Hello, after the uber-cool acid jazz from the global city centers time for something completely different, in line with the season but don't worry no jinglebells.
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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At nine discs and 244 tracks, The Complete Stax-Volt Singles: 1959-1968 is far too exhaustive for casual fans, but that's not who the set is designed for -- it's made for the collector. Featuring every A-side the label released during those nine years, as well as several B-sides, the set is a definitive portrait of gritty, deep Southern soul. Many of the genre's major names -- Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Booker T. & the MG's, William Bell, Rufus Thomas, the Bar-Kays, Albert King -- plus many terrific one-shot wonders are showcased in terrific sound and augmented with an in-depth booklet. For any serious soul or rock collector, it's an essential set, since Stax-Volt was not only a musically revolutionary label, its roster was deep with talent, which means much of the music on this collection is first-rate. But if you only want the hits, you'll be better off with a smaller collection, since too much of this set will sound too similar, and sorting through the nine discs will be a monumental task if you only want to hear Otis, Rufus, Carla, and Sam & Dave.
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 1 (flac 311mb)
101 Veltones - Fool In Love 1:59
102 Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas - 'Cause I Love You 2:46
103 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz 2:21
104 The Chips - You Make Me Feel So Good 2:14
105 Carla Thomas - A Love Of My Own 2:30
106 The Mar-Keys - Last Night 2:39
107 Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas - I Didn't Believe 2:12
108 Prince Conley - I'm Going Home 2:51
109 Carla Thomas - (Mama, Mama) Wish Me Good Luck 2:25
110 The Mar-Keys - Morning After 2:15
111 Barbara Stephens - The Life I Live 2:26
112 The Mar-Keys - About Noon 2:33
113 The Triumphs - Burnt Biscuits 2:01
114 Carla Thomas - I Kinda Think He Does 2:38
115 The Mar-Keys - Foxy 2:17
116 William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water 2:03
117 William Bell - Formula Of Love 2:08
118 Macy Skipper - Goofin' Off 3:01
119 Barbara Stephens - Wait A Minute 2:25
120 Nick Charles - Sunday Jealous 2:57
121 Barbara Stephens - That's The Way It Is With Me 2:27
122 The Tonettes - No Tears 2:34
123 The Mar-Keys - Pop-Eye Stroll 2:46
124 Nick Charles - The Three Dogwoods 2:29
125 The Canes - Why Should I Suffer With The Blues 2:53
126 The Mar-Keys - Whot's Happenin'! 2:30
127 The Del-Rios - Just Across The Street 2:23
128 The Del-Rios - There's A Love 2:20
129 Rufus Thomas - Can't Ever Let You Go 2:34
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 1 (ogg 133mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 2 (flac 298mb)
201 Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions 2:55
202 Booker T & The MG's - Behave Yourself 3:54
203 William Bell - Any Other Way 2:31
204 Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It Home To You 3:07
205 The Mar-Keys - Sack-O-Woe 2:33
206 Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine 2:33
207 The Tonettes - Teardrop Sea 2:31
208 Rufus Thomas - The Dog 2:37
209 Booker T & The MG's - Jelly Bread 2:33
210 William Bell - I Told You So 2:32
211 The Mar-Keys - Bo-Time 2:45
212 Booker T & The MG's - Home Grown 3:15
213 Deanie Parker & The Valadors - My Imaginary Guy 2:43
214 William Bell - Just As I Thought 3:03
215 Carla Thomas - What A Fool I've Been 2:17
216 Eddie Kirk - The Hawg, Part One 2:53
217 Oscar Mack - Don't Be Afraid Of Love 2:33
218 Cheryl & Pam Johnson - That's My Guy 2:09
219 Booker T & The MG's - Chinese Checkers 2:29
220 William Bell - Somebody Mentioned Your Name 3:05
221 Bobby Marchan - What Can I Do 2:45
222 Otis Redding - That's What My Heart Needs 2:42
223 The Astors - What Can It Be 2:19
224 Billy & The King Bees - Bango 2:19
225 Eddie Kirk - Them Bones 2:23
226 Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog 2:37
227 William Bell - I'll Show You 2:49
