-intended running order, rather than with the sides reversed per the 1970s vinyl issue."
The original FROM THE ROOTS CAME THE RAPPER album sequence (below) is boss!
01. Lovin' 19625 (2:57)
02. The Only Way I Know How To Love You 19628 (3:12)
03. I Can Do It Better 19629 (2:31)
04. Chained In The Mind 19619 (4:00)
05. I'll Never Fall In Love Again 19627 (11:22)
06. Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) 19623 (8:38)
07. There's No Business Like Love 19624 (3:03)
08. The Baby Is Mine 19621 (3:39)
09. Some Things In Life Are Worth Dying For 19622 (3:39)
10. Hate Yourself In The Morning 19620 (3:29)
FROM THE ROOTS CAME THE RAPPER
[Atlantic album SD-8292 Recorded Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 3614 Jackson Highway, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 5 June 1970, Release Number SD-8292 and Master Numbers ST-A-712175 / 712176 Assigned May 1971, Album Released March 1972, Cash Box Review 18 March 1972, entered Billboard 20 May 1972, peak #201]
JOE TEX 5 June 1970, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio 3614 Jackson Highway (54:17)
19619 Chained In The Mind (4:00)
19620 Hate Yourself In The Morning (3:29)
19621 The Baby Is Mine (3:39)
19622 Somethings In Life Are Worth Dying For (3:39)
19623 Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) 8:38
19624 There's No Business Like Love (Business) 3:03
19625 Lovin' (2:57)
19626 She Said Yeah (3:28)
19627 I'll Never Fall In Love Again (11:22)
19628 The Only Way I Know How To Love You (3:12)
19629 I Can Do It Better (2:31)
19630 I Can See Everybody’s Baby
(But I Can't See Mine) 4:13
JOE TEX SINGS WITH STRINGS AND THINGS
[Atlantic SD-8254 Tracks 01 - 05 and 07 - 09 Recorded 4 December 1969, Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, Tracks 06 and 10 Recorded 10 October 1969 American Recording Studios, Memphis,
Album Released January 1970, In Billboard Ad 31 January 1970, Billboard Review 14 February 1970]
01. Everything Happens On Time (Dial 45-4096 B)
02. The Same Old Soup
03. I Love You And I Thank You
04. A Little Friendly Advice
05. Take My Baby A Little Love
06. You're Right, Ray Charles (Dial 45-4096, Released February 1970, Billboard Review 21 February 1970)
07. She Might Need Me (Atlantic album SD ASM 2 Atlantic Sales Meeting Winter 1970 Special Promotional Record - Various Artists - Atlantic albums SD 8242 - 8256)
08. Daddy's Got A Bad Back
09. My Wife My Woman (And The High Cost Of Living)
10. (When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can't See You No More (Dial 45-4095, Released October 1970, Billboard Review 8 November 1969)
FROM THE ROOTS CAME THE RAPPER
[Atlantic SD-8292 Recorded Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 3614 Jackson Highway, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 5 June 1970, Release Number SD-8292 and Master Numbers ST-A-712175 / 712176 Assigned May 1971, Album Released March 1972, Cash Box Review 18 March 1972, entered Billboard 20 May 1972, peak #201]
SD-8156 Live And Lively [BB Rvw 3 February 1968]
01. Show Me
02. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
03. Get Out of My Life, Woman
04. Wooden Spoon
05. That's Life
06. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
07. Don't Give Up
08. A Woman's Hands (3:23) = Track 22
09. You're Gonna Thank Me, Woman
10. Papa Was, Too
11. Skinny Legs And All
SD-8187 Soul Country [BB Rvw 6 July 1968, CB Rvw 13 July 1968] 12. I'll Never Do You Wrong
13. Ode To Billie Joe
14. The Dark End Of The Street
15. Funny How Time Slips Away
16. Engine, Engine Number Nine
17. Skip A Rope STEREO
