The Atlantic Recordings

~ Release by Percy Sledge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Disc 1, Tracks 1-11 released as When a Man Loves a Woman (Atlantic SD-8125, 1966)
Disc 1, Tracks 12-13, 17-23 and 25-28 released as Warm and Tender Soul (Atlantic SD-8132, 1966)
Disc 2, Tracks 5-15 released as The Percy Sledge Way (Atlantic SD-8146, 1967)
Disc 1, Track 16 and Disc 2, Tracks 3-4 16-17, 20-21 and 23-27 released as Take Time to Know Her (Atlantic SD-8180, 1968)
Disc 1, Track 24, Disc 3, Tracks 18, 21 and 23 and Disc 4, Tracks 4, 6 and 11 released on The Golden Voice of Soul (Midi (DE) 20 085, 1974)

Tracklist

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1When a Man Loves a Woman
producer:
Marlin Greene and Quin Ivy
double bass:
Albert Lowe Jr. (on 1966-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1966-02-17)
farfisa [farfisa organ]:
Spooner Oldham (on 1966-02-17)
guitar:
Marlin Greene (on 1966-02-17)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-02-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HHO Ltd., WEA International Inc. (, in 1966) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1966)
recorded at:
Norala Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (on 1966-02-17)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 54) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
When a Man Loves a Woman (on 1966-02-17)
writer:
Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
publisher:
Mijac Music, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell North America, Warner/Chappell, Pronto Music, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Quinvy Music Publishing Company, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (from 1966 to present), Pronto (in 1972) and Quinvy (in 1972)
2:56
2Love Me Like You Mean It
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-04-21)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-04-21)
2:28
3You Fooled Me
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1966-02-17)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-02-17)
2:35
4You're Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1966-02-17)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-02-17)
recording of:
Pouring Water on a Drowning Man (on 1966-02-17)
writer:
Drew Baker and Danny McCormick
2:23
5Love Me All the Way
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1966-02-17)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-02-17)
2:32
6Thief in the Night
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-04-21)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-04-21)
2:27
7Put a Little Lovin' on Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-04-21)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-04-21)
recording of:
Put a Little Lovin' on Me
lyricist and composer:
David Wilkins
2:44
8My Adorable One
2:42
9Love Makes the World Go Round
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-04-21)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-04-21)
2:43
10When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-04-21)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-04-21)
2:32
11Success
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1966-04-21)
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-04-21)
3:01
12It Tears Me Up2:48
13Warm and Tender Love3:20
14Sugar Puddin' (single B-Side)
2:17
15You've Got That Something Wonderful (single A-Side)
2:23
16I Love Everything About You
2:18
17So Much Love
vocals:
Percy Sledge (on 1966-09-23)
cover recording of:
So Much Love (on 1966-09-23)
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc.
3:05
18A Sweet Woman Like You2:30
19Love Me Tender3:06
20Heart of a Child2:48
21You've Really Got a Hold on Me2:54
22I Stand Accused3:22
23Try a Little Tenderness2:48
24With Every Beat of My Heart
2:57
25That's How Strong My Love Is2:04
26Oh How Happy
2:29
27I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You
2:37
28Little Girl
2:57
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1Behind Every Great Man There's a Woman (single A-Side)
2:50
2It Can't Be Stopped (single A-Side)
3:15
3Baby, Help Me
recording of:
Baby Help Me
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Womack
2:39
4Out of Left Field
3:15
5You Send Me3:07
6Drown in My Own Tears
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
4:00
7I Had a Talk With My Woman
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
3:22
8What Am I Living For
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
cover recording of:
What Am I Living For? (in 1967)
writer:
Art Harris and Fred Jay
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
2:27
9You Don't Miss Your Water
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Miss Your Water
lyricist and composer:
William Bell
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
3:03
10Tell It Like It Is2:59
11I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
cover recording of:
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
writer:
Jerry Butler (in 1965) and Otis Redding (in 1965)
publisher:
East, Time and Wildwood Music Ltd.
2:45
12Pledging My Love
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
2:51
13My Special Prayer
vocals:
Percy Sledge (in 1967)
recorded at:
Quinvy Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (in 1967)
recording of:
My Special Prayer
lyricist and composer:
Wini Scott
publisher:
Peter Maurice (in 1972)
3:02
14The Dark End of the Street
cover recording of:
The Dark End of the Street
writer:
Chips Moman and Dan Penn
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
2:45
15Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)
3:32
16High Cost of Leaving
3:01
17It's All Wrong but It's Alright (Stereo version)
2:57
18Hard to Believe (single A-Side)
2:21
19Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) (single version)
2:27
20Cover Me
2:59
21Take Time to Know Her
producer:
Marlin Greene and Quin Ivy
recording of:
Take Time to Know Her (on 1968-02-01)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Allen Davis
writer:
Stephen Allen Davis and Al Gallico
2:54
22It's All Wrong but It's Alright (single version)
2:53
23Feed the Flame
2:24
24Sudden Stop (Stereo version)
recording of:
Sudden Stop
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
2:46
25Come Softly to Me2:55
26Spooky
2:52
27Between These Arms (Stereo version)
2:39
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1Sudden Stop (single A-Side)
recording of:
Sudden Stop
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
3:01
2Between These Arms (single B-Side)
2:38
3You're All Around Me
2:53
4Self Preservation (single B-Side)
2:32
5Wanted
2:36
6Bless Your Little Sweet Soul (single B-Side)
3:00
7Any Day Now (single A-Side)
3:50
8The Angels Listened In (single B-Side)
2:32
9Standing on the Mountain (single A-Side)
2:22
10Keep Your Arms Around Me
2:41
11Kind Woman (single A-Side)
4:52
12Woman of the Night (single B-Side)
3:10
13Push Mr. Pride Aside (single version)
3:18
14Baby, Baby, Baby3:06
15True Love Travels on a Gravel Road (single A-Side)
2:51
16Faithful and True (single B-Side)
2:51
17Too Many Rivers to Cross
3:08
18Set Me Free
2:44
19Cotton Mill Man
2:40
20Love's Where Life Begins
cover recording of:
Love’s Where Life Begins (in 1970-02)
writer:
Arthur Alexander and Dale Ward
2:18
21Let It Be Me
3:12
22Blow Out the Sun
2:41
23I've Gotta Get a Message to You3:01
24Stop the World Tonight (single A-Side)
3:14
25Help Me Make It Through the Night (single B-Side)
3:15
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