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This is a label that started in the early 60's. After being closed in 1977/78, the label as revived in december 1987. In 1987 A&R for the label is being handled by Fred Pittman (Who aslo owned KNOB HILL label).
Acts originaly recorded on the VOLT label include the Emotions Otis Reddings , the Mad Labs , The Bar-Kays and the Dramatics.

The Story of VOLT is very close to STAX Records.

The Volt/Stax masters are owned by FANTASY with distribution by ATLANTIC.

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7" Singles (in V-100 Matrix)(1961-1968)
V-100		The Triumphs			Burnt Biscuits
						/Raw Dough
V-101		The Tonettes			Please Don't Go
						/No Tears
V-102		Booker T. & The MG's		Green Onions
						/Behave Yourself
V-103		Otis Redding			These Arms of Mine
						/Hey Hey Baby
V-104		The Tonettes			Stolen Angel
						/Teardrop Sea
V-105		Deanie Parker			My Imaginary Guy
						/Until You Return
V-106		Eddie Kirk			The Hawg (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)
V-107		Oscar Mack			I See My Baby Coming
						/Don't Be Afraid of Love
V-108		Bobby Marchan			What Can I Do (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)
V-109		Ottis Reeding			That's What My Heart Needs
						/Mary Had a Little Lamb
V-110		Billy & The King Bees		Susie Q
						/Bango
V-111		Eddie Kirk			Them Bones
						/I Found a New Love
V-112		Otis Redding			Pain My Heart
						/Something Is Worring Me
V-113		The Drapels			Wondering
						/Please Don't Leave
V-114		Bobby Marchan			That's the Way it Goes
						/Mary Had a Little Lamb
V-115		Deanie Parker			Each Step I Take
						/Mary Lou You Can Do
						the Bumble Bee
V-116		Otis Redding			Come to Me
						/Don't Leave Me This Way
V-117		Otis Redding			Security
						/I Want to Thank You
V-118		Dorothy Williams		Closer to My Baby
						/Watchdog
V-119		The Drapels			Young Man
						/Your Love Is All I Need
V-120		The Fleets			Please Return to Me
						/Go Away
V-121		Otis Redding			Chained and Bound
						/Your One and Only Man
V-122		Johnny Jenkins			Spunky
						/Bashful Guitar
V-123		The Baracudas			Yank Me (Doodle)
						/Free for All
V-124		Otis Reddings			Mr. Pitiful
						/That's How Strong My
						Love Is
V-125		The Admirals			King of Love
						/Got You on My Mind
V-126		Otis Reddings			I've Been Loving You 
						too Long
						/I'm Depending on You
V-127		The Mad Lads			Don't Have to Shop Around
						/Tear Maker
V-128		Otis Redding			Respect
						/Ole Man Trouble
V-129		Sir Isaac 			Blue Groove
		& The Do-Dads			/Big Dipper
V-130		Otis Redding			I Can't Turn You Loose
						/Just One More Day
V-131		The Mad Lads			I Want Someone
						/Can't Break Through
V-132		Otis Redding			Satisfaction
						/Any Ole Way
V-133		Ruby Johnson			I'll Run Your Hurt Away
						/Weak Spot
V-134		The Four Shell			Hot Dog
						/Reputation
V-135		The Mad Lads			Come Closer to Me
						/Sugar, Sugar
V-136		Otis Redding			My Lover's Prayer
						/Don't Mess With Cupid
V-137		The Mad Lads			I Want a Girl	
						/What Will Love Tend to 
						/Make You Do
V-138		Otis Redding			Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
						/Good to Me
V-139		The Mad Lads			Patch My Heart
						You Mean so Much to Me