18. Green Green Grass Of Home
19. Set Me Free
20. By The Time I Get To Phoenix STEREO
21. Honey
Bonus Tracks
22. A Woman’s Hands (3:23) = Track 08 (45-4061) Rec 6 July 1967
BB Rvw 29 July 1967
23. I’ll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman) 45-4068 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 7 November 1967
CB Rvw 2 December 1967
24. Men Are Getting Scarce (45-4069) Rec Nashville, 19 January 1968
BB & CB Rvws 3 February 1968
JOE TEX - THE NEW BOSS
Connoisseur Collection VSOP CD 345 (66:43) Hold What You've Got LP [Atlantic 8106, Ent BB R&B 30 January 1965, BB Rvw 6 February 1965]:
01. YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
02. TELL ME RIGHT NOW
03. ONE MONKEY DON’T STOP NO SHOW
04. HOLD WHAT YOU’VE GOT
05. I’M NOT GOING TO WORK TODAY
06. ARE WE READY
07. YOU BETTER GET IT
08. HEEP SEE FEW KNOW
09. FRESH OUT OF TEARS
10. YOU CAN STAY (BUT THAT NOISE HAS GOT TO GO)
11. THERE IS A GIRL
12. TOGETHER WE STAND The New Boss LP [Atlantic 8115, BB Rvw 6 November 1965]:
13. C.C. RIDER
14. STOP LOOK AND LISTEN
15. FOR YOUR LOVE
16. A WOMAN (CAN CHANGE A MAN)
17. WHAT IN THE WORLD (-) You Got What It Takes~ 01.
18. DON’T MAKE YOUR CHILDREN PAY (Stereo)
19. KING OF THE ROAD
20. DETROIT CITY
21. ANY LITTLE BIT (-) Hold What You've Got~ 04.
22. I WANT TO (DO EVERY THING FOR YOU)
Bonus Tracks:
23. JUST OUT OF REACH
24. RELEASE ME
25. TOGETHER AGAIN
26. MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY
Released 30 July 2001
JOE TEX - THE LOVE YOU SAVE
Connoisseur Collection VSOP CD 346 (75:51) The Love You Save LP [Atlantic SD-8124, BB Rvw 23 April 1966]:
01. THE LOVE YOU SAVE (MAY BE YOUR OWN)
02. LIVE FOR YOURSELF
03. BUILD YOUR LOVE (ON A SOLID FOUNDATION)
04. I DON’T TRUST MYSELF AROUND YOU (Stereo)
05. FUNNY BONE
06. A SWEET WOMAN LIKE YOU
07. I’M A MAN
08. YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BABY
09. CLOSE THE DOOR (Stereo)
10. IF SUGAR WAS AS SWEET AS YOU
11. HEARTBREAK HOTEL (Stereo)
12. DON’T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW (WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING) I’ve Got To Do A Little Bit Better LP [Atlantic SD-8133, BB Rvw 10 December 1966]:
13. PAPA WAS TOO
14. WHAT ME AND MY BABY AIN’T GOT
15. A WOMAN SEES A HARD TIME (WHEN HER MAN IS GONE) (Stereo)
16. WATCH THE ONE (THAT BRINGS THE BAD NEWS) (Stereo)
17. TAKING CARE OF A WOMAN (IS A FULL TIME JOB) (Stereo)
18. LYING’S JUST A HABIT JOHN (Stereo)
19. I’VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER
20. THE TRUEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
21. I BELIEVE I’M GONNA MAKE IT
22. GOT YOU ON MY MIND (Stereo)
23. HALF A MIND
24. S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (THE LETTER SONG)
Bonus Tracks:
25. SHOW ME
26. I'M GOING AND GET IT
27 WOMAN LIKE THAT YEAH
28. ALL A MAN NEEDS (IS HIS WOMAN’S LOVE)
JOE TEX ~ Yusef Hazziez (b. Joseph Arrington, Jr. 8 August 1933, d. 13 August 1982)
JOE TEX MUSICIANS (1964-1970):
Drums: Clyde Williams ("Keep that beat goin' Clyde and out of sight"), Roger Hawkins
Bass: Clarence Hadley, J. Alfred Cook, Mike Leech, David Hood
Guitar: Lee Royal Hadley, Reggie Young, Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene
Organ, Piano: Ronnie [ ], Bobby Emmons, Barry Beckett, Dave Crawford
Trumpet: Warren Johns, Harold “Money” Johnson, Emile Hall, Curtis Willis, Johnny Whitrack, Sammy Coleman, Gabriel Fleming, Leroy Monroe, Pat Patterson
Tenor Sax: Eddie Williams, Frank Moten, "Spooky", Miller Sam, Excell Dorsett, Glenn Barbeaux, Charles Farley, Grady Gaines, Donald Henry
Alto Sax: Ted Ford, Willie Sharp
Bari Sax: Mack Williams, J.P.
