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STAX RECORDS
One of the Better Record Labels STAX started life as Satellite Records back in 1957 by a Brother and Sister Team, by the Names of Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, they were White and from Memphis!
In 1961 they Discovered somebody else was already using the Name of Satellite so they Decided to Combine the First Two Letters of their Surnames, Stewart and Axton, and came up with….. Stax.
They wanted the Music on the Label to be a Mix of the Southern and Memphis Soul Styles!
In them Days, all Record Labels had their Own House Band, as well as doing their Own Music, they use to Play on other Artists Recordings (on the label) and Stax was no different, their band was the Great “Booker T and the Mg’s”
In 1968 a New Co-Owner came into Stax, it was Al Bell he was a Record Producer, Song-Writer and Record Executive, he was Credited with Helping the likes of Isaac Hayes, Staples Singers, Dramatics and Mel and Tim become Big Recording Artists.
Later in his Life he would become President of Motown Records!
Some other Great Acts to Record for Stax are:
Jean Knight, Eddie Floyd, Bar-Kays, Shirley Brown, The Soul Children, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, Mar-Keys, Frederick Knight, Fat Larrys Band, Carla Thomas, Rance Allen, Luther Ingram, Albert King and The Emotions amongst others, even Elvis Presley Released 3 Albums for Stax!
Stax has always been linked with other Great Labels, including Atlantic Records and Volt Records, and with these Labels comes other Great Artists including two of the Biggest in “Otis Redding” and “Sam and Dave”
In 1972 Stax organised one of the Biggest Musical Events in History, with“Wattstax” over 100,000 attended, it was a Memorial to the People who had Died in the Riots, in the Watts District of L.A. seven years Previously.
But by 1975 things started going wrong for “STAX” and the Company went Bankrupt.
In 1977, Fantasy Records brought “STAX” back Catologue, and by 1978 started Signing New Acts and Recording New Material, but this did not last too long, by 1980 all this had Finished and they started to Re-Issuing some of the Old Recordings again!
By 2004, one of the Original Founders of “STAX” Estelle Axton had Died and Concord Records brought “Stax” back Catologue and by 2006 Started Signing New Acts to the Label, these included Angie Stone, Teena Marie, Lala Hathaway and Leon Ware.
Over the Years “Stax” has Changed the Look of its “Record Label” I have put several different ones on here!
Here’s some great Tracks to Download!
http://www.4shared.com/minifolder/ZWydfDFq/STAX.html
and Albums Here and Here!
LOOK OUT FOR A GREAT STAX MIX NEXT WEEK!
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