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Johnnie Taylor: Taylored in Silk/Super Taylor

CD / Stax (USA) / 2012-10-16

Tracks: We're Getting Careless With Our Love; Starting All over Again; Cheaper to Keep Her; Talk to Me; I Believe in You (You Believe in Me); One Thing Wrong With My Woman; I Can Read Between the Lines; This...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie Taylor: S.O.U.L. *

CD / BMG (distributor) / 2012-09-18

Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie Taylor: Taylored in Silk

CD / Universal Music / 2011-11-22

Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Recorded between 1971 and 1973.

Perhaps Taylor's best pure soul release, this contains the shattering "We're Getting Careless With Our Love" and the equally bittersweet/humorous "Cheaper To Kee...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Taylored in Silk

1 CD / Concord / 2011-05-10

Tracks: We're Getting Careless with Our Love; Starting All Over Again; Cheaper to Keep Her; Talk to Me; I Believe in You (You Believe in Me); One Thing Wrong with My Woman; I Can Read Between the Lines; This...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Recorded between 1971 and 1973.

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.

Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.

Recording information: A&R Recording, New...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: The Very Best of Johnnie Taylor

1 CD / Fantasy / 2007-07-17

Tracks: I Had a Dream; I Got to Love Somebody's Baby; Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed; Next Time; I Ain't Particular; Who's Making Love; Take Care of Your Homework; Testify (I Wonna); I Could Never Be Presiden...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

This 24-bit remastered disc is a career-spanning collection of 23 greatest hits including "Cheaper To Keep Her," "Who's Making Love," "Jody's Got Your Girl And...continue...
Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.

As part of Stax's Very Best series, soul singer Johnnie Taylor is spotlighted on 23 tracks recorded for the Memphis based label between 1966 and 1975. With the ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Live at the Summit Club

1 CD / Concord / 2007-02-20

Tracks: Introduction - (featuring Rufus Thomas); Take Care of Your Homework; Little Bluebird; Steal Away - (version 1); I Don't Wanna Lose You; Who's Making Love; Hello Sundown; Steal Away - (version 2); Sto...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

This set is a club date recorded in 1972 as part of the WattStax: The Living Word documentary. Cuts like "I Don't Wanna Lose You,"...continue...
With the release of Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club, the Concord label's takeover of the Stax catalog from its former owner, Fantasy, has already born fruit. This set is a club date recorded ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Just Ain't Good Enough

1 CD / Stateside Distribution / 2004-07-27

Tracks: What About My Love; Don't Wait; I'm So Proud; Just Ain't Good Enough; I Need a Freak; Reaganomics
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

UK reissue of 1982 album for the versatile vocalist who excelled at lady-killing ballads, disco, & southern soul. Six tracks including the R&B hits, 'I'm...continue...
Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); David T. Walker, Paul M. Jackson Jr. (guitar); Patrick Moten (keyboards, bass); James Gadson (drums); Maxine Waters, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Luther Wate...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: There's No Good in Goodbye

1 CD / Malaco / 2003-07-01

Tracks: If You're Lookin' for a Fool; This Is the Night for Makin' Up; Crazy 'Bout You Baby; Take Me to the Mardi Gras; Too Wise to Be Your Fool; Baby Sittin'; You Know It Ain't Right; I'm in a Midnight Mood...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Johnnie Taylor; Floyd Taylor (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Don Evans, Michael Toles, Will McFarlane (guitar); Brian Gum, John Frantz, Bennett Randman, Linda Geidel, Bob...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Super Hits

1 CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2002-05-07

Tracks: Disco Lady; Somebody's Gettin' It; Running out of Lies; Your Love Is Rated X; I'm Just a Shoulder to Cry On; Play Something Pretty; Love Is Better in the A.M., Pt. 1 and 2; Disco 9000; (Ooh-Wee) She'...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Producers: Don Davis, Brad Shapiro, Johnnie Taylor, Jackie Avery Sr.

Compilation producer: Leo Sacks.

