This week in the Shack

And another holiday season is upon us, despite it still being mostly warm here in Austin. This week's set has a little bit of Christmas soul to help get you in the mood while you're drinking your hot chocolate and hanging up those lights. I hope you dig it.


1. Otis Redding - Merry Christmas, Baby (2:30)
2. Anthony Hamilton - Soul Music (2:58)
3. Bobby Patterson - Soul Is Our Music (2:30)
4. Ann Peebles - Old Man With Young Ideas (3:05)
5. Brook Benton - Soul Santa (3:23)
6. Gordon Webster - Mo' Better Blues (4:51)
7. Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping (3:28)
8. Al Green - Light My Fire (3:54)
9. The Lost Generation - This Is the Lost Generation (3:34)
10. Joan Osborne - Smiling Faces Sometimes (4:45)
11. Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair (3:06)
12. Kashmere Stage Band - $$ Kash Register $$ (4:28)
13. The Temptations - Cloud Nine (3:37)
14. Jon Cleary - When U Get Back (Live) (7:32)
15. Donny Hathaway - This Christmas [*] (3:49)
16. Seal - I Can't Stand the Rain (3:34)
17. Al Green - Take Me to the River (3:43)
18. Sam & Dave - Soothe Me [Live] (2:59)
19. Sam Cooke - Somebody Have Mercy (4:44)
20. Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful (2:44)
21. Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (2:46)
22. Martha & the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run (2:51)
23. Major Lance - The Monkey Time (2:48)
24. The Impressions - Woman's Got Soul (2:17)
25. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas (2:44)
26. The Shangri-Las - Sophisticated Boom Boom (2:10)
27. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion (2:42)
28. Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me) (2:42)
29. Barbara Acklin - Am I the Same Girl (2:56)
30. Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) (2:58)
31. Isaac Hayes - Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love (7:33)
32. Donny Hathaway - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother [#] (7:48)
33. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (7:00)
34. Curtis Mayfield - Junkie Chase [Full Length Version][#][Instrumental] (4:17)
35. Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train (2:33)
36. Bernie Mac/Samuel L. Jackson - Boogie Ain't Nuttin' (But Gettin' Down) (4:09)
37. Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (2:10)
38. Isaac Hayes - Good Love (5:18)
39. Booker T. & the MG's - Slim Jenkins' Place (2:23)
40. The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (2:19)
41. Delbert McClinton - Can I Change My Mind (3:30)
42. Malford Milligan - These arms of mine (3:37)
43. Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) (2:41)
44. Wilson Pickett - Sugar, Sugar (2:58)
45. Ike And Tina Turner - Proud Mary (The Funky Version) (2:40)
46. Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay (3:01)
47. Ebony Rhythm Band - Ode to Billy Joe (4:51)
48. Booker T. & the MG's - Silver Bells (2:31)
49. Jimmy Smith - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Master Take] (4:26)
50. Etta James - At Last (3:02)
51. Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (3:13)

(soul 8)