Rare Stamps/I've Never Found a Girl by Eddie Floyd (CD, Jun-1993, Stax (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	025218881326
Artist:	Eddie Floyd
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1993
Record Label:	Stax (USA)
Genre:	R&B, Stax/Southern Soul

Track Listing
1. Bring It on Home to Me
2. Never Give You Up
3. Girl I Love You
4. Hobo
5. I Need You Woman
6. I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
7. I'll Take Her
8. Slip Away
9. I'm Just the Kind of Fool
10. Water
11. Sweet Things You Do
12. Knock on Wood
13. Raise Your Hand
14. Love Is a Doggone Good Thing
15. On a Saturday Night
16. Things Get Better
17. Big Bird
18. Got to Make a Comeback
19. I've Just Been Feeling Bad
20. This House
21. I've Got to Have Your Love
22. Consider Me
23. Never, Never Let You Go
24. Ain't That Good
25. Laurie

Details
Playing Time:	69 min.
Contributing Artists:	Isaac Hayes, Issac Hayes
Producer:	Steve Cropper
Distributor:	Fantasy
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Eddie Floyd (vocals); Steve Cropper (guitar); Andrew Love (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Joe Arnold, Ben Cauley, Ed Logan (horns); Isaac Hayes (piano, organ, keyboards); Booker T. Jones (keyboards); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums).Audio Remixer: Steve Cropper.Recording information: Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, TN (07/1966-07/1968).Unknown Contributor Role: The Mar-Key Horns.Arranger: Steve Cropper.RARE STAMPS brings together selections from veteran soul singer Eddie Floyd's I'VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL and CHRONICLE: GREATEST HITS albums. Floyd had made a name for himself as an ace songwriter on prior work but this collection reveals his skills as a vocalist. His actual vocal style is more laid back and a little smoother than that of his Stax peers.The album was written for his deceased labelmate, Otis Redding. Floyd and the band turn the lament into an ominous cry. There is menace to the music, heartbreak turned inward and transformed into something far darker.The Stax house band, Booker T. and the MG's, provides a flawless canvas for Floyd. The loping bass pulse that introduces "Bring it on to Me" provides a background that's ideal for Floyd's voice. The band pumps up for the rollicking "Hobo," an insistent tune that pushes Floyd further than he's usually accustomed to going. "Big Bird" takes things even further. The mighty Mavis Staples (the earth-moving voice behind the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There") even shows up near the end of the collection for two tunes.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...Every big hit or important disc of [Floyd's] career is found here..even the most casual fan can't help but realise why they call this music 'soul'.
Q (20020601)