• Percy Sledge’s third and fourth Atlantic albums on two CDs, with eight bonus tracks. “The Percy Sledge Way” (1967)
features the hit “Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)” (a country song already a hit for Faron Young, Patsy
Cline and Solomon Burke), as well as Sledge’s takes on “The Dark End Of The Street”, “Tell It Like It Is” and “You
Send Me”.
• “Take Time To Know Her” (1968) features Sledge’s ninth R&B hit title track (# 6) and “Out Of Left Field”.
• The booklet includes lengthy annotation by acknowledged expert Tony Rounce.