Stax 50th: 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Free Music Notes for Stax 50th: 50th Anniversary Celebration
Free Music Review: The soundtrack for a good Gator keg party. Outstanding!
Hit: 5 Stars
When I was at the University of Florida in the mid-60's, this was the music we danced to. I'm sure it was popular all over the south, but when you have the history of Stax records which includes Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and many others you've got a great soundtrack for a keg party. Stax was an important chapter in soul music history. This marvelous collection features 50 cuts, about half which I was not familiar with, but they're all good. But how you deny cuts like: Hold On I'm Comin' and Soul Man by Sam & Dave, Tramp by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas (I just can't sit still when I hear that one), Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd, Respect by Otis Redding (he wrote it too) and Dock of The Bay, Mr. Big Stuff, I'll Take You There (Staple Singers) and Rufus Thomas' Walkin' The Dog. I remember seeing him on campus with a soul show and he came out ( a big man about 250 pounds in a bright orange suit) just wailing away and moving and a groovin' on stage. What have you got to lose? You've got 50 soul gems, a neat booklet with photos, recording dates etc. Don't forget most of these guys in the band were the same guys that backed up The Blues Brothers in the movie and album. They are legendary musicians too. What a deal. A must for any student of soul or pop culture history. And a great background for your next keg party or whatever.Free Music Review: all the good ones!
Hit: 5 Stars
Alot of my favorite music is pre, during my stay, and just after- Nam -these songs hit all those years from '67 to early 70s (I was there from Aug 68 to June of '70 and used these songs to relate to my fellow GIs on guard duty or hanging around the bunkers smoking a joint;these songs are super smooth and super hot at the same time. The beat, folks, is incomparable;slow dancing in '61 to trying to get my feet undone with Otis' Respect or Tramp w/Carla and thinking about a dusty bunker and a cold one on the Saigon River, I hear "Who's making Love to your ol' lady? while you're in Viet Nam.." all the brothers know what I'm talking about, they were certainly filling me with soul while I was there, and I have some good memories of coming together with these Stax selections, and I cannot forget probably my favorite group-The Staples-"I'll Take You There" Lord, there's nothing like them any where today. They just plain and simple make you feel young while letting you remember alot of things with no regrets. Keep those saxophones humming, Stax!Free Music Review: BRILLIANT R&B/SOUL MUSIC COLLECTION
Hit: 5 Stars
My copy of the Stax 50th anniversary collection just arrived at my house yesterday,which was coincidentally MY 54TH Birthday.I had hoped when ordering that it would pan out like this.As for this ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION, there is not a whole lot to say except for the fact that Stax, with artists such as the ones included in this collection, gave my favorite label Motown ONE HELL OF A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY.I can vivdly remember My Father and I dancing to B-A-B-Y when I was a little boy.The main thing that comes to my mind from listening to this great collection is the difference between good marketing and not so good marketing.It is the reason that Motown is still alive in the minds and hearts of most listeners and consumers, and the reason that unless you are a DIEHARD R&B/SOUL music consumer or an Amazon devotee,you havent heard much about the other labels that ruled the 60's alongside them,such as Stax,Philly International,Brunswick in my hometown of Chicago,etc. A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION.Free Music Review: Excellent Bargain!!
Hit: 5 Stars
For the price of a single CD, you get two discs with 50 slices of prime Memphis soul in a nicely compacted and novel box. What more can you ask? Some may debate a bit about whether or not the chosen 50 hits are the best 50 from Stax, but the debate would stem from the fact that Stax had so many hits to choose from, which is a wonderful testament for the label. Personally, I think the essential hits are here, and they are sequenced pretty much in chronological order. The often overlooked hit, "Private Number" by Judy Clay & William Bell is so-o-o-o great, it almost justifies the cost of this collection by itself. I think Concord Records (who replaces Fantasy Records as owner of much of the Stax catalog after about 3 decades) did a very nice job with this package and I highly recommend this set to any Stax soul fan who wants to carry 50 great cuts with them wherever they go.Free Music Review: Did Stax just give us all a license to steal?
Hit: 5 Stars
....because this is a GREAT deal!
50, yes, 50 classic soul songs with accompanying informative booklet and nice box with lenticular 3D picture for 12 bucks? What is there to think about here? Go out and get this.
So many classics here, many forgotten, many I've never heard before, but still deserving of being included here. The perfect introduction to anyone not at all familiar with this kind of music. Soul done right. Why does hardly anyone do it like this anymore? Let's all hope that this will not be a bygone era.
Long live Southern Soul! And Happy 50th Anniversary to Stax Records! Here's to another 50 years of class.
Sorry for the run-on sentences. I'm just really enjoying this.