Stax Dancers

[Mattbolton]

Most Stax stuff was too uneventful for me. The fact that they chose to shelve possibly the greatest soul record of all time is testament to their 'ear'. 

However I have two copies of this, just in case. 

 

 

[Smudger]

Just a few of the stunning Stax?Volt sound

 

Would bet that Willie Tee and co are musicians on this

 

 

 

 

this one is sublime  and avaiable on 7"

 

Carla Thomas off the memphis Quenn LP remind you of something?

 

[Davenpete]

1 hour ago, smudger said:

Just a few of the stunning Stax?Volt sound

 

Would bet that Willie Tee and co are musicians on this

 

 

 

 

this one is sublime  and avaiable on 7"

 

Wonderful AND the other side of What you gonna do - unfortunately I found that out AFTER I'd bought a double sided demo.

Dx

Edited November 24, 2016 by DaveNPete

[Shinehead]

1 hour ago, smudger said:

 

  Carla Thomas off the memphis Quenn LP remind you of something? 

  Jackie Beavers, always like this reworking.

 

 

[timthemod]

Loads of Stax dancers around, just don't get enough airplay these days:

 

 

Edited December 1, 2016 by mike
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[Mick Sway]

One of the finest crossover records ever made, produced written and sung by J J, through the Groovesville production team

shear soul magic:

J J Barnes Got to get Rid of You Volt 1969, L V Johnsons' version ain't too shabby either.

 

[Mike]

2 hours ago, timthemod said:

Loads of Stax dancers around, just don't get enough airplay these days:

sorry about this but we dont do mp3s on here due to copyright concerns

 

[Mike]

this gets me... every time

lp only

originally a nat king cole song ?

 

[Mick Sway]

3 hours ago, mike said:

this gets me... every time

lp only

originally a nat king cole song ?

Eddie Floyd "That's All"

Cracker!

Didn't know about the Nat King Cole link, but it's true. See here

The Let's Do The Crossover Kent CD has the unreleased version without strings.

[Jim Elliott]

On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 16:02, Mike Lofthouse said:

Fantastic track - played it out in Memphis this year!!  From the Boy Meets Girl album - lots like it on the album.... 

One of my favourite albums Mike?

[Mike Lofthouse]

On 11/23/2016 at 22:27, mattbolton said:

he fact that they chose to shelve possibly the greatest soul record of all time is testament to their 'ear'. 

 

 

Yep, they didn't have a clue did they ?  LOL  

[Seano]

On 21/11/2016 at 16:50, conchitta said:

Lest we forget, the adorable  Ian  Geoffrey Levine ,compiled aCD in June 2015 for Ace/Kent " Solid Stax Sensations" ,cdkend435, which includes the Roz Ryan's,   Rance. 'S etc,etc and loads of dancers of inimatable. Quality and taste , Check it out ,Johnny ,Malaga, Espana,LOL.

 

On 23/11/2016 at 11:34, ThinkSmart said:

The two Kent CD compilations of Stax/Volt dancers 'Do The Crossover' and 'Let's Crossover Again' were great a decade or two ago now and essential listening along with the Ian Levine compiled set last year.  I've been working through those three sets of all the Stax singles that were put out years ago and still find songs anew in there that seem never to have become the big plays they would if on other more obscure labels.  It won't happen of course, but I'd be equally happy with all the b-sides being issued too.  Especially in the '72-closure era a lot of that was ignored it feels but has great songs behind the obvious chart hits.

Checking back to the Kent Records page for Stax the other releases there have good selections too.  I forgot how many releases they have featured on Stax such as the 'Gospel Truth' and 'Nobody Wins' sets.  Many have been and gone and aren't listened at the site anymore.

There was also a terrific 2 CD plus 1 DVD small box released in 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stax, produced and compiled by Cheryl Pawelski and Rob Bowman. The DVD is 'Respect Yourself, The Stax Records Story' - really good, runtime 1 hour and 54 minutes. Favourite track on the 2 CDs for me is The Emotions, 'So I can love you.'