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 2> (ogg 130mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 (flac 287mb)
301 Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart 2:24
302 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas 2:47
303 Booker T & The MG's - Mo' Onions 2:35
304 Floyd Newman -Frog Stomp 2:14
305 Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog 2:28
306 Bobby Marchan - You Won't Do Right 2:34
307 The Drapels - Wondering (When My Love Is Coming Home) 2:18
308 Deanie Parker - Each Step I Take 2:51
309 The Van-Dells - The Honey Dripper 2:07
310 William Bell - Who Will It Be Tomorrow 2:25
311 Otis Redding - Come To Me 2:46
312 Otis Redding - Don't Leave Me This Way 2:58
313 Eddie Jefferson - I Don't Want You Anymore 3:00
314 The Cobras - Restless 2:26
315 Rufus Thomas - Somebody Stole My Dog 2:40
316 Barbara & The Browns - Big Party 2:42
317 Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas - That's Really Some Good 1:57
318 Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas - Night Time Is The Right Time 2:40
319 Otis Redding - Security 2:37
320 Oscar Mack - Dream Girl 3:01
321 Dorothy Williams - Closer To My Baby 2:28
322 Carla Thomas - I've Got No Time To Lose 3:01
323 The Drapels - Young Man 2:35
324 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Dressing 3:00
325 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears) 3:02
326 Ivory Joe Hunter - Can't Explain How It Happened 2:44
327 The Mar-Keys - Bush Bash 2:32
328 The Fleets - Please Return To Me 2:35
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 (ogg 131mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 4 (flac 277mb)
401 Rufus Thomas - Jump Back 2:22
402 Otis Redding - Chained And Bound 2:41
403 Barbara & The Browns - In My Heart 2:52
404 Johnny Jenkins - Spunky 2:21
405 Wendy Rene - Bar B-Q 2:32
406 The Mad Lads -The Sidewalk Surf 2:24
407 Booker T & The MG's - Can't Be Still 2:02
408 Carla Thomas - A Woman's Love 2:56
409 Baracudas - Yank Me (Doodle) 2:28
410 Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is 2:24
411 Otis Redding - Mr Pitiful 2:43
412 Del-Rays - Don't Let Her Be Your Baby 2:37
413 David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To 2:55
414 Barbara & The Browns - My Lover 2:23
415 The Admirals - Got You On My Mind 2:38
416 Carla Thomas - How Do You Quit (Someone You Love) 2:55
417 Gorgeous George - Biggest Fool In Town 2:48
418 The Mar-Keys - Banana Juice 2:25
419 Rufus Thomas - Little Sally Walker 2:29
420 Sam & Dave - A Place Nobody Can Find 2:57
421 Sam & Dave - Goodnight Baby 2:48
422 Booker T & The MG's - Boot-Leg 2:06
423 Booker T & The MG's - Outrage 2:38
424 Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) 2:55
425 Otis Redding - I'm Depending On You 2:30
426 The Astors - Candy 3:02
427 Wendy Rene - Give You What I Got 2:49
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 4 (ogg 123mb)
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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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At nine discs and 244 tracks, The Complete Stax-Volt Singles: 1959-1968 is far too exhaustive for casual fans, but that's not who the set is designed for -- it's made for the collector. Featuring every A-side the label released during those nine years, as well as several B-sides, the set is a definitive portrait of gritty, deep Southern soul. Many of the genre's major names -- Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Booker T. & the MG's, William Bell, Rufus Thomas, the Bar-Kays, Albert King -- plus many terrific one-shot wonders are showcased in terrific sound and augmented with an in-depth booklet. For any serious soul or rock collector, it's an essential set, since Stax-Volt was not only a musically revolutionary label, its roster was deep with talent, which means much of the music on this collection is first-rate. But if you only want the hits, you'll be better off with a smaller collection, since too much of this set will sound too similar, and sorting through the nine discs will be a monumental task if you only want to hear Otis, Rufus, Carla, and Sam & Dave.