Recorded between 1976 & 1979.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.
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Johnnie Taylor: Disco 9000

1 CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2001-04-10

Tracks: Disco Lady; I Got This Thing for Your Love; Play Something Pretty; Somebody's Gettin' It; Your Love Is Rated X; Disco 9000; (Ooh-Wee) She's Killing Me; Ever Ready; Keep on Dancing; You're the Best Gi...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Disco 9000's ten tracks mark the sharp transition in Taylor's amazing career, from being a straight soul singer to being a soul-disco singer. While the keybo...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Lifetime [Box]

3 CD / Stax (USA) / 2000-11-07

Tracks: I Dreamed Heaven Was Like This; Heaven Is My Home - (Take 1); Love of God, The - (previously unreleased, Take 7); Out on a Hill - (Take 1, alternate take); Until Then - (Take 3, alternate take); When...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals, guitar); The Highway Q.C.s, The Soul Stirrers (vocals); Steve Cropper, Raymond Jackson, Don Davis, Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson, Bobby Manuel, Dino Zimmerman...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Who's Making Love... [Bonus Tracks]

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 2000-08-01

Tracks: Who's Making Love; I'm Not the Same Person; Hold on This Time; Woman Across the River; Can't Trust Your Neighbor; Take Care of Your Homework; I'm Trying; Poor Make Believer; Payback Hurts; Mr Nobody ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Midprice CD Reissue For Seminal Album, Plus 4 Bonus Tracks....continue...
Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Booker T. and the MG's, The Memphis Horns, Isaac Hayes (guitar); Alan Jones (piano).

Recorded at Stax Studio, Memphis Tennessee, May and October, 1967, June ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Gotta Get the Groove Back

1 CD / Malaco / 1999-11-09

Tracks: Big Head Hundreds; I'm From the Old School; Juke Joint; One in a Million; Ease Back Out; Gotta Get the Groove Back; Wounded in the Battle of Love; Too Close for Comfort; I Love You Lady; Woman Don't ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Will McFarlane (guitar); Jim Horn (flute, saxophone); Steve Patrick (saxophone); Frederick Knight (keyboards, programming); David Hood (bass); Clayton Ivy ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Taylored to Please

1 CD / Malaco / 1998-04-07

Tracks: Groove Me; Cheatin' on Me; I'm Not the Man You Need; Disco Lady, 2000; If You Take Your Love Away; You Couldn't Break Me; Kickin' Back, Chillin' Out; What Good Is a Man; Loose Hair in the Bathroom; C...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Prophet Of Pain, Shampon, Marcus (Red Dogg) (rap vocals); Jimmy Johnson, Will McFarlane, Bernard Jenkins (guitar); Clayton Ivey (keyboards); David Hood (ba...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Cheaper to Keep Her

1 CD / 601 Music (Malaco) / 1997-10-03

Tracks: Everything's Out in the Open; That's Just a Woman's Way; You Knocked My Heart Out of Line; Money's Running Funny; Nothin' But the Blues; She's Cheating on Me; Nothing as Beautiful as You; Cheaper to ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals)....continue...

Johnnie Taylor: One Step Beyond

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1996-08-27

Tracks: Time After Time; Party Life; Will You Love Me Forever; I Am Somebody, Pts. 1-2; I Don't Wanna Lose You, Pts. 1-2; Don't Take My Sunshine; Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone; Fool Like Me, A; Steal Away; F...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Includes liner notes by Ron Bowman.

Recorded in 1970.

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Eddie Hinton, Steve Cropper (guitar); Rudy Robinson, Barry Beckett (keyboards); Roger Hawkins (d...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Good Love!

