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Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records
by
Rob Bowman
Walk the halls of the famous studio that produced hits for Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, and Booker T. and the MGs. Provides the first history of the groundbreaking label.
Paperback, 402 pages
Published
December 22nd 2000
by Omnibus Press
(first published January 1st 1997)
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An incredibly in depth look at Stax records, the house of soul, the home of the "Memphis sound." It follows the record label from a small family operation to an international powerhouse, to a bankrupt operation bringing everyone down with it.
This is a dense book, and I wouldn't recommend it to you unless you get really excited by the following links...
Otis Redding - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6inAglM...
Sam & Dave - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_juH0AHv......more
This is a dense book, and I wouldn't recommend it to you unless you get really excited by the following links...
Otis Redding - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6inAglM...
Sam & Dave - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_juH0AHv......more
Bowman is the expert on all things Stax. This is more of a business book than a biography of all the great artists on the Stax roster.
I would have liked to read more on the creative processes of the artists.
I would have liked to read more on the creative processes of the artists.
This book is not for the casual or newbie fan of Stax. It's exhaustive and tediously detailed. Bowman gives each new artist of significance a mini-background history as they come up in the label's timeline. He rightly includes a lot about how segregation and race in Stax's hometown, Memphis (MLK was assassinated there in '68 at a motel that Stax songwriters used all the time), shaped the label and its people, and Bowman even goes into detail about all the legal matters of Stax, including from be...more
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I'm about a third of the way through the book... it's an easy to pick up, easy to put down, read a chunk at a time book You needn't be a music nut or fan to enjoy this..... one of the more interesting things so far, is the de facto discussions of race relations in in Memphis in the late 50s and early 60s. Stax was located in a predominantly black area, and was a company run with blacks and whites working side by side in a decidely non-integrated time and place
The most detailed history imaginable of one of my favorite record labels of all time, Stax Records. Not for the light-hearted, this almost day-by-day account of the rise and fall of Stax is fascinating for fans of early soul music.
I've picked this one up a couple of times. A good book on the history of Stax & Memphis Soul. Check out Bear Family Records for a more complete history of Memphis soul beyond Stax!
a comprehensive look at the creation of stax
a great look at the other great label of the 60s
a great look at the other great label of the 60s
fantastic detail but an extremely dense read.
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