V-140		Ruby Johnson			Come to Me My Darling
						/When My Love Comes Down
V-141		Otis Redding			Try a Little Tenderness
						/I'm Sick Y'all
V-142		The Charmels			Please Uncle Sam
						/Something Sweet About My
						Baby
V-143		The Mad Lads			I Don't Want to Loose
						Your Love
						/For Those Simple Reasons
V-144		Bobby Wilson			Let Me Slow Down
						/Feels Good
V-145		Eddie Purrell			The Spoiler
						/My Pride Won't Let Me
V-146		Otis Redding			More Than Words Can Say
						/Let Me Come on One
V-147		Ruby Johnson			If I Ever Needed Love
						/Keep on Keeping On
V-148		The Bar-Kays			Soul Fingers
						/Knucklehead
V-149		Otis Redding			Shake (live)
						/You Don't Miss Your Water
V-150		The Mad Lads			My Inspiration
						/Mr Fix It
V-151		Jeanne & The Darlings		How Can You Mistreat the
						/One You Love
V-152		Otis Redding			Glory of Love
						/I'm Coming Home
V-153		The Charmels			I'll Gladly Take You Back
						/Loving Material
V-154		The Bar-Kays			Give Everybody Some
						/Don't Do That
V-155		The Charmels			As Long as I've Got You
						/Baby Come Get It
V-156		Jeanne & The Darlings		Soul Girl
						/What's Gonna Happen to Me
V-157		Otis Redding			(Sittin' On)
						The Dock Of the Bay
						/Sweet Lorene
V-158		The Bar-Kays			A Hard Day's Night
						/I Want Someone
V-159		Jeanne & Darlings		What Will Later on Be Like
						/Hang Me Down
V-160		Derek Martin			Soul Power
						/Sly Girl
V-161		Linda Lyndell			Bring Your Love Back to Me
						/Here I Am
V-162		The Mad Lads			Whatever Hurts You
						/No Time Is Better Than 
						Right Now
V-163		Otis Redding			Open the Door
						/Happy Song
7" Singles (In VOA-4000 Matrix)
VOA-4001	Linda Lyndell			What A Man
						/I Don't Know
VOA-4002	Jimmy Hughes			I like everything About you
						/What Side of the Door
VOA-4003	The Mad Lads			So nice
						/Make room
VOA-4004	The Charmels			Lovin' Feeling
						/Sea Shell
VOA-4005	Jeanne & Darlings		It's Unbelievable
						/I Like What You're Doing
						to Me
VOA-4006	Dino & Doc			Migthy Cold Winter
						/A Woman Can't Do
						(What a Man Do)
VOA-4007	The Bar-Kays			Copy Kat
						/In the Hole
VOA-4008	Jimmy Hughes			Sweet Things You Do
						/Let 'Em Down Baby
VOA-4009	The Mad Lads			Love Is Here Today and
						Gone Tomorrow
						/Make This Young Woman Mine
VOA-4010	The Emotions			So I Can Love You
						/Got to Be the Man 
						(1969)
VOA-4011	The Bar-Kays			Don't Stop Danicing to 
						the Music (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)
VOA-4012	Margie Joseph			One More Chance
						/Never Can You Be
VOA-4013	Jimmy Dotson			I Wanna Be Good to You
						/I Use to Be a Lover
VOA-4014	Darnell Banks			Just Because Your Love
						Is Gone
						/I'm the One Who Loves You
VOA-4015	Jeanne & The Darlings		It's Time to Pay for the Fun
						/Standing in the Need of Me
VOA-4016	The Mad Lads			No strings attached
						/By the time I Get
						to Pheonix (1968)
VOA-4017	Jimmy Hughes			Chains of LOve
						/It's Not Ashamed to Beg 
						or Plead
VOA-4018	Colette Kelly			Long and Lonely World
						/City of Fools
VOA-4019	The Bar-Kays			Midnight Cow Boy
						/A.J the House Fly
VOA-4020	Mavis Staples			You're Driving Me
						(To the Arms of a Stranger)
						/A House Is Not a Home
