Do I detect a bit of "Back Stabbers" by the O'jays in the arrangement?
A much needed Black Music thread.
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You do indeed. Good ear.Do I detect a bit of "Back Stabbers" by the O'jays in the arrangement?
I have that CD. That and My,My,My were the big jams from there. But there was other dope content like this one
This post is for Stax aficionados and completists.
In the June 5th edition of The New Yorker magazine there is an 11 page article entitled "Soul Survivors" about the early days of Stax up to its ultimate demise.
In the article they told about a Concord Music Group producer, Cheryl Pawelski, who was trying to put together a 50th Anniversary Stax hits compilation, and was listening to tapes of old Stax recordings, when she came across an unrecognized demo. This led her to listen to all the old Stax tapes in her possession, and she found a treasure trove of 1,300 tapes in all. Over 2,000 hours of music. She found 665 songs worth consideration, mostly demos of released songs, and many unreleased. She winnowed them down to 146 songs for a 7 cd collection called "Written In Their Soul". 58 songs were demos of official Stax releases, 22 were demos of songs on other labels, and the other 66 were Stax songs never released.
(Apparently Steve Cropper, ever the perfectionist, is a bit unhappy with their release. He is quoted in the article as saying "If I'd known they would release them, I would have erased them".)
This 7 cd set "Written In Their Soul" is available on Amazon.com, but not on Amazon.ca as of yet. I ordered a copy, and hopefully it will arrive sometime this week. I can't wait...
In the June 5th edition of The New Yorker magazine there is an 11 page article entitled "Soul Survivors" about the early days of Stax up to its ultimate demise.
In the article they told about a Concord Music Group producer, Cheryl Pawelski, who was trying to put together a 50th Anniversary Stax hits compilation, and was listening to tapes of old Stax recordings, when she came across an unrecognized demo. This led her to listen to all the old Stax tapes in her possession, and she found a treasure trove of 1,300 tapes in all. Over 2,000 hours of music. She found 665 songs worth consideration, mostly demos of released songs, and many unreleased. She winnowed them down to 146 songs for a 7 cd collection called "Written In Their Soul". 58 songs were demos of official Stax releases, 22 were demos of songs on other labels, and the other 66 were Stax songs never released.
(Apparently Steve Cropper, ever the perfectionist, is a bit unhappy with their release. He is quoted in the article as saying "If I'd known they would release them, I would have erased them".)
This 7 cd set "Written In Their Soul" is available on Amazon.com, but not on Amazon.ca as of yet. I ordered a copy, and hopefully it will arrive sometime this week. I can't wait...
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In the same issue of The New Yorker there was an 8 page article about many famous recording artists now doing "privates" where if you have several hundred thousand up to a few million dollars to spare you can have a famous music artist perform at your wedding, bar mitzvah, Sweet Sixteen, charity galas, corporate event, or whatever.
Artists mentioned as being available for these gigs were Beyonce, Drake, The Rolling Stones, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Sir Rod Stewart, Smokey Robinson, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Jon Bon Jovi, John Mayer, Diana Ross, Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Katy Perry, The Eagles, and Eric Clapton. (Artists who will not do privates include Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, and AC/DC.)
Artists mentioned as being available for these gigs were Beyonce, Drake, The Rolling Stones, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Sir Rod Stewart, Smokey Robinson, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Jon Bon Jovi, John Mayer, Diana Ross, Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Katy Perry, The Eagles, and Eric Clapton. (Artists who will not do privates include Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, and AC/DC.)
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nice update X...i have in my possession the Compilation of Stax..from 1958/1968..a 9 disc cd set....do you have this as well?
Memories from the mid to late 70's at The Limelight disco in Montreal, with the great Robert Ouimet as DJ:
Now imagine the first song, sped way up to match the beats per minute, mixed in at around 3:41 of the second song. DJ vinyl mixing magic!
Now imagine the first song, sped way up to match the beats per minute, mixed in at around 3:41 of the second song. DJ vinyl mixing magic!
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Really diggin that disco track. It sounds exactly like McFadden & Whitehead 'Ain't No Stoppin Us Now' at the beginning.
And being a Tom Moulton mix you can hear a little bit of Double Exposure's "Ten Percent" in there as well, around 1:36 of "Thank You Baby..."
Which btw was the first 12" disco single released to the general public, as opposed to disco DJ pools only...
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Did not know that was the first 12" disco single released. Great track.
