Stax Records
‘Let’s Do It Again’: The Staple Singers’ Big-Screen Soul Smash
The score album combined two great American talents, performed by the Staples and written and produced almost entirely by Curtis Mayfield.
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News7 years agoBeatles Nearly Made ‘Revolver’ With Stax’s Jim Stewart
A newly-seen letter written by George Harrison in 1966 reveals that the Beatles planned to record ‘Revolver’ at Stax Studios with producer Jim Stewart.
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Features7 years ago
Respect Yourself – Stax Records & The Soul Explosion (Book Review)
Robert Gordon's wonderful book, Respect Yourself, tells the story of Stax Records, a story that's closer to a Greek Tragedy than modern day record company.
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Features7 years agoThe Complete Stax Volt Soul Singles Volume 3
The complete Stax Volt Soul Singles box set is 213 tracks of some fabulous soul music along with some great blues records.
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News7 years ago
Big Star Give You Something To Listen To
Stax Records will reissue two seminal albums from Big Star. Both #1 Record and Radio City have been out of print for many years, in September
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News7 years ago
Stax Heading For Broadway?
Development has started on what is to be a Broadway musical stage production based on the story of Stax Records.
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News7 years ago
Memphis Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2014
Nine giants of Memphis music have been named, at a press conference at Hard Rock Café, to be 2014 inductees into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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Features8 years ago
Farewell To A Great Man Of Stax
Don Davis, the Detroit-based producer, who passed away at the age of 75 but leaves some fine recorded work behind, especially with vocalist Johnnie Taylor.
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In-Depth8 years ago
Modtastic – A History Of The Mod Culture
Mods had their origins in London in the mid-1960s but it wasn't long before Lambrettas, Vespas and all-nighters in clubs were being seen all over Britain.
