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Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It was a major factor in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music. Stax also released gospel, funk, and blues recordings. Renowned for its output of blues music, the label was founded by two siblings and business partners, Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton (STewart/AXton = Stax). It featured several popular ethnically integrated bands (including the label's house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s) and a racially integrated team of staff and artists unprecedented in that time of racial strife and tension in Memphis and the South.
According to ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman, the label's use of "one studio, one equipment set-up, the same set of musicians and a small group of songwriters led to a readily identifiable sound. It was a sound based in black gospel, blues, country, and earlier forms of rhythm and blues. It became known as southern soul music."
Following the death of Stax's biggest star, Otis Redding, in 1967, and the severance of the label's distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1968, Stax continued primarily under the supervision of a new co-owner, Al Bell. Over the next five years, Bell expanded the label's operations significantly, in order to compete with Stax's main rival, Motown Records in Detroit. During the mid-1970s, a number of factors, including a problematic distribution deal with CBS Records, caused the label to slide into insolvency, resulting in its forced closure in late 1975.
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As the last installment in the three-volume document of the complete Stax-Volt singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975 is the weakest of the series. During those four years, the label was winding down, since it was unable to successfully make the transition from gritty soul to smoother soul and disco. Their older artists couldn't handle the newer sound, and the newer artists were generally saddled with undistinguished songs. In other words, there weren't many great singles from this era. While the sound of the set is pleasant, evoking both the funky and smooth soul of the early '70s quite well, but too rarely particularly noteworthy. There's about a disc and a half worth of prime material scattered across this set, and only die-hard collectors and fetishists will have the patience to find them. Still, those dedicated listeners will find the box a nice way to conclude the series, since it is a well-produced and comprehensive set, even if the music itself is uneven.
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol.3 1 (flac 485mb)
101 Eddie Floyd - Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some) 2:49
102 Jean Knight - Carry On 2:53
103 Isaac Hayes - Be Your Thing 3:16
104 Frederick Knight - I've Been Lonely For So Long 3:18
105 Annette Thomas - Nothing Is Everlasting 2:57
106 The Soul Children - Hearsay 3:20
107 Albert King - Angel Of Mercy 4:15
108 The Dramatics - In The Rain 3:15
109 Lee Sain - She's My Old Lady Too 2:47
110 The Temprees - Explain It To Her Mama 2:57
111 Sons Of Slum - Right On 3:26
112 Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher) - Doing My Own Thing (Part 1) 3:30
113 The Emotions - My Honey And Me 3:30
114 Isaac Hayes - Let's Stay Together (Instrumental) 3:42
115 Hot Sauce - Bring It Home (And Give It To Me) 3:15
116 Black Society - Look Around You 2:30
117 The Nightingales - Don't Do It / I'm With You 3:29
118 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There 3:16
119 The Leaders - Which Way 2:23
120 Veda Brown - Living A Life Without Love 2:58
121 Harvey Scales - What's Good For You (Don't Have To Be Good To You) 2:23
122 The Mad Lads - Let Me Repair Your Heart 3:55
123 Eric Mercury - What's Usual Seems Natur'l 3:20
124 Major Lance - I Wanna Make Up (Before We Break Up) 3:55
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 01 (ogg 190mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 02 (flac 413mb)
201 Isaac Hayes & David Porter - Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) 4:28
202 Little Milton - Walking The Back Streets And Crying 5:00
203 William Bell - Save Us 3:17
204 Rufus Thomas - 6-3-8 2:37
205 Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again 3:55
206 Stefan - Keep On Loving Me 2:48
207 David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over 4:35
208 Little Sonny - Goin' Down Slow (Parts 1 & 2) 5:32
209 The Emotions - I Could Never Be Happy 3:26
210 The Soul Children - Don't Take My Kindness For Weakness 3:00
211 Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (Part 1) 3:35
212 Roger Hatcher - I Dedicate My Life To You 2:30
213 March Wind - Do The Sweetback 3:00
214 Black Nasty - Gettin' Funky 'Round Here 2:43
