INDEX -- NEWS -- INFOS -- STAX TODAY -- FOCUS -- ADS -- LISTS -- LINKS -- PHOTOS -- CONTACT
STAX
INFOS
page 5
BOY
MEETS GIRL ON CD
(july
25th, 2000)
The next CD
reissue on the Fantasy/Ace catalog will be the Boys Meet Girls
double Stax LP, with duets by the main Stax artists of the time.
Originally issued in 1969 as Stax STS 2-2024, it included: Soul-A-
Lujah (Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Pervis Staples,
Carla Thomas, Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples)/I Ain't Particular
(William Bell & Mavis Staples)/Just Keep On Loving Me (Johnnie
Taylor & Carla Thomas)/Ain't That Good (Eddie Floyd &
Mavis Staples)/I Can't Stop (William Bell & Carla Thomas)/I
Thank You (William Bell & Mavis Staples)//Love Sweet
Sensation (William Bell & Mavis Staples)/I Need You Woman (William
Bell & Carla Thomas)/Never Never Let You Go (Eddie Floyd
& Mavis Staples)/Hold On This Time (William Bell & Mavis
Staples)/That's The Way Love Is (Johnnie Taylor & Mavis
Staples).
CDMEMPHIS
RECORDS
(july
19th, 2000)
Things are still
moving in Memphis. The new Cadres recording studios have just
opened and the CDMEMPHIS record label is to be launched soon. The
first issues will appear from next september and will include
recordings by Eddie Floyd, Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave), the Bar-Kays
and a very promising DVD-ROM about Memphis music with Rufus
Thomas. The record label is managed by Norbert Putnam, a well
known musician and producer who started his career in Florence
Alabama and at Rick Hall's Fame recording studios. The web site
is at www.cdmemphis.com with lots of photos of the
very classy studios and biographies of Norbert Putnam and the
future artists.
JIM
SPAKE WEB SITE
(july
18th, 2000)
Great Memphis
saxophonist Jim Spake has played with the greatest ones. He is on
several High Stacks Records tracks, including Rufus Thomas' and
the Temprees'. He also played with the Memphis Horns, ex-Mar-Keys.
If Stax still existed, he would sure play in the 926 East
McLemore old theatre.
Have a look at his own web site at www.jimspake.com.
A
NEW TEMPREES CD
(july
14th, 2000)
High Stacks Records are still well and alive and are going to issue in 3 weeks time a new CD of the Temprees, former Stax artists, who had several hits on the Stax We-Produce subsidiary.
The tracks are: I Owe You / Ill Always Be There / I Just Wanna Be / Dedicated To The One I Love / Do You Wanna Be Loved? / Starting All Over Again / Shes Not Ordinary / Put Your Love On The Line / Just In Time / Lets Try and Be Friends.
According to Cherrie Holden at High Stacks Records, this CD contains everything from laid back love to slicky-tricky and everything in between. These guys are the experts of love and the "LOVEMEN" are bringin it to you with the very first cut, "I Owe You" setting the mood. This song is just the tip of the iceberg. "I Just Wanna Be", cut #3, is one for the ladies. Honey, this will make you fall in love with your man all over again. If only all men sang like this! "Shes Not Ordinary", #7, pays tribute to the women out there with a catchy Cut #8, "Put Your Love On The Line", is a funky mover complete with the awesome sax of Jim Spake, keyboards by Winston Stewart and Bobby Manuel on guitar .terrific. "Just In Time", #9, is a bit different sound by The Temprees from the 99 reunion CD of the Stax artists, "926 East McLemore" also on the High Stacks label. Cut #10, "Lets Try and Be Friends", is a Sly Stone/Mayfield style message for us all to put aside our differences and get along together.
More details when
the CD is out. Meanwhile, you can go to
the Temprees FOCUS page on this site for more infos about their
career.
ACE
RECORDS NEWS
(march
29th, 2000)
|
SHE'S MY OLD LADY TOO - LEE SAIN ·
A MAN NEVER KNOWS - CHRIS & SHACK · WATCH THE DOG
THAT BRINGS THE BONE - INEZ FOXX · RUNNING OUT - MABLE
JOHN · SLIPPED AND TRIPPED - THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS ·
I'LL KILL A BRICK (ABOUT MY MAN) - HOT SAUCE · THE DRYER
- ROY LEE JOHNSON · TURN YOUR DAMPER DOWN / FUNKY HOT
GRITS - RUFUS THOMAS · MOVIN' DANCER - BOBBY HOLLEY ·
SOCK SOUL - THE BAR KAYS · GETTING FUNKY ROUND HERE -
BLACK NASTY · ELI'S PORK CHOP - LITTLE SONNY · BROADWAY
FREEZE - HARVEY SCALES · GRAB A HANDFUL - ART JERRY
MILLER · DO ME - JEAN KNIGHT · BROTHERS AND SISTERS (GET
TOGETHER) - KIM WESTON · PATCH IT UP - ROY LEE JOHNSON
· HOPPIN' JOHN - MELVIN VAN PEEBLES · LIFE IS FUNKY -
ROUND ROBIN MONOPOLY · WHO IS SHE (AND WHAT IS SHE TO
YOU) - THE SOUL CHILDREN. SOME FINE POST 68 TRACKS, SOME UNISSUED BEFORE (RUFUS THOMAS) BUT UNFORTUNATELY, STILL NO PRE-68 UNISSUED TRACKS... ANYWAY, THANK YOU ACE RECORDS. |
SWEETSOULMUSIC WEB SITE
(march
12th, 2000)
Right
form Lawrenceville, Jawja, USA, Mike Stewart has just sent me the
URL for his new web site, dealing, would you believe it, with
Soul music. Very promising, with one William Bell and two Eddie
Floyd CDs advertised, which I did not know of and a new mailing
list. More details later. Go
to www.sweetsoulmusic.com
JUST
TO REMIND YOU: A REAL STAX ENCYCLOPEDIA
AND
AN ABSOLUTE MUST IF YOU CAME TO THIS SITE
(march
10th, 2000)
Rob Bowman
Soulsville, U.S.A. : The Story of Stax Records
Hardcover, 450
pages
Published by MacMillan General Reference
Publication date: November 1, 1997
Order at www.amazon.com
Grammy Award-winning
historian Rob Bowman discloses the behind-the-scenes deals and
business transactions that contributed to the rise and fall of
Stax Records--the greatest R&B label ever. Readers will walk
the halls of the famous studio that produced hits for the likes
of Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, and many others. 40
photos.
LISTEN
TO BLACK RADIOS
(march
10th, 2000)
INDEX -- NEWS -- INFOS -- STAX TODAY -- FOCUS -- ADS -- LISTS -- LINKS -- PHOTOS -- CONTACT