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April 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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From deep within the heart of Memphis to your stereo, the rich legacy of Stax Records will be honored this year as two label partners join forces to commemorate the label's 60th anniversary. Rolling Stone reported yesterday a massive campaign to celebrate Stax artists and albums across physical and digital formats. Notably, this initiative will be carried out by both owners of the Stax catalogue: Rhino/Warner Music Group, which controls much of the label's Atlantic-distributed output from

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Albert King, Booker T. and the MG's, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, William Bell

November 19, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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As the old expression goes, all good things must come to an end.  And so Nancy Wilson's 37-album, 20-year tenure at Capitol Records ended in 1980 with the release of Take My Love.    At Capitol, Wilson had proved her mastery of Broadway, Hollywood, traditional vocal jazz, fusion jazz, pop and soul, and had collaborated with the likes of George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Thom Bell, and Oliver Nelson.  On her final Capitol LP, Wilson enlisted producers Larry Farrow

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: D.J. Rogers, Nancy Wilson, The Dramatics

September 22, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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When Stax Records severed its distribution deal with Atlantic in 1968, it was time to rebuild from the ground up.  The entire back catalogue went to Atlantic, as did Sam and Dave’s contract.  Gone was the “Stax o’wax” label logo; in its place was a new, finger-snapping Stax.  The stewards of the Stax legacy at Concord Music Group have recently launched a series branded as Stax Remasters, and the three latest additions to the reissue program have arrived from Rufus Thomas, Shirley Brown and The

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Categories: News, Reviews Tags: Rufus Thomas, Shirley Brown, The Dramatics

August 5, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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While Berry Gordy was defining “The Sound of Young America” in Detroit, Jim Stewart, Estelle Axton and Al Bell were pioneering deep, gritty Southern soul in Memphis.  To many, Motown and Stax were two sides of the same coin, both offering powerhouse R&B sounds that spoke directly to the country’s youth.  Since acquiring Stax from Fantasy Records in 2004, Concord Music Group has relaunched Stax as an active concern with new artists and has introduced a number of healthy catalogue initiatives

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Categories: News Tags: Rufus Thomas, Shirley Brown, The Dramatics

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