215 David Porter - When The Chips Are Down 3:20
216 Carla Thomas - Sugar 4:12
217 Eddie Floyd - You're Good Enough (To Be My Baby) 3:16
218 The Staple Singers - This World 3:39
219 Jean Knight - Helping Man 2:53
220 John KaSandra - Ain't I Good? 3:00
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 02 (ogg 157mb)
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VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 03 (flac 469mb)
301 The Bar-Kays - Dance, Dance, Dance (Part 1) 2:58
302 The Temprees - Dedicated To The One I Love 3:32
303 The Dramatics - Toast To The Fool 4:13
304 Johnnie Taylor - Stop Doggin' Me 3:58
305 Frederick Knight - Trouble 3:10
306 Little Milton - I'm Gonna Cry Me A River 3:41
307 Rufus Thomas - Itch And Scratch (Part 1) 3:12
308 Ernie Hines - What Would I Do 3:35
309 Veda Brown - I Know It's Not Right (To Be In Love With A Married Man) 3:27
310 Stefan - Holy Cow 2:59
311 Sons Of Slum - What Goes Around (Must Come Around) 3:11
312 Isaac Hayes - Theme From The Men (Instrumental) 4:00
313 Mavis Staples - Endlessly 3:08
314 Inez Foxx - You Hurt Me For The Last Time 3:03
315 John Gary Williams - My Sweet Lord 3:15
316 Albert King - Breaking Up Somebody's Home 3:35
317 Katie Love - How Can You Mistreat The One You Love 2:44
318 The Emotions - From Toys To Boys 2:30
319 Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers - The Dryer (Vocal) (Part 1) 2:18
320 Carla Thomas - I May Not Be All You Want (But I'm All You Got) 3:49
321 Major Lance - Ain't No Sweat 3:20
322 Jean Knight - Do Me 2:49
323 Little Milton - Rainy Day 3:13
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 03 (ogg 176mb)
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VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 04 (flac 438mb)
401 The Soul Children - It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It) 3:34
402 Mel & Tim - I May Not Be What You Want 2:57
403 Rufus Thomas - Funky Robot (Part 1) 2:43
404 Johnnie Taylor - Don't You Fool With My Soul (Part 1) 2:52
405 The Staple Singers - Oh La De Da 3:34
406 Hot Sauce - What Do You See In Her? 2:43
407 The Temprees - A Thousand Miles Away 3:18
408 The Dramatics - Hey You! Get Off My Mountain 3:29
409 Isaac Hayes - Rolling Down A Mountainside 4:20
410 The Bar-Kays - You're Still My Brother 3:32
411 Jimmy Lewis - Stop Half Loving These Women 2:54
412 William Bell - Lovin' On Borrowed Time 3:59
413 Eddie Floyd - Lay Your Loving On Me 3:05
414 Inez Foxx - The Time 3:56
415 Mel & Tim - Heaven Knows 3:50
416 Johnnie Taylor - I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) 4:32
417 Veda Brown - Short Stopping 2:22
418 The Staple Singers - Be What You Are 4:58
419 Stefan - I've Got To Love Somebody's Baby 2:59
420 Albert King - Playing On Me 3:44
421 David Porter - Long As You're The One Somebody Ine The World 2:38
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 04 (ogg 169mb)
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VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 05 (flac 435mb)
501 Frederick Knight - This Is My Song Of Love To You 3:13
502 The MGs - Sugarcane 3:09
503 The Soul Children - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing 3:15
504 Eddie Floyd - Baby, Lay Your Head Down (Gently On My Bed) 3:43
505 Eddie Floyd - Check Me Out 3:39
506 The Emotions - Runnin' Back (And Forth) 2:31
507 Inez Foxx - Crossing Over The Bridge 2:55
508 The Temprees - Love's Maze 3:30
509 The Bar-Kays - It Ain't Easy 3:20
510 Carla Thomas - Love Among People 3:59
511 Little Milton - What It Is 3:22
512 William Bell - I've Got To Go On Without You 3:48
513 Eric Mercury - Love Is Taking Over 3:52
514 Joe Hicks - Ruby Dean 3:17
515 The Mad Lads - I'm So Glad I Fell In Love With You 2:11
516 The Dramatics - Fell For You 3:15
517 Johnnie Taylor - Cheaper To Keep Her 3:27
518 Rufus Thomas - I Know You Don't Want Me No More 2:59
519 The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) 3:19
520 The Sweet Inspirations - Slipped And Tripped 2:56
521 The Emotions - Peace Be Still 2:57
522 The Soul Children - I'll Be The Other Woman 3:33
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 05 (ogg 173mb)
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Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It was a major factor in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music. Stax also released gospel, funk, and blues recordings. Renowned for its output of blues music, the label was founded by two siblings and business partners, Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton (STewart/AXton = Stax). It featured several popular ethnically integrated bands (including the label's house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s) and a racially integrated team of staff and artists unprecedented in that time of racial strife and tension in Memphis and the South.
