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STAX INFOS
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AN ARTICLE ABOUT STAX, THIS SITE AND YOURS TRULY!
(June 17, 2004)

Thanks to memphis journalist and friend Pamela Perkins for doing an article in the Commercial Appeal, the best Memphis newspaper, about Stax, this very site and yours truly. Read it at http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_2959163,00.html

THE OTIS REDDING TRIBUTE BAND
(June 14, 2004)

The Otis Remembered two,one hour sets show deals with the carreer and personal developments of Otis Redding. It mixes the life story and outstanding music of Otis' carreer, from his first recording at the Stax studio to his tragic death in 1967. The show is fast moving with the band covering most of the great legends hits such as Respect , Hard To Handle , Dock Of The Bay , My Girl , Try A Little Tenderness , Dreams To Remember , A Change Is Gonna Come , Mr Pitifull , Sad Song and many others.

All details about this UK based show, including photos and sound samples on their web site at www.otisremembered.com/dev/

PORRETTA 2004
(May 8, 2004)

Here is the official Porretta 2004 Sweet Soul Music festival poster, thanks to Graziano Uliani.

WATTSTAX - THE SPECIAL EDITION
(April 20, 2004)

Rap star CHUCK D., co-founder of the legendary band "PUBLIC ENEMY,"along with music scholar ROB BOWMAN, stopped by The Fantasy Building last month to record a commentary track for the upcoming Warner Home Video release "WATTSTAX - The Special Edition." Chuck and Rob recorded for six hours in Studio "A" of Fantasy Studios. http://www.fantasystudios.com/home.html

Other "WATTSTAX" commentary track participants include musician ISAAC HAYES, director MEL STUART, former Stax president AL BELL, San Francisco State cinema professor LARRY CLARK and Marin County sound engineer TOM SCOTT. The DVD is scheduled for a late summer rollout. http://www.wattstax.com/

LISTEN TO WDIA LIVE
(March 26, 2004)

WDIA, the best Memphis radio, where Rufus Thomas was a deejay for a long time and which was the first to play the new Stax records, has moved and increased its bandwith. You can hear it live in streaming audio with a much better quality now. Go to www.am1070wdia.com and enjoy.

SOUL COMES HOME MARKETED ONLINE BY KLEW MEDIA
(February 27, 2004)

The Soul Comes Home CD and DVD from the fantastic and once in a lifetime concert held at the Orpheum in Memphis last April 30 (see review at INFOS page 14) is marketted online nationally by Klew Media, after being available from PBS then SoulsVille, USA. The sound is unbelievable for a live concert. Klew Media will also do the marketting soon of a three CD box set of "Superstars of 70's Soul". The release of the Soul Comes Home CD and DVD plus the 3 CDs box set definitey makes the ultimate soul collection and is a must have for any fan of Stax and Soul music. A portion of the proceeds from the sale goes to support the Stax Museum and the Stax Music Academy, so not only it is an incredible collection of music but it is benefiting such a worthy program.

Contacts: Nicole Poulos at Nicole@klewmedia.com.

ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE DVD
(February 10, 2004)

Starring William Bell, Jerry Butler, Isaac Hayes, Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Ann Peebles, Sir Mack Rice, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Mary Wilson, The Chi-Lites, This documentary examines the careers of the 1950s-1970s Stax Records and Motown soul and R&B singers who "kept on keeping on" right through (and after) the disco scene into today, through the use of interviews with and performance footage by such Motown luminaries as Isaac Hayes, the Chi-Lites, Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave), Mary Wilson (of the Supremes) and others. The focus of the film is how these performers managed to keep thriving through the 30 years of change in the music industry since the heydays of classic R&B. The Stax artists have been filmed in mid 1999 in Memphis at a show offered to Luther Ingram to help for his health expenses. The DVD special features include DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1, five bonus musical performances, commentary, outtakes and lots more.

YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IT'S SHARON TANDY
(February 3, 2004)

YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IT • HOLD ON • I CAN'T GET OVER IT • OUR DAY WILL COME • PERHAPS NOT FOREVER • ONE WAY STREET • HURRY HURRY CHOO CHOO • DAUGHTER OF THE SUN • TOE HOLD • LOVE IS NOT A SIMPLE AFFAIR • LOOK AND FIND • I WANNA BE YOUR BABY • THE WAY SHE LOOKS AT YOU • HURTIN' ME • FOR A LITTLE WHILE • STAY WITH ME • I'VE FOUND LOVE • MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER • GOTTA GET ENOUGH TIME • BORDER TOWN • THINGS GET BETTER • WORLD • HE'LL HURT ME • NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE • SOMEBODY SPEAKS YOUR NAME • TWO CAN MAKE IT TOGETHER

Sharon Tandy had a recording career in her native South Africa, on her return there in 1970, as she had before leaving for Europe in late 1964, but it is with the spectacular intervening period the singer spent abroad that the long overdue compilation YOU'VE GOTTA BELIEVE IT'S SHARON TANDY is concerned. It was a whirlwind five years for the shy youngster, lived fully in the eye of the Swinging London hurricane, and overseen by the Svengali-like machinations of Sharon's mentor/manager/ erstwhile husband, Frank Fenter, who brought her to the UK with the unswerving belief that Sharon had what it took to become a star. Fenter also used his enviable position as head of Atlantic to wangle Sharon an opening slot on the famed Stax-Volt UK tour in March 1967 and, more importantly, dispatch her to Memphis to sign with Stax, where she became the first European-based artist to record at the company's hallowed East McLemore Avenue studio.

This first-ever career retrospective features virtually all of her 1960s singles and seven cuts from Sharon's legendary 1966 session at Stax in Memphis, backed by Isaac Hayes and Booker T & The MGs.

ACE RECORDS CDWIKD 233
www.acerecords.co.uk/gotrt/jan04/cdwikd233.html

STAX BREAKS
(February 3, 2004)

TRAMP - OTIS & CARLA BAND • BLACK - MAR-KEYS • OUR GENERATION - ERNIE HINES • BLIND ALLEY - EMOTIONS • MAKE THIS YOUNG LADY MINE - MAD LADS • I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER - WILLIAM BELL • THE DEVIL IS DOPE - DRAMATICS • I'LL PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU Part 1 - ALBERT KING • SOUL GIRL - JEANNE & THE DARLINGS • SING A SIMPLE SONG - BOOKER T & THE MGs • ITCH AND SCRATCH Part 2 - RUFUS THOMAS • CROP DUSTIN' - STEVE CROPPER • DRUMBEAT - JIM INGRAM • 24-CARAT BLACK (THEME) - 24-CARAT BLACK • IN THE HOLE - BAR-KAYS • AS LONG AS I'VE GOT YOU - CHARMELS • AFTER LAUGHTER (COMES TEARS) - WENDY RENE • (GIRL) I LOVE YOU - TEMPREES • MEMPHIS SUNRISE - BAR-KAYS.

A selection of Break Beats culled from the grooves of Stax Records. Including tracks sampled by the Wu Tang Clan, Chemical Brothers, Brand Nubian, Dilated peoples, De La Soul and many others. The first track is in fact the original Mar-Keys orchestral backup for Otis Redding and Carla Thomas' hit, Tramp.

ACE RECORDS CDSXD137
www.acerecords.co.uk/gotrt/jan04/cdsxd137.html

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