Trombone: Norman "Sly" Sellers, Anthony Dorsey, Booker T. Jones (?)
Dial Single 45-4001 Hold What You’ve Got (8302) / Fresh Out Of Tears (8303)
B/S Rec Muscle Shoals, 6 November 1964
BB Rvw 28 November 1964
Atlantic LP 8106 Hold What You've Got [Ent BB R&B 30 January 1965, BB Rvw 6 February 1965] You Got What It Takes/Tell Me Right Now/One Monkey Don't Stop No Show/Hold What You've Got/I'm Not Going To Work Today/Are We Ready//You Better Get It/Heep See Few Know/Fresh Out Of Tears/You Can Stay (But That Noise Has Got To Go)/There Is A Girl/Together We Stand
45-4003 You Got What It Takes (8417) / You Better Get It (8416)
B/S Rec NYC 16 December 1964
BB Rvw 13 February 1965
45-4006 A Woman Can Change A Man (8757) / Don’t Let Your Left Hand Know (8755)
B/S Rec Nashville, March 1965
BB Rvw 3 April 1965
45-4011 One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (Master 8420 Rec NYC 16 December 1964) / Build Your Love (On A Solid Foundation) Master 8908 Rec Nashville, May 1965
BB Rvw 12 June 1965
45-4016 I Want To (Do Everything For You) Master 9155 Rec July 1965 / Funny Bone (Master 8756 Rec Nashville March 1965)
BB Rvw 7 August 1965
LP 8115 The New Boss [BB Rvw 6 November 1965] C.C. Rider/Stop Look and Listen/For Your Love/A Woman (Can Change a Man)/What In The World/You've Got What It Takes//Don't Make Your Children Pay/King Of The Road/Detroit City/Any Little Bit/Hold What You've Got/I Want To (Do Everything For You)
45-4022 A Sweet Woman Like You (9471) / Close The Door (9472)
B/S Rec Memphis, 29 October 1965
BB Rvw 27 November 1965
45-4026 The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) 9899 / If Sugar Was As Sweet As You (9901)
B/S Rec Memphis, 7 February 1966
BB Rvw 26 February 1966
SD-8124 The Love You Save [BB Rvw 23 April 1966] The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)/Live For Yourself/Build Your Love (On a Solid Foundation)/I Don't Trust Myself Around You/Funny Bone/A Sweet Woman Like You//I'm a Man/You Better Believe It, Baby/Close the Door/If Sugar Was As Sweet As You/Heartbreak Hotel/Don't Let Your Left Hand Know (What Your Right Hand Is Doing)
45-4028 S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) Master 10132 Rec Fred Foster Studio, Nashville, 13 April 1966 / I’m A Man (Master 9902 Rec Memphis, 7 February 1966)
BB Rvw 7 May 1966
45-4033 I Believe I’m Gonna Make It (Master 10431 Rec Memphis, 20 June 1966) / You Better Believe It Baby (Master 9900 Rec Memphis, 7 February 1966)
BB Rvw 9 July 1966
45-4045 I’ve Got To Do A Little Bit Better (Master 10724 Rec Fred Foster Studio, Nashville, 13 April, Assigned Master 10131 on 29 August 1966) / What In The World (Master 8909 Rec Nashville, May 1965)
BB Rvw 1 October 1966
45-4051 Papa Was Too (11153) / The Truest Woman In The World (11154)
B/S Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 10 November 1966
BB Ad & Rvw 3 December 1966
SD-8133 I've Got To Do A Little Better [BB Ad 3 December 1966, BB Rvw 10 December 1966] Papa Was, Too/What Me And My Baby Ain't Got/A Woman Sees A Hard Time (When Her Man Is Gone)/Watch The One (That Brings The Bad News)/Taking Care Of A Woman (Is A Full Time Job)/Lying's Just A Habit John//I've Got To Do A Little Bit Better/The Truest Woman In The World/I Believe I'm Gonna Make It/Got You On My Mind/Half A Mind/S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
45-4055 Show Me (Master 11584 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 1 February 1967) / A Woman Sees A Hard Time (When Her Man Is Gone) Master 10895 Rec Nashville, September / October 1966
