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Boy Meets Girl: Classic Stax Duets

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Soul-A-Lujah 02:31
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William Bell & Mavis Staples - I Ain’t Particular 02:41
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Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas - Just Keep On Lovin' Me 02:41
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Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples - Ain't That Good 02:46
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William Bell & Carla Thomas - I Can't Stop 03:07
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William Bell & Mavis Staples - I Thank You 03:04
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William Bell & Mavis Staples - Love's Sweet Sensation 03:05
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William Bell & Carla Thomas - I Need You Woman 02:44
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Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples - Never, Never Let You Go 02:32
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William Bell & Mavis Staples - Hold On This Time 02:44
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Johnnie Taylor & Mavis Staples - That's The Way Love Is 02:27
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Eddie Floyd & Carla Thomas - It's Our Time 03:11
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Pervis Staples & Carla Thomas - It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul) 02:23
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Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples - Piece Of My Heart 03:01
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William Bell & Mavis Staples - Leave The Girl Alone 03:27
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Pervis Staples & Carla Thomas - I'm Trying 03:03
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Eddie Floyd & Carla Thomas - Don't Make Me A Storyteller 02:44
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William Bell & Mavis Staples - Strung Out Over You 03:10
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Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas - My Life 03:51
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Eddie Floyd & Cleotha Staples - It's Too Late 03:41
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Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas - I've Just Been Feeling Bad 02:50
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William Bell & Carla Thomas - All I Have To Do Is Dream 05:29
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The 1969 compilation Boy Meets Girl paired Stax male and female artists for a set of classic duets. Featured are many of the greatest names in soul music including Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Mavis Staples and Cleotha Staples. The reissue adds two rare duets of Bell and Booker T. Jones’ ”Private Number,” by Bell and Judy Clay, and by Dusty Springfield and Spencer Davis. The latter version was previously available only on a long out-of-print mid-‘80s Takoma Records release.
Most of Boy Meets Girl was recorded in 1969 at the suggestion of Stax president Al Bell, who felt Stax should progress from a singles label to an album-oriented label. A variety of producers oversaw the various tracks including Bell himself, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, Don Davis, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Randy Jackson, Homer Banks and Don Nix.
The 18-track set begins with the Bell-Clay “Private Number”; next, Bell and Mavis Staples reprise the Sam & Dave hit “I Thank You”; Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples tackle Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart”; Johnnie Taylor and Carla Thomas perform “Just Keep On Loving Me”; and Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples perform Floyd and Booker T. Jones’ “Ain’t That Good.” The album’s centerpiece is “Soul-A-Lujah,” which is a summit of all the original album’s participants.

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released January 1, 1969

1969, © 1969 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

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The STAX RECORDS story is an indispensable chapter in American musical history. Amid the civil rights-era racial strife and deep-seated tensions of the late '50s and '60s, Stax fundamentally shaped American soul music, spawning the careers of legends such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the MG's, The Staple Singers, Albert King and William Bell, just to name a few. ... more

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