20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Bar-Kays
Released: Jul 12, 2005
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Released: Jul 12, 2005
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True success was a long time coming for the Bar-Kays, who started out as a sort of second-line studio band behind Booker T. & the MG's at Stax Records in Memphis. After releasing an instrumental...
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Greatest Hits - K-TEL
Released: Aug 4, 1998
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Released: Aug 4, 1998
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A prime-time funk band that sounded like everybody else. Most of the original members of the Bar-Kays died in a fatal plane crash along with Otis Redding.This collection features one tune by the...
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Ballads Collection
Released: May 19, 1998
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Released: May 19, 1998
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The Ballads Collection contains 12 slow jams and seductive ballads from the Bar-Kays. James Alexander has helped compile the album, which means it features both surefire hits like "Flying High on...
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The Best of the Bar-Kays - CURB
Released: Sep 3, 1996
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Released: Sep 3, 1996
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The Best of the Bar-Kays is an adequete collection of the group's best tracks from the late '60s and early '70s, inlcuding the classic "Soul Finger" and "Shake Your Rump to the Funk." It isn't a...
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The Best of Bar-Kays, Vol. 2
Released: May 21, 1996
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Released: May 21, 1996
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Another scoop of mid-'70s-mid-'80s material from the Mercury era, for those with an interest in the band's slicker phase. It's pretty formulaic, but does include several R&B hits, such as...
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