BB Rvw 18 February 1967
45-4059 Woman Like That, Yeah (Master 12379 Rec 8 May 1967) / I’m Going And Get It (Master 12269 Rec 1 May 1967)
BB Rvw 27 May 1967
45-4061 A Woman’s Hands (Master 12718 Rec 6 July 1967) / C.C. Rider (Master 9299 Rec Nashville, 10 September 1965)
BB Rvw 29 July 1967
SD-8144 The Best of Joe Tex [BB Rvw 12 August 1967] Hold What You've Got/You Got What It Takes/A Woman (Can Change A Man)/I Want To (Do Everything For You)/I Believe I'm Gonna Make It (Edited Single Version)/I've Got To Do A Little Bit Better//S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)/Papa Was Too/Show Me/A Sweet Woman Like You/The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)/You Better Get It
45-4063 Skinny Legs And All (Master 13076 Rec Memphis, 13 September 1967) / Watch The One (That Brings The Bad News) Master 10899 Rec Nashville, September or October 1966
BB Rvw 21 October 1967
45-4068 I’ll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman) Master 13448 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 7 November 1967 / Don’t Give Up (Master 11585 Rec 1 February 1967)
CB Rvw 2 December 1967
Atco SD 33-269 Soul Christmas [BB Ad & Rvw 7 December 1968] w/ Joe Tex: I’ll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman) Master 13448 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 7 November 1967
w/ Joe Tex: I'll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman) STEREO
45-4069 Men Are Getting’ Scarce (Master 13727 Rec Nashville, 19 January 1968) / You’re Gonna Thank Me, Woman (Master 13423 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 2 November 1967)
BB & CB Rvws 3 February 1968
SD-8156 Live And Lively [BB Rvw 3 February 1968] Show Me/Do Right Woman-Do Right Man/Get Out of My Life, Woman/Wooden Spoon/That's Life//Love Is A Hurtin' Thing/Don't Give Up/A Woman's Hands/You're Gonna Thank Me, Woman/Papa Was, Too/Skinny Legs And All
45-4076 I’ll Never Do You Wrong (Master 14338 Rec 19 April 1968) / Wooden Spoon (Master 13420 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 2 November 1967)
BB & CB Rvws 11 May 1968
Atlantic single 45-2530 THE SOUL CLAN:
Soul Meeting (13857) / That's How It Feels (13858)
Masters Assigned 6 February 1968, Nashville
BB & CB Rvws 29 June 1968 BB ad 13 July 1968 Ent BB R&B 20 July 1968 Picture Sleeve
Soul Meeting (Stereo) on ATCO album SD 33-281 SOUL CLAN
Soul Meeting (Mono) on
The Very Best Of Solomon Burke (Rhino)
That's How I Feel (Stereo) on ATCO album SD 33-281 SOUL CLAN
That's How It Feels (Mono) on
ALI Soundtrack II
That's How It Feels (Mono?) on
Another Day In Paradise Soundtrack
That's How It Feels (Mono) on
Beg, Scream & Shout (Rhino)
That's How It Feels (Mono) on
Sanctified Soul (Kent UK)
SD-8187 Soul Country [BB Rvw 6 July 1968, CB Rvw 13 July 1968] I'll Never Do You Wrong/Ode To Billie Joe/The Dark End Of The Street/Funny How Time Slips Away/Engine, Engine Number Nine//Skip A Rope/Green Green Grass Of Home/Set Me Free/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Honey
45-4083 Keep The One You Got (Master 14800 Rec July 1968) / Go Home And Do It (Master 14624 Rec June 1968)
BB & CB Rvws 3 August 1968
45-4086 You Need Me Baby (15228) / Baby Be Good (15229)
B/S Rec 13 September 1968
BB & CB Ads & Rvws 5 October 1968
