'The Percy Sledge Way' was originally released on Atlantic in 1967 and finds Sledge at the top of his game. 11 classic soul and R&B numbers including 'The Dark End Of The Street', 'You Send Me', 'Drown In My Own Tears', 'I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)' and 'Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)', a country song already a hit for Faron Young, Patsy Cline and Solomon Burke.