Stax Gold

Here are 15 reasons why Stax remains one of the great R&B/soul labels of the 1960s. Big ticket items aboard include Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft," Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness," Johnnie Taylor's "Who's Making Love," Jean Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff," the Dramatics' "What You See Is What You Get," and Booker T. and the MGs' "Time Is Tight." Rounding things out are topnotch selections from the Temprees, Shirley Brown, Frederick Knight, Albert King, Judy Clay and William Bell, the Bar-Kays, and the Emotions.