SD-8211 Happy Soul [In BB Ad 1 February 1969, CB Rvw 8 February 1969, BB Rvw 15 February 1969] Go Home and Do It/That's Your Baby/Baby, Be Good/You Need Me Baby/Chicken Crazy//You've Come A Long Way/Sweet Sweet Woman/You Can Tell/Take The Fifth Amendment/Keep The One You've Got
45-4089 That’s Your Baby (15674) / Sweet Sweet Woman (15679)
B/S Rec 19 November 1968
BB & CB Rvws 4 January 1969
ATCO SD 33-281 SOUL CLAN - Various Artists [BB & CB Rvws 22 February 1969] Soul Meeting (STEREO) - SOUL CLAN / Skinny Legs and All - Joe Tex / Mercy Mercy - Don Covay / Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley / Just Out of Reach - Solomon Burke / Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Ben E. King // That's How I Feel (STEREO) - SOUL CLAN / Hold What You've Got - Joe Tex / See Saw - Don Covay / Funky Street - Arthur Conley / Gotta Get You Off My Mind - Solomon Burke / Till I Can't Take It Any More - Ben E. King
45-4090 Buying A Book (Master 16509 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 12 March 1969) / Chicken Crazy (CSG Master 15677 Rec 19 November 1968)
BB & CB Rvws 29 March 1969
SD-8231 Buying a Book [Rel 20 June 1969, In BB Ad 5 July 1969, Ent BB Pop 19 July 1969] We Can't Sit Down Now/Sure Is Good/That's The Way/Anything You Wanna Know/It Ain't Sanitary//The Only Way/Grandma Mary/Get Your Lies Together/The Same Things You Did To Get Me/Buying A Book
45-4093 That’s The Way (16899) / Anything You Wanna Know (CSG Master 16900)
B/S Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 30 April 1969
BB & CB Rvws 28 June 1969
45-4094 It Ain’t Sanitary (CSG Master 16901) / We Can’t Sit Down Now (CSG Master 16897)
B/S Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 30 April 1969
CB Rvw 30 August 1969
45-4095 (When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can’t See You No More (Master 17883 Rec American Recording Studios, Memphis, October 1969) / Sure Is Good (CSG Master 16898 Rec Columbia Studios, Nashville, 30 April 1969)
BB Rvw 8 November 1969
SD-8254 Joe Tex With Strings and Things [In BB Ad 31 January 1970, BB Rvw 14 February 1970] Everything Happens On Time/The Same Old Soup/I Love You And I Thank You/A Little Friendly Advice/Take My Baby A Little Love//You're Right, Ray Charles/She Might Need Me/Daddy's Got A Bad Back/My Wife My Woman/(When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can't See You No More
45-4096 You’re Right, Ray Charles (Master 17878 Rec American Recording Studios, Memphis, 10 October 1969) / Everything Happens On Time (Master 18183 Rec Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, 4 December 1969) BB Rvw 21 February 1970
45-4098 I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (20012) 3:43 / The Only Way I Know To Love You (19628) 3:13
B/S Rec Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 5 June 1970
BB Rvw 26 September 1970: (3:45)
Dial Single 1001 (Mercury) I Knew Him / Bad Feet
BB Rvw 3 April 1971
1008 (Mercury) Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants / Takin’ A Chance
BB rvw 21 August 1971
1010 (Mercury) I Gotcha / A Mother’s Prayer
BB & CB rvws 18 December 1971 Ent CB R&B 22 January 1972 at #48 29 January 1972 #43 05 February 1972 #39 12 February 1972 #20 19 February 1972 #15 26 February 1972 #10 04 March 1972 #7 11 March 1972 #7 18 March 1972 #6 18 March 1972 CB 'From The Roots Came The Rapper' LP review 25 March 1972 #5 01 April 1972 #4 08 April 1972 #4 15 April 1972 #8 22 April 1972 #13 29 April 1972 #15 06 May 1972 #20 13 May 1972 #26 20 May 1972 #44 27 May 1972 ( - )
I Gotcha
Ent BB Hot 100 (Pop chart) 22 January 1972 at #90
