''Texas Thunder Soul 1968–1974'' is a two-disc

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of recordings by the

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, released on

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in 2006. The first disc contains studio recordings by the group, including energetic

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", " Super Bad", " Scorpio" and "Burning Spear". The second disc features unreleased live recordings and

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s, and includes a 12-minute video documentary about the group, ''Texas Jewels''. The album includes a 40-page booklet filled with photos, interviews and ephemera.

Track listing

;Disc one # "Boss City" # "Burning Spear" # " Take Five" # "Super Bad" # "Keep Doing It" # "Thunder Soul" # "Do You Dig It, Man?" # "Headwiggle" # "Do Your Thing" ** # "Scorpio" ** # "

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" ** # "Al's Tune" # "All Praises" # "Shaft" # "Kashmere" # "$$ Kash Register $$" # "Zero Point" – parts 1 & 2 (45 version) * # "Getting It Out of My System" ;Disc two Live recordings (all previously unreleased): # "Intro" # "Zero Point" # "All Praises" / "Zero Point" (Reprise) # "Intro" # "Do You Dig It, Man?" # "Don't Mean a Thing" # "Thank You" # "Ain't No Sunshine" # "Do You Dig It, Man?" # "All Praises" ;Alternate takes # "Thank You" (45 version) # "Zero Point" (LP version) # "Do Your Thing" (instrumental) # "Getting It Out of My System" * ;Bonus documentary: Texas Jewels * previously unreleased
** previously unissued extended version

Credits

Musicians

*Ricky Adams – Saxophone *Arthur Armstrong – Saxophone *Frank Bell – Drums *Johnny Brown – Saxophone *Gerald Calhoun – Bass *Andrei Carriere – Guitar *Paul Chevalier – Guitar *Rev. James Cleveland – Trombone *Dorothy Compton – Percussion *Lionel Cormier and the Sundown P – Saxophone *Gerald Curvey – Drums *Patricia Davis – Lead *Ronnie Davis – Trumpet *Michael Dogan – Bass *Timothy Dunham – Saxophone *Lawrence Foster – Trombone *Samuel Frazier – Trumpet, Tambourine *Grady Gaines Douglas – Sax (Alto) *Roy Garcia – Guitar *Craig Green – Bass, Drums *Morris 'Sonny' Hall – Conga *Dwight Harris – Trombone *Ray Harris – Drums *James "Ham" Jackson – Saxophone *Leo Jackson – Trumpet *Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson – Trumpet *Audrey Jones – Trumpet *Jesse Jones, Jr. – Saxophone *Samuel Jones – Trombone *Sheila Jordan – Soprano (Vocal) *Hilton Joseph – Saxophone, Sax (Tenor) *Johnny Lewis – Drums *Henry Marks – Drums *Thaddeus McGowen – Saxophone *Bruce Middleton – Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor) *George Miller – Saxophone, Tenor (Vocal) *Diane Moore – French Horn *Harold Morris – Saxophone *Cloyce Muckelroy – Trumpet *Alva Nelson – Organ, Saxophone, Fender Rhodes *Glennie Odoms – Saxophone *Larry Phillips – Saxophone *Shirley Ploucha – French Horn *Leon Polk – Trumpet *Johnny Reason – Guitar * Sherman Robertson – Guitar, Tambourine *Earl Spiller – Guitar *Byron Starling – Trombone *Roy Taylor – Saxophone *John C. Thomas – Trumpet *Wilmon Toran – Saxophone *Clyde Walker – Saxophone, Baritone (Vocal) *Jimmie "J.J." Walker – Trombone *Bruce White – Saxophone *Elray Wiseman – Trumpet *Byron Wooten – Trumpet *Henry Robinson – Drums *Naomi James – Piano *Linda Wiseman – Percussion *Katherine Lambert – Percussion *Elmer Glover – Bongos *Jackie Gray – Drums

Technical and art

*Eothen Alapatt – Transfers, Compilation Producer, Research, Annotation *Dave Cooley – Mastering, Restoration *Kelly Hibbert – Mastering, Restoration *

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– Engineer *Claude Robinson – Transfers *Matt Rowlands – Art Direction

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