According to ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman, the label's use of "one studio, one equipment set-up, the same set of musicians and a small group of songwriters led to a readily identifiable sound. It was a sound based in black gospel, blues, country, and earlier forms of rhythm and blues. It became known as southern soul music."
Following the death of Stax's biggest star, Otis Redding, in 1967, and the severance of the label's distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1968, Stax continued primarily under the supervision of a new co-owner, Al Bell. Over the next five years, Bell expanded the label's operations significantly, in order to compete with Stax's main rival, Motown Records in Detroit. During the mid-1970s, a number of factors, including a problematic distribution deal with CBS Records, caused the label to slide into insolvency, resulting in its forced closure in late 1975.
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As the last installment in the three-volume document of the complete Stax-Volt singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975 is the weakest of the series. During those four years, the label was winding down, since it was unable to successfully make the transition from gritty soul to smoother soul and disco. Their older artists couldn't handle the newer sound, and the newer artists were generally saddled with undistinguished songs. In other words, there weren't many great singles from this era. While the sound of the set is pleasant, evoking both the funky and smooth soul of the early '70s quite well, but too rarely particularly noteworthy. There's about a disc and a half worth of prime material scattered across this set, and only die-hard collectors and fetishists will have the patience to find them. Still, those dedicated listeners will find the box a nice way to conclude the series, since it is a well-produced and comprehensive set, even if the music itself is uneven.
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol.3 1 (flac 485mb)
101 Eddie Floyd - Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some) 2:49
102 Jean Knight - Carry On 2:53
103 Isaac Hayes - Be Your Thing 3:16
104 Frederick Knight - I've Been Lonely For So Long 3:18
105 Annette Thomas - Nothing Is Everlasting 2:57
106 The Soul Children - Hearsay 3:20
107 Albert King - Angel Of Mercy 4:15
108 The Dramatics - In The Rain 3:15
109 Lee Sain - She's My Old Lady Too 2:47
110 The Temprees - Explain It To Her Mama 2:57
111 Sons Of Slum - Right On 3:26
112 Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher) - Doing My Own Thing (Part 1) 3:30
113 The Emotions - My Honey And Me 3:30
114 Isaac Hayes - Let's Stay Together (Instrumental) 3:42
115 Hot Sauce - Bring It Home (And Give It To Me) 3:15
116 Black Society - Look Around You 2:30
117 The Nightingales - Don't Do It / I'm With You 3:29
118 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There 3:16
119 The Leaders - Which Way 2:23
120 Veda Brown - Living A Life Without Love 2:58
121 Harvey Scales - What's Good For You (Don't Have To Be Good To You) 2:23
122 The Mad Lads - Let Me Repair Your Heart 3:55
123 Eric Mercury - What's Usual Seems Natur'l 3:20
124 Major Lance - I Wanna Make Up (Before We Break Up) 3:55
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 01 (ogg 190mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 02 (flac 413mb)
201 Isaac Hayes & David Porter - Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) 4:28
202 Little Milton - Walking The Back Streets And Crying 5:00
203 William Bell - Save Us 3:17
204 Rufus Thomas - 6-3-8 2:37
205 Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again 3:55
206 Stefan - Keep On Loving Me 2:48
207 David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over 4:35
208 Little Sonny - Goin' Down Slow (Parts 1 & 2) 5:32
209 The Emotions - I Could Never Be Happy 3:26
210 The Soul Children - Don't Take My Kindness For Weakness 3:00
211 Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (Part 1) 3:35
212 Roger Hatcher - I Dedicate My Life To You 2:30
213 March Wind - Do The Sweetback 3:00
214 Black Nasty - Gettin' Funky 'Round Here 2:43
