The late Joe Tex was amongst the most popular Southern Soul artists of the mid-lae 60s. Equally at home with up-tempo songs and even disco, Joe's major successes came with a series of 'preaching' deep soul singles that espoused the down home values of life in America's Deep South. This series reissues all the Tex LP's on CD for the first time and will contain all his US and international hits, plus bonus tracks, recorded for Dial records until his death in 1982.

Vol. 4 moves into 1969 with two more album also sold through Atlantic, Happy Soul and Buying A Book. Both albums were entirely written by Tex and whilst the performances are exemplary Tex soul they do offer a different perspective.

Both packages come with extensive liner notes from Clive Richardson and fold out poster inlays with rare photos.

'Happy Soul'
Baby Be Good / Chicken Crazy / Go Home And Do It / Keep The One You Got / Sweet Sweet Woman / Take The Fifth Amendment / That's Your Baby / You Can Tell / You Need Me Baby / You've Come A Long Way

'Buying A Book '
Anything You Wanna Know / Buying A Book / Get Your Lies Together / Grandma Mary / It Ain't Sanitary / Sure Is Good / That's The Way / The Only Way / Same Things You Did To Get It / We Can't Sit Down Now

Bonus tracks : Betwixt And Between / Chocolate Cherry
 

The late Joe Tex was amongst the most popular Southern Soul artists of the mid-late 60s. Equally at home with up-tempo songs and even disco, Joe's major successes came with a series of 'preaching' deep soul singles that espoused the down home values of life in America's Deep South. This series reissues all the Tex LP's on CD for the first time and will contain all his US and international hits, plus bonus tracks, recorded for Dial records until his death in 1982.

Vol.3 collects together two albums released through Atlantic in 1968; Live and Lovely (not really live at all, a studio album with audience additions), featuring the US Billboard hits 'Papa Was Too' (R&B), 'Show Me', 'Skinny Legs & All' (Top 10), and the thematic Soul Country. Added to this is a bonus tracks the single hit 'Men Are Getting Scarce'. Both packages come with extensive liner notes from Clive Richardson and fold out poster inlays with rare photos.

'Lively and Lovely'
Do Right Woman Do Right Man / Don't Give Up / Get Out Of My Life Woman / Love Is A Hurtin' Thing / Papa Was Too / Show Me / Skinny Legs and All / That's Life / Wooden Spoon / You're Gonna Thank Me Woman

'Soul Country'
Engine Engine No.9 / Funny How Time Slips Away / Green Green Grass Of Home / Honey / I'll Never Do You Wrong / Ode to Billy Joe / Set Me Free / Skip A Rope / Dark End Of The Street / By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Bonus tracks: A Womans Hands / I'll Make Everyday Christmas / Men Are Getting Scarce 

"It's Tex in excelsis, justly acclaimed as a landmark of Southern Soul." Q