Name: Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955
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Album: Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Hammer and Nails
2)	Nobody's Fault But Mine
3)	Too Close
4)	Uncloudy Day
5)	Won't You Sit Down (Sit Down Servant)
6)	I Wish I Had Answered
7)	Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, A
8)	Swing Low
9)	This May Be the Last Time
10)	For What It's Worth
11)	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
12)	Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
13)	It's Been a Change
14)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken
15)	Ghetto, The
16)	Long Walk to D.C.
17)	God Bless the Children
18)	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
19)	Gardener, The
20)	When Will We Be Paid for the Work We Did
21)	Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
22)	John Henry
23)	You're Gonna Make Me Cry
24)	Solon Bushi
25)	This World
26)	I Have Learned to Do Without You (Mavis Staples)
27)	Respect Yourself
28)	Trying Times (Pops Staples)
29)	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha Na Boom Boom)
30)	I'll Take You There
31)	You've Got to Earn It
32)	Only Time You Say You Love Me (Mavis Staples)
33)	Oh la de Da
34)	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
35)	City in the Sky
36)	I Got to Be Myself
37)	Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
38)	Trippin' on Your Love (Mavis Staples)
39)	Let's Do It Again
40)	New Orleans
41)	Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
42)	I Honestly Love You
43)	Slippery People
44)	H-a-T-E (Don't People Love Here Anymore)
1)	This World
2)	I Have Learned to Do Without You
3)	Respect Yourself
4)	Trying Times
5)	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
6)	I'll Take You There
7)	You've Got to Earn It
8)	Only Time You Ever Say You Love Me, The
9)	Oh la de Da
10)	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
11)	City in the Sky
12)	I Got to Be Myself
13)	Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
14)	Trippin' on Your Love
15)	Let's Do It Again
16)	New Orleans
17)	Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
18)	I Honestly Love You
19)	Slippery People
20)	H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Any More)

Album: Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Hammer and Nails
2)	Nobody's Fault But Mine
3)	Too Close
4)	Uncloudy Day
5)	Won't You Sit Down (Sit Down Servant)
6)	I Wish I Had Answered
7)	Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, A
8)	Swing Low
9)	This May Be the Last Time
10)	For What It's Worth
11)	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
12)	Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
13)	It's Been a Change
14)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken
15)	Ghetto, The
16)	Long Walk to D.C.
17)	God Bless the Children
18)	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
19)	Gardener, The
20)	When Will We Be Paid for the Work We Did
21)	Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
22)	John Henry
23)	You're Gonna Make Me Cry
24)	Solon Bushi
25)	This World
26)	I Have Learned to Do Without You (Mavis Staples)
27)	Respect Yourself
28)	Trying Times (Pops Staples)
29)	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha Na Boom Boom)
30)	I'll Take You There
31)	You've Got to Earn It
32)	Only Time You Say You Love Me (Mavis Staples)
33)	Oh la de Da
34)	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
35)	City in the Sky
36)	I Got to Be Myself
37)	Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
38)	Trippin' on Your Love (Mavis Staples)
39)	Let's Do It Again
40)	New Orleans
41)	Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
42)	I Honestly Love You
43)	Slippery People
44)	H-a-T-E (Don't People Love Here Anymore)
1)	This World
2)	I Have Learned to Do Without You
3)	Respect Yourself
4)	Trying Times
5)	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
6)	I'll Take You There
7)	You've Got to Earn It
8)	Only Time You Ever Say You Love Me, The
9)	Oh la de Da
10)	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
11)	City in the Sky
12)	I Got to Be Myself
13)	Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
14)	Trippin' on Your Love
15)	Let's Do It Again
16)	New Orleans
17)	Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
18)	I Honestly Love You
19)	Slippery People
20)	H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Any More)

Performer Notes

This retrospective pays tribute to the lengthy career of legendary gospel family the Staple Singers, featuring such tracks as "Hammer & Nails" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine."
Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman.
Arranger: Roebuck "Pops" Staples.
Considering what a long, popular, and respected career the Staple Singers had, it's surprising that there was no comprehensive compilation prior to this 2004 release that spanned their gospel and soul eras, from the 1950s to the 1980s. You can count on the Ace group of labels to do these things right, however, and this two-CD, 44-song set is a very good summary of their career highlights, even if it inevitably can't include all of their outstanding performances. All of their big soul hits are here, naturally, but what makes this especially available is the presence of much material predating their hookup with Stax in the late '60s. The earliest recording goes all the way back to 1953, and the first half or so of disc one is all pre-Stax, with gospel sides from the mid-'50s through the mid-'60s for various labels, including "This May Be the Last Time" (which famously helped inspire the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time"), "Uncloudy Day," and their cover of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall." Their transition from gospel to soul on Epic in the mid-'60s is also represented by a handful of sides, including Pop Staples' "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and their low-charting cover of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." And while their Stax era is understandably covered with far greater depth than any other, some relatively little-known worthy efforts from that period are here alongside the hits. There are, for instance, socially conscious "message songs" such as "The Ghetto," "Long Walk to DC," "When Will We Be Paid for the Work We Did," and "Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas"; unreleased solo sides by Pop Staples and Mavis Staples; and a remix of their "Oh La De Da" single that removes the fake audience noise. A few post-Stax tracks with slicker production are here too (among them their huge 1975 hit "Let's Do It Again"), and while it could be argued that a few more pre-Stax numbers would have been more artistically satisfying, it does round off the documentation of this major group's work, augmented by a detailed history in the 28-page booklet. ~ Richie Unterberger