215 David Porter - When The Chips Are Down 3:20
216 Carla Thomas - Sugar 4:12
217 Eddie Floyd - You're Good Enough (To Be My Baby) 3:16
218 The Staple Singers - This World 3:39
219 Jean Knight - Helping Man 2:53
220 John KaSandra - Ain't I Good? 3:00
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 02 (ogg 157mb)
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VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 03 (flac 469mb)
301 The Bar-Kays - Dance, Dance, Dance (Part 1) 2:58
302 The Temprees - Dedicated To The One I Love 3:32
303 The Dramatics - Toast To The Fool 4:13
304 Johnnie Taylor - Stop Doggin' Me 3:58
305 Frederick Knight - Trouble 3:10
306 Little Milton - I'm Gonna Cry Me A River 3:41
307 Rufus Thomas - Itch And Scratch (Part 1) 3:12
308 Ernie Hines - What Would I Do 3:35
309 Veda Brown - I Know It's Not Right (To Be In Love With A Married Man) 3:27
310 Stefan - Holy Cow 2:59
311 Sons Of Slum - What Goes Around (Must Come Around) 3:11
312 Isaac Hayes - Theme From The Men (Instrumental) 4:00
313 Mavis Staples - Endlessly 3:08
314 Inez Foxx - You Hurt Me For The Last Time 3:03
315 John Gary Williams - My Sweet Lord 3:15
316 Albert King - Breaking Up Somebody's Home 3:35
317 Katie Love - How Can You Mistreat The One You Love 2:44
318 The Emotions - From Toys To Boys 2:30
319 Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers - The Dryer (Vocal) (Part 1) 2:18
320 Carla Thomas - I May Not Be All You Want (But I'm All You Got) 3:49
321 Major Lance - Ain't No Sweat 3:20
322 Jean Knight - Do Me 2:49
323 Little Milton - Rainy Day 3:13
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 03 (ogg 176mb)
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VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 04 (flac 438mb)
401 The Soul Children - It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It) 3:34
402 Mel & Tim - I May Not Be What You Want 2:57
403 Rufus Thomas - Funky Robot (Part 1) 2:43
404 Johnnie Taylor - Don't You Fool With My Soul (Part 1) 2:52
405 The Staple Singers - Oh La De Da 3:34
406 Hot Sauce - What Do You See In Her? 2:43
407 The Temprees - A Thousand Miles Away 3:18
408 The Dramatics - Hey You! Get Off My Mountain 3:29
409 Isaac Hayes - Rolling Down A Mountainside 4:20
410 The Bar-Kays - You're Still My Brother 3:32
411 Jimmy Lewis - Stop Half Loving These Women 2:54
412 William Bell - Lovin' On Borrowed Time 3:59
413 Eddie Floyd - Lay Your Loving On Me 3:05
414 Inez Foxx - The Time 3:56
415 Mel & Tim - Heaven Knows 3:50
416 Johnnie Taylor - I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) 4:32
417 Veda Brown - Short Stopping 2:22
418 The Staple Singers - Be What You Are 4:58
419 Stefan - I've Got To Love Somebody's Baby 2:59
420 Albert King - Playing On Me 3:44
421 David Porter - Long As You're The One Somebody Ine The World 2:38
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 04 (ogg 169mb)
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VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 05 (flac 435mb)
501 Frederick Knight - This Is My Song Of Love To You 3:13
502 The MGs - Sugarcane 3:09
503 The Soul Children - Love Is A Hurtin' Thing 3:15
504 Eddie Floyd - Baby, Lay Your Head Down (Gently On My Bed) 3:43
505 Eddie Floyd - Check Me Out 3:39
506 The Emotions - Runnin' Back (And Forth) 2:31
507 Inez Foxx - Crossing Over The Bridge 2:55
508 The Temprees - Love's Maze 3:30
509 The Bar-Kays - It Ain't Easy 3:20
510 Carla Thomas - Love Among People 3:59
511 Little Milton - What It Is 3:22
512 William Bell - I've Got To Go On Without You 3:48
513 Eric Mercury - Love Is Taking Over 3:52
514 Joe Hicks - Ruby Dean 3:17
515 The Mad Lads - I'm So Glad I Fell In Love With You 2:11
516 The Dramatics - Fell For You 3:15
517 Johnnie Taylor - Cheaper To Keep Her 3:27
518 Rufus Thomas - I Know You Don't Want Me No More 2:59
519 The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) 3:19
520 The Sweet Inspirations - Slipped And Tripped 2:56
521 The Emotions - Peace Be Still 2:57
522 The Soul Children - I'll Be The Other Woman 3:33
VA - Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 05 (ogg 173mb)
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