This week in the Shack

I'd intended to put a set together in honour of Obama's election victory (hence Yes We Can Can and Everyday People right at the start), but sometimes the set has its own ideas about where it wants to go, so it didn't quite turn out that way. Nevertheless, I hope you dig it.

1. Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can (4:15)
2. Mingo Fishtrap - Land of Dreams (4:22)
3. Jon Cleary - Groove Me (3:26)
4. Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People (2:22)
5. Greg Jackson - Aretha, Sing One for Me (3:00)
6. Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind (2:45)
7. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother (2:43)
8. Curtis Mayfield - I Plan to Stay a Believer (3:15)
9. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) (6:15)
10. Lyle Workman - Funk McLovin [*] (3:22)
11. Kashmere Stage Band - Do Your Thing [Extended Version][#] (5:23)
12. Darondo - Didn't I (3:29)
13. Otis Redding - Change Is Gonna Come (4:16)
14. Wilson Pickett - Cole, Cooke & Redding (3:53)
15. The Staple Singers - The Weight (4:35)
16. Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (2:29)
17. King Curtis - Soul Serenade (6:06)
18. Joss Stone - The Chokin' Kind (3:36)
19. Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (2:45)
20. Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping (3:28)
21. Joan Osborne - Sara Smile (3:36)
22. Bettye Lavette - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (2:11)
23. Martha & the Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (2:45)
24. Mavis Staples - Security (2:52)
25. Young-Holt Unlimited - Wack Wack (3:01)
26. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tears of a Clown (3:04)
27. Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (2:20)
28. Jackson 5 - Penny Arcade (2:41)
29. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (5:29)
30. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (7:00)
31. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain (2:31)
32. Aretha Franklin - Dr. Feelgood [Love Is A Serious Business] (3:22)
33. James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street (2:34)
34. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (7:32)
35. Mel and Tim - Good Guys Only Win in the Movies (2:46)
36. Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour [Live & Burnin'] [Live] (8:09)
37. Sam Cooke - Chain Gang (3:11)
38. Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness (3:49)
39. Baby Washington - Breakfast in Bed (3:10)
40. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (2:45)
41. The Temptations - My Girl (2:57)
42. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (3:13)
43. Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (2:49)
44. Clarence Carter - Slip Away (2:33)
45. Allen Toussaint - Soul Sister (2:49)
46. Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? (3:12)
47. Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (3:28)
48. Simply Red - Holding Back the Years (4:29)
49. Donny Hathaway - What's Going On (5:22)

(soul 7)