Episode #120: More Than I Can Stand


This week's Star Time Summer Special takes up both hours (or "both 54-minute segments" if you want to be difficult about timekeeping), and covers a theme I've wanted to do for a while: classic live performances. I think this lineup sets a Star Time record for least songs in a single show at 21. That's because there's no cutting the lengthy but brilliant monologues by Lou Rawls and Bobby Womack, and when Philip Bailey wants to ad-lib during the coda to EWF's "Reasons" you just close the off-ramp and set up detour signs like any decent person would.



ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
Sam CookeSomebody Have Mercy (Live)1963RCA
Ray CharlesSwanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) (Live)1973Atlantic
Jackie WilsonLonely Teardrops (Live)1962Brunswick
James BrownIntro/I'll Go Crazy (Live)1962King
Lou RawlsStreet Corner Hustler's Blues/World Of Trouble (Live)1966Capitol
Set 2
Eddie FloydKnock on Wood (Live)1967Stax
Otis ReddingI've Been Loving You Too Long (Live)1970Reprise
Nina SimoneAin't Got No/I Got Life (Live)1970RCA Victor
Ike & Tina TurnerOoh Poo Pah Doo (Live)1971United Artists
Etta JamesSeven Day Fool (Live)1963Chess
Set 3
Aretha FranklinDon't Play That Song (Live)1971Atlantic
Curtis MayfieldCheck Out Your Mind (Live)1971Curtom
Donny HathawayJealous Guy (Live)1972Atlantic
Bill WithersAin't No Sunshine (Live)1973Sussex
CommodoresCome Inside (Live)1977Motown
Earth, Wind & FireReasons (Live)1975Columbia
Set 4/Outro
Isaac HayesType Thang (Live)1973Enterprise
Millie JacksonAll The Way Lover (Live)1979unknown
Marvin GayeDistant Lover (Live)1974Tamla
Al GreenAll-n-All (Live)1981Motown
Bobby WomackThe Preacher/More Than I Can Stand (Live)1970Liberty

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