VOA-4021	The Emotions			The Best Part of a Love Affair
						/I like it 
						(1969)
VOA-4022	The Newcomers			Open Up Your Heart
						/Girl, This Boy Loves You
VOA-4023	Margie Joseph			What You Gonna Do
						/Nobody
VOA-4024	Jimmy Hughes			I'm So Glad
						/Lay it on the Line
VOA-4025	Maceo Woods & The Christ.	Hello Sunshine
		Tabernacle Baptist Church	/Amazing Grace
VOA-4026	Darrell Banks			Beautiful Feeling
						/No One Blinder
VOA-4027	J.J Barnes			Got to Get Ride of You
						/Snow Flakes
VOA-4028	Reggie Milner			Habit Form Love
						/And I Love Her
VOA-4029	The Dramatics			Your Love Was Strange
						/Since I've Been in Love
VOA-4030	The T.S.U Tornadoes		My Thing Is a Moving Thing
						/I Still Love You
VOA-4031	The Emotions			Stealing love
						/When tomorrow comes
VOA-4032	Bernie Hayes			Tribute to a Black Man
						(part 1)
						/(Part 2)
VOA-4033	The Bar-Kays			Sang and Dance
						/I Thank You
VOA-4034	Chuck Brooks			Love's Gonna Tear Your
						Playhouse Down (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)
VOA-4035	Jeanne & The Darlings		Singing About Love
						/Let Them See in Me
VOA-4036	Chris & Shack			Goodies
						/Satisfied With The Love
						You Give
VOA-4037	Margie Joseph			Your Sweet Lovin'
						/What's the Matter Baby
VOA-4038	The T.S.U Tornadoes		Play the Music Tornadoes
						/Flight too Many
VOA-4039	Jones & Blumenberg		I forgot to Remember
						/The Right Track
VOA-4040	Roz Ryan			Your My Only Temptation
						/I Can't See Nothning but
						the Good in You
VOA-4041	The Mad Lads			These Old Memories
						/Seeing is Believin'
						(1970)
VOA-4042	Paul Thomson			What I Don't Know Won't
						Hurt Me
						/Special Kind of Woman
VOA-4043	Branding Iron			Right Time and Out of Sight
						/Slave for Love
VOA-4044	Mavis Staples			I Have Learned to do 
						Without You (1970)
						/Since I Feel for You
VOA-4045	The Emotions			Heart Association
						/The Touch of Your Lips
VOA-4046	Margie Joseph			Punish Me
						/Sweeter Tomorrow
VOA-4047	Bernie Hayes			Cool Strut (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)
VOA-4048	Reggie Milner			Soul Machine
						/Hello Stranger
VOA-4049	The Newcomers			You Put the Sunshine
						Back on My World
						/Still a Boy in My Heart
VOA-4050	The Bar-Kays			Humpin'
						/Montego Bay
VOA 4051	Shack				Too Many Lovers 
						/A love Affair That
						Bears no Pain (1970)
VOA-4052	Charlene & The			LOve Changes
		Soul Serenade
VOA-4053	The Emotions			Black Christmas
VOA 4054	The Emotions			You make me want to love you
						/What you see is what you get
						(1971)
VOA-4055	Lou Johnson			Frisco, Here I Come
						/Who Am I
VOA 4056	Margie Joseph			Stop! in the name of love
						/same (mono)
VOA 4058	Dramatics			Whatcha see is Whatcha get
						/Thankful for your love (1971)
VOA 4059	Iron Branding			Born too late
						/If I Could See
						(1971)
VOA 4060	Jimmy Hughes			Just Ain't Strong as
						I Used to Be
						/Did You Forget (1971)
VOA 4061	Margie Joseph			That Other Woman Got 
						my Man & Gone
						/I Always Love You (1971)
VOA-4062	The Emotions			If you think it
						/Love Ain't Easy One Sided
VOA-4063	Shack				It's Good to Be Careful
						(But It's Better Be Loved)
						/Watch the Dog
VOA-4064	Llana				Where Would You Be Today ?