1 CD / Malaco / 1996-05-29

Tracks: Good Love; Last Two Dollars; Sending You a Kiss; Walk Away With Me; Too Many Memories; Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One); Too Late to Try to Do It Right; Whole Lotta Lovin'; You Got M...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor, Tasha Taylor (vocals); Will McFarlane, Jimmy Johnson (guitar); Jim Horn, Gary Armstrong, Binnie Ciesielski, Dennis Soule, Harvey Thompson, Charles Rose (horns); Clayton Ivey...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Rated X-Traordinaire: The Best of Johnnie Taylor

1 CD / Legacy / 1996-03-12

Tracks: Disco Lady; Somebody's Gettin' It; You're the Best in the World; Running Out of Lies; Your Love Is Rated X; Stop Giving People Hard Luck Stories; I'm Just a Shoulder to Cry On; Love Is Better in the ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals, guitar); Bernie Worrell,

Rudy Robinson (arranger); Jay Graydon, Leroy Hadley, Willie Hampton (guitar); The Detroit Fisher Theatre Strings (strings); ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Greatest Hits

1 CD / RSP Records / 1995-09-18

Artists: Johnnie Taylor

A nice single-album collection of Taylor's best Stax hits to that point. Until the Chronicle retrospective, this was the best bet for those who only wanted a reasonable batch of his hits. It's still w...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: This Is Your Night

1 CD / Malaco / 1995-08-16

Tracks: This Is Your Night; L.O.V.E.; Drown in My Own Tears; Love to Call Mine, A; Still Called the Blues; She's Cheating on Me; After Hours Joint; Lady, My Whole World Is You; Good With My Hips; That's Amer...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Brian Gum, John Frantz, Bennett Randman, Linda Geidel, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Peggy Plucker, Janet Dressler, Claudette ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Lover Boy

1 CD / Malaco / 1995-06-07

Tracks: Don't Make Me Late; Lover Boy; Lately; You Can't Win With a Losing Hand; Something Is Going Wrong; If I Lose Your Love; Girl of My Dreams; Nothing Like a Lady; Happy Time; Universal Lady
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Jewel Bass, Thomisene Anderson, Catherine Henderson (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Tim Mika, Steve Dressler, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Peggy Pl...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Wall to Wall

1 CD / Malaco / 1995-06-07

Tracks: Wall to Wall; Can I Love You; When She Stops Askin'; Just Because; I'm Changing; No Refund; Nothing as Beautiful as You; 383-Emergency; There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Vasti Jackson, Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Brian Gum, Steve Dressler, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Janet Dressler (strings); Harrison Calloway, Jim Horn, Ben Cauley, Cha...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: In Control

1 CD / Malaco / 1994-04-01

Tracks: You Knocked My Heart Out of Line; It Don't Hurt Me Like It Used To; In Control; Got to Leave This Woman; Let's Get Closer; I Found a Love; Now That You Cheated; Love's Easy to Fall Into; Everything's...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Michael Toles, Dino Zimmerman (guitar); Tim Mika, Mark Hatch, Bob McNally, Mickey Davis, Peggy Plucker, Janet Dressler, Claudette Hampton (strings);...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Real Love

1 CD / Malaco / 1994-02-22

Tracks: Back Street Love Affair; Too Much Week at the End of the Money; Lady in Red, The; Lady Soul; Changin' My Life With Your Love; Poor Boy Blues; Respect Yourself; Real Love; Sexy Dancer; Huntin' Just Ai...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals), Will McFarlane, Jimmy Johnson (guitars), Dawn Wohlgemuth, Tyler Maizel, Jacqueline Perry, Janet Dressler, Peggy Plucker, Vince Massimino (violin), Mickey Davis, Per...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Super Taylor

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1993-10-04

Tracks: It's September; Darling I Love You; Try Me Tonight; Free; I've Been Born Again; At Night Time (My Pillow Tells a Tale on Me); It Don't Pay to Get up in the Morning; Just One Moment; Stop Teasin' Me; ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Recorded in 1972 & 1973.

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Recording information: Muscle Shoals Sound, AL; Stax Studios, Memphis; United Sounds, Detroit, MI.

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Johnnie Taylor: The Best of Johnnie Taylor on Malaco, Vol. 1

1 CD / Malaco / 1992-06-17

Tracks: Still Crazy; Drown in My Own Tears; I Found a Love; Everything's Out in the Open; Don't Make Me Late; Nothing as Beautiful as You; This Is Your Night; Cheaper to Keep Her; Wall to Wall; Still Called ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Recording information: 1984-1992.

