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BOOKER
T. JONES NEWS
(February 16, 2008)
Booker T. Jones strikes again. On his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/bookertjones you will find some rather fine recordings, including What a Wonderful World sung by Jolie Holland where he backs her in a very MG's like style (click for small excerpt).
On his site: http://www.bookert.com/ , you will also learn that Booker T. is featured on the soundtrack of a new movie starring Danny Glover, Mos Def and Jack Black. The soundtrack is available now on Lakeshore Records, and also has music from Mos Def, Jack Black, Fats Waller and Billy Preston.
The film also has its own site at: http://www.myspace.com/bekindrewindsoundtrack with some tracks from the film (click for small except). It even has Sunday Sermon (original version) byt Booker T. & The MG's.
CHRISTMAS
IN SOULSVILLE
(October
8, 2007)
Merry Christmas, Baby [take 1] : Otis Redding / Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas : The Staple Singers / Winter Wonderland [take 2] : Booker T & The MG's / The Mistletoe And Me (Album Version) : Isaac Hayes / Black Christmas : The Emotions / Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (Album Version) : Albert King/ White Christmas : Rance Allen Group / I'll Be Your Santa Baby : Rufus Thomas / Please Come Home For Christmas : Little Johnny Taylor / What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas : The Emotions / Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (Album Version) : Mack Rice / Winter Snow (Album Version) : Isaac Hayes / It's Christmas Time Again (The Christmas Song : The Temprees / Christmas Comes But Once A Year : Albert King / That Makes Christmas Day : Rufus Thomas.
NEXT BATCH OF
DIGITAL ONLY STAX REISSUES
(July 28, 2007)
These new ones
will be soon available on iTunes for 3 months:
The Bar-Kays: Coldblooded, Bettye Crutcher: Long As You Love Me,
Mel & Tim: Mel & Tim, Don Nix: Hobos, Heroes & Street
Corner Clowns, Louis Paul: Reflections Of The Way It Really Is.
NEW
DIGITAL ONLY STAX REISSUES
(May 31, 2007)
Stax Records,
the classic soul label that has been reactivated this year by
Concord Music Group on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, has
announced plans to offer gems from its catalog for digital
download exclusively through iTunes in North America for 90 days.
The music will be offered on other digital retail sites after the
initial 90-day period.
Each of the
initial 10 Short Stax collections will include three tracks: two
top hits plus a third hard to find gem from the Stax vault. The
10 key Stax artists are: Booker T . & the MGs, The Dramatics,
The Emotions, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Albert King, the Soul
Children, the Staple Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas and
Rufus Thomas. Phase two of the Short Stax series will offer ten
more EPs July.
Also on May 22,
Stax will offer five full albums never before released on CD to
be made available as online albums exclusively. The albums
include:
• Eddie Floyd – You've Got To Have Eddie –A long-lost 1969 classic from the "Knock On Wood" man includes the single "Don't Tell Your Mama" along with covers of Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary."
• David Porter – Gritty, Groovin' &
Getting' It: The Porter half of the venerated Hayes-Porter
songwriting and production team. This 1970 release includes the U.K.
hit "One Part – Two Parts" as well as covers of
Stevie Wonder and the Temptations.
• Freddie Robinson – At the Drive-In: This great
electric soul/blues album spotlights an overlooked Stax artist
best known for his early '70s guitar work with John Mayall circa
Jazz/Blues Fusion.
• Lou Bond – Lou Bond: A pure soul gem from 1974 . . .
Curtis Mayfield meets Tim Buckley as a listen to "To The
Establishment" will reveal.
• The Sons of Truth – A Message From the Ghetto: From
1972, a funky soul outfit that delivers a memorable cover of
James Brown's "I Feel Good" and more.
The digital albums will list for $9.99 apiece. A second round of
digital exclusive reissues goes live on July 24.
The Stax sound
defined such classic hits as "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the
Bay, " "Respect Yourself, " "Hold On I'm
Comin', " "Mr. Big Stuff, " "Soul Man, "
"Green Onions, " "Knock on Wood" and "I'll
Take You There."
This year, on
Stax's 50th anniversary, Concord Music Group announced the
relaunch of Stax Records as the creative home for present-day
soul stars (Angie Stone, Soulive, Lalah Hathaway, N'Dambi and
Leon Ware), alongside heritage artists such as Isaac Hayes, who
has now returned to the label home of his hits. Throughout the
year Stax is participating in a reissue campaign that includes
the just released Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration 2 CD deluxe
box, new individual artist "Best Of" CDs, and many rare
or currently unavailable Stax albums from such artists as Carla
Thomas, the Staples Singers, Booker T and the MGs, Isaac Hayes
and much more.
A
BARBARA & THE BROWNS CD
(May 28, 2007)
Ace Records have not gave up publishing Stax related reissue CDs. A Barbara & The Browns CD is to be issued soon with the undeneath list of tracks. Let's simply say that most of these are of Mable John calibre with backings close to the Stax sound too. Some tracks have even been published (but not recorded at) Stax. More later...
Can't Find No
Happiness / It Hurts Me So Much (To Be Able To Look And To Know I
Can'tTouch) / If I Can't Run To You I'll Crawl / I Don't Want To
Have To Pity A Fool / Big Party / Plenty Of Room / I'm Gonna
Start A War / You Don't Love Me /Watch Dog / Man Around The House
/ Got To Be Somebody / Things Have Gone To Pieces / Play
Thing / Great Big Thing / There's A Look On Your Face / If It's
Good To You (It's Good For You) / Watch Dog / Things Have Gone To
Pieces / It Hurts Me So Much (To Be Able To Look And To Know I
Can't Touch).
A Luther Ingram 45s CD is already in the can.
"50
YEARS OF STAX" BENEFIT AT ORPHEUM THEATER 6/22
(May
14, 2007)
(c) P.
Montier
Early artist confirmations include Isaac Hayes, Booker T &
the MGs (featuring Steve Cropper & Duck Dunn), Eddie Floyd,
William Bell, Mavis Staples, the Soul Children, the Reddings (honoring
the legacy of their father Otis Redding) and special guest star
Angie Stone. Additional Stax stars and special guests will be
announced shortly.
This year, on Stax's 50th anniversary, Concord Music Group
announced the relaunch of Stax Records as the creative home for
present-day soul stars (Angie Stone, Soulive, Lalah Hathaway and
Leon Ware), alongside heritage artists such as Isaac Hayes, who
has now returned to the label home of his hits. Throughout the
year Stax is participating in a reissue campaign that includes
the just released "Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration" 2
CD Deluxe Box, new individual artist "Best Of" CDs, and
many rare or currently unavailable Stax albums, from such artists
as Carla Thomas, the Staples Singers, Booker T and the MGs, Isaac
Hayes and much more.
Proceeds from the Orpheum show will benefit the Stax Museum of
American Soul Music.
STAX ON
RHINO DIGITAL
(April
18, 2007)
Most
Stax recordings from the Atlantic era are now available as
downloadable files at the Rhino Records site: www.rhino.com/store/digital/genre.lasso?genre=2
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