Classic Soul Ballads Volume 11 ft Stax artists

My gift for all the lovers of soul, 1 hour and 15 minutes of some great searing soul performance. And these performances come from both the known and the obscure, and the obscure I hope are a real find for you too as they were for me as I researched. 

Virtually nothing is known about Veda Brown, one of the lesser-known singers on Stax’s roster in the early ’70s. She did manage to crack the lower regions of the charts with two of her four singles on the label, “Short Stopping” and the ballad “Don’t Start Lovin’ Me.” Brown was one of several talented but minor singers that could be found in the Stax empire alone, and while her work there is decent characteristic early-’70s Stax soul, there’s not enough to indicate that she necessarily deserved a wider berth. After a couple of subsequent singles on the Raken label, nothing was heard from her again

http://www.last.fm/music/Veda+Brown

LONG BEFORE lending his deep, smooth tones to South Park's Chef and creating the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for the Blaxploitation classic film Shaft (1971), Isaac Hayes was keyboard player and staff musician at the legendary Stax studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

From backing singer, Hayes soon graduated to composing with David Porter. Under their direction, the vocalist Ruby Johnson cut several timeless sides. Released on the Volt label, a subsidiary of Stax, "I'll Run Your Hurt Away", "Come To Me My Darling" and "If I Ever Needed Love (I Sure Do Need It Now)" attracted a cult following in various parts of the United States. In 1991, UK soul aficionados rediscovered them with the issue of the Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968. So strong was the interest in Ruby Johnson from collectors that these tracks and various Stax session out-takes were issued on CD by Ace Records in 1993.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-ruby-johnson-1117495.html

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