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The compilers of this 4-CD set—the first complete anthology of Carla’s Atlantic and Stax recordings—sure did this right. An 8000-word essay joins the early tracks she cut for Satellite (which morphed into Stax), her LPs "Gee Whiz," "Comfort Me," "Carla" and "The Queen Alone," her 1967 album with Otis Redding ("King & Queen"), all her A- and B-sides (28 non-LP tracks including duets with her dad Rufus Thomas) and live London/Paris performances with the Stax/Volt Revue. The First Lady of Stax Records gets the royal treatment, all right; you get her hits "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)," "A Love of My Own," "I’ll Bring It Home to You," "What a Fool I’ve Been," "How Do You Quit (Someone You Love)," "Stop! Look What You’re Doing," "Let Me Be Good to You," "B-A-B-Y," "Tramp," "Knock on Wood," "Lovey Dovey" (last three with Redding), live renditions of "Yesterday," "I Got My Mojo Working" and more! SoulMusic.