29 January 1972 #72
05 February 1972 #68
12 February 1972 #49
19 February 1972 #46
26 February 1972 #31
04 March 1972 #21
11 March 1972 #18
18 March 1972 #14
18 March 1972 CB 'From The Roots Came The Rapper' LP review
25 March 1972 #10
01 April 1972 #6
08 April 1972 #4
15 April 1972 #3
22 April 1972 #3
29 April 1972 #3
06 May 1972 #2
13 May 1972 #2
20 May 1972 #4
27 May 1972 #8
(incomplete)
SD-8292 From The Roots Came The Rapper [Rec Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 3614 Jackson Highway, 5 June 1970, Release Number SD-8292 & Album Master Numbers ST-A-712175 / 712176 Assigned May 1971, Cash Box Review 18 March 1972, entered Billboard 20 May 1972, peak #201, on chart 2 weeks]
'From The Roots Came The Rapper' Produced by Dave Crawford & Brad Shapiro with String & Horn Arrangements by Wade Marcus
Eddie Hinton (lead guitar), Marlin Greene (rhythm guitar), Barry Beckett and Dave Crawford (keyboards), David Hood (percussion)
'From The Roots Came The Rapper': Lovin' 3:06 / The Only Way I Know How To Love You 3:19 Vs. 3:13 on 45-4098 / I Can Do It Better 2:40 / Chained In The Mind 3:50 / I'll Never Fall In Love Again 11:23 // Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) 8:44 / There's No Business Like Love 3:10 / The Baby Is Mine 3:42 / Some Things In Life Are Worth Dying For 3:37 / Hate Yourself In The Morning 3:30
'From The Roots Came The Rapper' Cash Box Review 18 March 1972: All new, never before released Tex toughies which should fare well, especially since 'I Gotcha' has restored his gift to Top 100 prominence. No one can talk a rap like Tex, and if you don't believe that gospel truth, listen to his 11-minute plus reading of 'I’ll Never Fall In Love Again' and especially his nine minute 'Oh Me Oh My' which ranks as one of his best performances of all time (and he’s been up and around since the early sixties). AM play will focus on Eugene McDaniels' 'Lovin' Man', whose lyrics really capture what Joe’s brand of sensual soul is all about. Mercy!
'From the Roots Came The Rapper' singles:
'I’ll Never Fall In Love Again' / 'The Only Way I Know How To Love You' (Dial single 45-4098, Billboard review 26 September 1970) and 'I’ll Never Fall In Love Again' Parts I (3:47) and II (2:45) (Atlantic single 45-2874, Billboard and Cash Box reviews 27 May 1972).
'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' originally from the Broadway musical 'Promises, Promises' (opened at NYC’s Shubert theatre 1 December 1968).
Notice that Eugene McDaniels' LP release / master numbers were assigned near Joe Tex:
Atlantic Albums SD-8281 Eugene McDaniels 'Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse' ST-A-712097 / 712098 Billboard review 8 May 1971
SD-8290 'The Best Of Wilson Pickett Volume Two' ST-A-712171 / 712172 Billboard rvw 15 May 1971 SD-8291 Loudon Wainwright III 'Album II' ST-A-712161 / 712162 Cash Box rvw 26 June 1971 SD-8292 Joe Tex 'From The Roots Came The Rapper' ST-A-712175 / 712176 Monarch Delta Numbers 15891 / 15891X
Cash Box rvw 18 March 1972 Ent Billboard 20 May 1972, peak #201, on chart 2 weeks
Lulu's hit version of 'Oh Me, Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)' (Atco single 45-6722, Cash Box review 18 October 1969, entered Billboard 27 December 1969, #22). Lulu’s ‘New Routes’ (Atco album SD 33-310, recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound 10 September and 2 October 1969, released 16 January 1970, Billboard review 7 February 1970, #88).