						/Love Fill Your Heart
VOA-4065	The United Image		Love's Creeping Up on Me
						/I'll Keep Coming Back
VOA-4066	The Emotions			Show me how
						/Boss love maker (1971)
VOA-4067	Hot Sauce			I'll Kick a Brick
						/I Can't Win for Losing
VOA-4068	The Mad Lads			Gone, The Promises of Yesterday
						/I'm So Glad I Fell in Love
VOA-4069	Major Lance			Girl, Come on Home
						/Since I Lost  My Baby's Love
						(1971)
VOA-4070	Joni Wilson			Loser's Seat
						/Flame Flame Flame
VOA-4071	Dramatics			Get Up and Get Down
						/Fall in Love, Lady Love
						(1971)
VOA-4072	The Leaders			How Do You Move a Mountain?
						/Anyone Can (1971)
VOA-4073	Bar-Kays			Son of Shaft
						/Sang and Dance
VOA-4074	L.V Johnson			Don't Cha Mess With
						My Money, My hHney or
						My Woman
						/One Pair of Pants (1972)
VOA-4075	The Dramatics			In the Rain
						/Give Me Some Good Soul Music
VOA-4076	Hot Sauce			Bring it Home
						/Echoes from the Past
						(1973)
VOA-4077	The Emotions			My Honey and Me
						/Blind Alley (1972)
VOA-4078	The Leaders			Which Way
						/Anyone Can (1972)
VOA-4079	Major Lance			I Wanna Make Up 
						/(That's the Story of My Life
						(1972)
VOA-4080	The Mad Lads			Let Me Repair Your Heart
						/Did My Baby Call
VOA-4081	The Bar-Kays			Dance, Dance, Dance
						/Memphis at Sunrize
						(1972)
VOA-4082	The Dramatics			Toast to the Fool
						/Your Love Was Strange
						(1972)
VOA-4083	The Emotions			I Could Never Be Happy
						/I've Fallen in Love
						(1972)
VOA-4084	Roger Hatcher			I Dedicate My Love to You
						/I'm Gonna Make Love to 
						Somebody's Old Lady
VOA-4085	Major Lance			Ain't no Sweat
						/Since I Lost My Baby's Love
VOA-4086	Mavis Staples			Endlessly
						/Don't Change Me Now 
						(1972)
VOA-4087	Inez Foxx			You Hurt Me for the Last Time
						/Watch the Dog
VOA-4088	The Emotions			From Toys to Boys
						/I Call This Loving You
						(1972)
VOA-4089	Hot Sauce			What Do You See in Her ?
						/Mama's Baby, Daddy's May Be
VOA-4090	The Dramatics			The Devil is a Dope
						/Hey You! Get off My Mountain
						(1973)
VOA-4091	Jimmy Lewis			Stop Half Loving These Woman
						/Where Was He ? (1973)
VOA-4092	The Bar-Kays			You're Still My Brother
						/You're the Best Thing That
						Happened to Me
VOA-4093	Inez Foxx			The Time
						/One Woman's Man
VOA-4094	Unreleased
VOA-4095	The Emotions			I Wanna Come Back
						/Runnin'Back (and Forth) 
						(1973)
VOA-4096	Inez Foxx			Crossing Over the Bridge
						/You're Saving Me for a
						Rainy Day (1973)
VOA-4097	The Bar-Kays			It Ain't Easy
						/God Is Watching (1972)
VOA-4098	The Mad Lads			I'm So Glad I Feel in Love
						With You
						/I Forgot to Be Your Lover 
						(1973)
VOA-4099	The Dramatics			Fell for You
						/Now You Gor Me Loving Me
VOA-4100	The Emotions			Peace Be Still
						/Runnin'Back (and Forth) (1973)
VOA-4101	Inez Foxx			I Had a Talk With My Man
						/The lady, the Doctor, the 
						Prescription (1973)
VOA-4102	The Maffers			Martian Gin (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)) (1973)
VOA-4103	Hot Sauce			Godd Woman Turning Bad
						/I'll Kick a Brick
						(About My Man)(1973)
VOA-4104	The Emotions			What Do the Lonely Do at
						Christmas
						/(Inst.)