Given how much of a fixture Johnnie Taylor was on black radio in the '60s and early to mid-'70s, it's ironic that on...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: I Know It's Wrong, But I...Just Can't Do Right

1 CD / Malaco / 1991-10-22

Tracks: Crazy over You; Only My Woman Can; I Want Your Love; Change Your Habits; Guilty as Charged; I Know It's Wrong, But I Just Can't Do Right; Are You Lonesome; What Kind of Man Do You Want?; That's Just ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Duncan Cameron, Bill Hinds (guitar); Stuart MacDonald , Marion Myzko, Mei Mei Luo, Jorge Orbon, Geremy Miller, John DiPuccio (violin); Debbie Spring...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1991-07-25

Tracks: Testify (I Wanna); Separation Line; Love Bones; Love Is a Hurting Thing; I Had a Fight with Love; I Could Never Be President; It's Amazing; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me); Games People Play...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Marvell Thomas (keyboards); Steve Cropper (guitar); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Alan Jackson, Jr (drums).

Engineers: Ron Capone, Don Davis, Ed Wolfrum.
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Johnnie Taylor: Little Bluebird

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1990-12-20

Tracks: Little Bluebird; Toe Hold; I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby; Just the One (I've Been Looking For); Outside Love; You Can't Get Away from It; I Had a Dream; Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed; I Ain't Part...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Audio Remasterer: Phil DeLancie.

Audio Remixers: Terry Manning; Tom Nixon.

Editors: Terry Manning; Tom Nixon.

Arrangers: Dale Warren; Do...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Who's Making Love...

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1990-11-29

Tracks: Who's Making Love?; I'm Not the Same Person; Hold on This Time; Woman Across the River; Can't Trust Your Neighbor; Take Care of Your Homework; I'm Trying; Poor Make Believer; Payback Hurts; Mr. Nobod...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Booker T. and the MG's, The Memphis Horns, Isaac Hayes (guitar); Alan Jones (piano).

Recorded at Stax Studio, Memphis Tennessee, May and October, 1967, June ...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 1990-07-03

Tracks: Who's Makin' Love; Take Care of Your Homewor; Testify (I Wonna); I Could Never Be Presiden; Love Bones; Steal Away; I Am Somebody, Part I; Jody's Got Your Girl And; I Don't Wanna Lose You; Hijackin' ...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Producers: Don Davis, Al Jackson, Al Bell, Terry Manning.

Getting his big break as Sam Cooke's replacement in the Soul Stirrers, vocalist Johnnie Taylor may have started out in gospel, but he t...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Crazy 'Bout You

1 CD / Malaco / 1989-11-30

Tracks: Still Crazy; Without You; Dance Floor to the Back Door; Money's Running Funny; For Your Precious Love; She's No Lady; Airtight Alibi; I Was Looking for Somebody; Nothin' but the Blues
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals); Jimmy Johnson , Duncan Cameron, Bernard Jenkins, Michael Toles, Pete Carr (guitar); David Chappell, Jorge Orbon, Carol Freedman, John DiPuccio, XI Yang, Roslind Lan...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Raw Blues

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 1987-11-01

Tracks: Where There's Smoke There's Fire; Hello Sundown; Pardon Me Lady; Where Can a Man Go from Here; That Bone; That's Where It's At; Part Time Love; If I Had It to Do All Over; You're Good for Me; You Can...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Unknown Contributor Role: Johnnie Taylor.

While the "Raw" part of the title may be overstating the case just a bit, "Blues" describes this disc pretty...continue...

Johnnie Taylor: Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits [Remaster]

1 CD / Fantasy / 1987-01-01

Tracks: Who's Making Love?; Take Care of Your Homework; Testify (I Wanna); I Could Never Be President; Love Bones; Steal Away; I Am Somebody, Pt. 1; Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone; I Don't Wanna Lose You; Hij...
Artists: Johnnie Taylor

Producers: Don Davis, Al Jackson, Al Bell, Terry Manning.

Personnel: Johnnie Taylor (vocals).

Photographer: Phil Bray.

Getting his big break as Sam Cooke's replacement in the Soul...continue...