'The Baby Is Mine' by Swamp Dogg on 'Total Destruction to Your Mind' (Canyon album # ?, 1970) and by Oscar Toney, Jr. (Capricorn single 8018, June 1971).
Brad Shapiro and Dave Crawford also produced Wilson Pickett's version of 'She Said Yeah' (Atlantic single 45-2753, Bilboard review 15 August 1970, Billboard R&B #20).
Produced by Dave Crawford & Brad Shapiro with String & Horn Arrangements by Wade Marcus & Recorded at 3614 Jackson Highway just before Joe Tex:
Archie Bell & The Drells [May / June] 1970: 'I Wish' / 'Get It From the Bottom' (Atlantic single 45-2744, Record World review 25 July 1970, Billboard review 1 August 1970), 'Wrap It Up' / 'Deal With Him' (Atlantic single 45-2768, Billboard review 14 November 1970), 'I Just Want To Fall In Love With You' / 'Love At First Sight' (Atlantic single 45-2793, Billboard review 1 May 1971), 'Archie's In Love' / 'Let The World Know You Got Soul' (Atlantic single 45-2829, August / September 1971) and the previously unreleased 'Patches', all on '(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown' (UK WSM / Rhino 5046-76156-2, November 15, 2004, Compilation Produced by Rick Conrad, Sound Produced by Bill Inglot).
Produced by Dave Crawford & Brad Shapiro with String & Horn Arrangements by Wade Marcus & Recorded at 3614 Jackson Highway just after Joe Tex:
The Sweet Inspirations 22 June 1970: 'This World' / 'Light Sings' (Atlantic single 45-2750, Record World review 25 July 1970, Billboard review 3 October 1970) and 'Change Me Not' (Atlantic single 45-2779).
DL 6002 [Mercury] I Gotcha [BB Ad 15 April 1972, BB Rvw 22 April 1972]
I Gotcha/Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants/Takin' A Chance/Baby Let Me Steal You/It Ain't Gonna Work Baby/God Of Love//You Said A Bad Word/Bad Feet/The Woman Cares/Love Me Right Girl/For My Woman/You're In Too Deep
1012 [Mercury] You Said A Bad Word / It Ain’t Gonna Work Baby
BB & CB Rvws 13 May 1972
Atlantic Single 45-2874 I'll Never Fall In Love Again Part I (20012) 3:47 / I'll Never Fall In Love Again Part II (20013) 2:45
BB and CB Rvws 27 May 1972
August 1970 Edits of 19627
20012 I’ll Never Fall In Love Again Part I
20013 I’ll Never Fall In Love Again Part II
Atlantic Oldies Series OS-13111 I Want To (Do Everything For You) 9155 / Skinny Legs and All (13076)
12, 13 and 14 April 1966, Brooklyn Fox Theatre
10486 Hold What You’ve Got
10487 A Sweet Woman Like You
10488 You Better Get It
10489 You’ve Got What It Takes
10490 S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
~ Brooklyn LP SD302 V/A
Joe Tex Band backing Joe Tex, Rascals, Royalettes, Shangri-Las
August 1966
10724 I’ve Got To Do A Little Bit Better -- Originally 10131, 13 April 1966
3 May 1968
14457 Ode To Billie Joe
14458 The Dark End Of The Street
14459 Funny How Time Slips Away
14460 Engine Engine Number Nine
14461 Skip A Rope
14462 Green Green Grass Of Home
14463 Set Me Free
14464 By The Time I Get To Phoenix
14465 Honey