VOA-4105	The Dramatics			And I Panicked
						/Beware of the Man
VOA-4106	The Emotions			Put a Little Love Away
						/I Call This Loving You
						(1974)
VOA-4107	Inez Foxx			Circuit's Overloaded
						/There's a Hand	That's 
						Reaching Out (1973)
VOA-4108	Ron Banks			Highway to Heaven
		& The Dramatics			/I Made Myself Lonely
VOA-4109	Hot Sauce			Stop Doggin' Me
						/Good Woman Turning Bad
7" Singles (In VON-4110 Matrix)
VON-4110	The Emotions			Baby, I'm Through
						/I Wanna Come Back
VON-4111	The Bar-Kays			Cold Blooded
						/Be Yourself (1974)
VON-4112	Bessie Banks			Try to Leave Me If You Can
						/Ain't No Easy Way
VON-4113	The Emotions			There Are More Questions 
						Than Answers
						/Anyway You Look at It (1974)
VON-4114	Hot Sauce			I Can't Let You Go
						/Funny
VON-4115	The Bar-Kays			Holy Ghost (Pt 1)
						/(Pt 2)
12" Singles.
3106		Dorothy Moore			Can't Get Over You
						(1988)
		A1. Can't Get Over You (4:24)
		B1. Same
1606		Wild Boyz			I Thought U Knew
1607
1608		Wild Boyz			Q.t Pie
Vinyl Albums (In S-400 Matrix).
S-413		Otis Reeding			The Soul Album
S-415		Otis Redding			The Dictonary of Soul
						(1966)
S-416		Otis Redding			Live in Europe
						(1967)
S-418		Otis Redding			History of Otis Redding
						(1967)
S-419		Otis Redding			The Dock of the Bay
						(1968)
Vinyl Albums (In VOS-6000 Matrix).
VOS-6009	Maceo Woods			Hello, Sunshine
VOS 6012	Margie Joseph			Makes a new impression
		A1. Monolgue: Woman Talk
		A2. Stop in the Name of Love
		A3. Punish Me
		A4. Medecine Bend
		A5. Come Tomorrow
		B1. Sweeter Tomorrow
		B2. Same Thing
		B3. How Beatiful the Rain
		B4. I'm Fed Up
		B5. Make Me Believe You'll Stay
		B6. Temptations About to Take Your Love
VOS-6014	Kim Weston			Kim Kim Kim
VOS 6016	Margie Joseph			Phase II
		A1. That Over Woman Got My Man & Gone
		A2. My World Is Empty Without You
		A3. I'll Always Love You
		A4. Strung Out
		B1. Please Don't Stop Lovin' Me
		B2. I Love You Too Much to Say Goodbye
		B3. Didn't Have to Tell Me
		B4. Takin' All the Love I Can
VOS 6017	Lou Johnson			With you in mind
		A1. There Where Times
		A2. Transition
		A3. The Loving Way
		A4. Nearer
		A5. The Beat
		B1. Who Am I
		B2. Here I Come
		B3. Wrong Number
		B4. Crazy About You
		B5. Living Without You
VOS-6020	The Mad Lads			A New Beginning
VOS-6022	Inez Foxx			At Memphis
Vinyl Albums (In VOS-9500 Matrix).
VOS 9501	Ron Banks 			Dramatically yours
		& The Dramatics			(1974)
		A1. And I Panicked
		A2. I Dedicate My Life to You
		A3. You've Got Me Going Through a Thing
		A4. I Pray She'll Never Go Away
		A5. I Made Myself Lonely
		B1. Highway to Heaven
		B2. Beautiful Feeling
		B3. Toast to the Fool
		B4. It's Hard Tying to Get Over You
VOS 9506	The Dramatics			The Best of the Dramatics
						(1974)
Vinyl Albums (In 3400 Matrix - 1987 Relauched).
3404		Wild Boyz			I Had to Be Done
						(1988)
3405		Dorothy Moore			Winner
						(1989)

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