Arthur Alexander

INCLUDES 14 BONUS TRACKS

Alexander made a handful of single records that inspired a generation of artists. His 1962 Top 40 hit, “You Better Move On”, helped kick-start the famed Muscle Shoals music scene. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder and numerous other giants covered his unique country-tinged story-songs, and many took his unfettered brooding vocal style as a blueprint for their own. This quintessential release includes Alexander’s magnificent debut LP, You Better Move On, originally released in 1962 by the Dot label. It’s one of the all-time cornerstones of R&B and early soul, and shows what a formidable force Arthur was. This remastered collector’s edition also contains 14 bonus tracks from the same period, including the hard-to-find “The Girl That Radiates That Charm”, the outstanding “Go Home Girl”, and the self-penned “Anna (Go to Him)”, which became a Top 10 R&B smash and was later covered by The Beatles. These recordings are the building blocks of Arthur Alexander’s legendary musical legacy. It is enduring music and the epitome of southern soul.

PERSONNEL:

ARTHUR ALEXANDER, lead vocals, plus:

Terry Thompson, Peanut Montgomery (electric guitar),
Forrest Riley (acoustic guitar), Norbert Putnam (bass),
David Briggs (piano), Jerry Carrigan (drums), and
Boots Randolph (saxophone).

Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Nashville, Tennessee, between 1961 and 1962.

INCLUDES 16 PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

DO YOU LOVE ME
01. YOU BETTER MOVE ON
02. LOVE LETTERS
03. HEY! BABY
04. FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY
05. YOUNG WORLD
06. A THOUSAND STARS
07. A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY
08. LOVER, PLEASE COME BACK
09. LOVE ME WARM AND TENDER
10. THE WANDERER
11. DON’T BREAK THE HEART THAT LOVES YOU
12. YOU’RE THE REASON

BONUS TRACKS
13. A SHOT OF RHYTHM AND BLUES
14. ANNA (GO TO HIM)
15. SOLDIER OF LOVE
16. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN (ALL MY LIFE)
17. KEEP HER GUESSING
18. YOU BETTER MOVE ON (single version)
19. I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY
20. DREAM GIRL
21. THE GIRL THAT RADIATES THAT CHARM
22. WHERE DID SALLY GO
23. I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT
24. BABY BABY
25. PRETTY GIRLS EVERYWHERE

TOTAL TIME: 63:57