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 1 (flac 311mb)
101 Veltones - Fool In Love 1:59
102 Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas - 'Cause I Love You 2:46
103 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz 2:21
104 The Chips - You Make Me Feel So Good 2:14
105 Carla Thomas - A Love Of My Own 2:30
106 The Mar-Keys - Last Night 2:39
107 Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas - I Didn't Believe 2:12
108 Prince Conley - I'm Going Home 2:51
109 Carla Thomas - (Mama, Mama) Wish Me Good Luck 2:25
110 The Mar-Keys - Morning After 2:15
111 Barbara Stephens - The Life I Live 2:26
112 The Mar-Keys - About Noon 2:33
113 The Triumphs - Burnt Biscuits 2:01
114 Carla Thomas - I Kinda Think He Does 2:38
115 The Mar-Keys - Foxy 2:17
116 William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water 2:03
117 William Bell - Formula Of Love 2:08
118 Macy Skipper - Goofin' Off 3:01
119 Barbara Stephens - Wait A Minute 2:25
120 Nick Charles - Sunday Jealous 2:57
121 Barbara Stephens - That's The Way It Is With Me 2:27
122 The Tonettes - No Tears 2:34
123 The Mar-Keys - Pop-Eye Stroll 2:46
124 Nick Charles - The Three Dogwoods 2:29
125 The Canes - Why Should I Suffer With The Blues 2:53
126 The Mar-Keys - Whot's Happenin'! 2:30
127 The Del-Rios - Just Across The Street 2:23
128 The Del-Rios - There's A Love 2:20
129 Rufus Thomas - Can't Ever Let You Go 2:34
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 1 (ogg 133mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 2 (flac 298mb)
201 Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions 2:55
202 Booker T & The MG's - Behave Yourself 3:54
203 William Bell - Any Other Way 2:31
204 Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It Home To You 3:07
205 The Mar-Keys - Sack-O-Woe 2:33
206 Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine 2:33
207 The Tonettes - Teardrop Sea 2:31
208 Rufus Thomas - The Dog 2:37
209 Booker T & The MG's - Jelly Bread 2:33
210 William Bell - I Told You So 2:32
211 The Mar-Keys - Bo-Time 2:45
212 Booker T & The MG's - Home Grown 3:15
213 Deanie Parker & The Valadors - My Imaginary Guy 2:43
214 William Bell - Just As I Thought 3:03
215 Carla Thomas - What A Fool I've Been 2:17
216 Eddie Kirk - The Hawg, Part One 2:53
217 Oscar Mack - Don't Be Afraid Of Love 2:33
218 Cheryl & Pam Johnson - That's My Guy 2:09
219 Booker T & The MG's - Chinese Checkers 2:29
220 William Bell - Somebody Mentioned Your Name 3:05
221 Bobby Marchan - What Can I Do 2:45
222 Otis Redding - That's What My Heart Needs 2:42
223 The Astors - What Can It Be 2:19
224 Billy & The King Bees - Bango 2:19
225 Eddie Kirk - Them Bones 2:23
226 Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog 2:37
227 William Bell - I'll Show You 2:49
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 2> (ogg 130mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 (flac 287mb)
301 Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart 2:24
302 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas 2:47
303 Booker T & The MG's - Mo' Onions 2:35
304 Floyd Newman -Frog Stomp 2:14
305 Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog 2:28
306 Bobby Marchan - You Won't Do Right 2:34
307 The Drapels - Wondering (When My Love Is Coming Home) 2:18
308 Deanie Parker - Each Step I Take 2:51
309 The Van-Dells - The Honey Dripper 2:07
310 William Bell - Who Will It Be Tomorrow 2:25
311 Otis Redding - Come To Me 2:46
312 Otis Redding - Don't Leave Me This Way 2:58
313 Eddie Jefferson - I Don't Want You Anymore 3:00
314 The Cobras - Restless 2:26
315 Rufus Thomas - Somebody Stole My Dog 2:40
316 Barbara & The Browns - Big Party 2:42
317 Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas - That's Really Some Good 1:57
318 Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas - Night Time Is The Right Time 2:40
319 Otis Redding - Security 2:37
320 Oscar Mack - Dream Girl 3:01
321 Dorothy Williams - Closer To My Baby 2:28
322 Carla Thomas - I've Got No Time To Lose 3:01
323 The Drapels - Young Man 2:35
324 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Dressing 3:00
325 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears) 3:02
326 Ivory Joe Hunter - Can't Explain How It Happened 2:44
327 The Mar-Keys - Bush Bash 2:32
328 The Fleets - Please Return To Me 2:35
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3 (ogg 131mb)
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VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 4 (flac 277mb)
401 Rufus Thomas - Jump Back 2:22
402 Otis Redding - Chained And Bound 2:41
403 Barbara & The Browns - In My Heart 2:52
404 Johnny Jenkins - Spunky 2:21
405 Wendy Rene - Bar B-Q 2:32
406 The Mad Lads -The Sidewalk Surf 2:24
407 Booker T & The MG's - Can't Be Still 2:02
408 Carla Thomas - A Woman's Love 2:56
409 Baracudas - Yank Me (Doodle) 2:28
410 Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is 2:24
411 Otis Redding - Mr Pitiful 2:43
412 Del-Rays - Don't Let Her Be Your Baby 2:37
413 David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To 2:55
414 Barbara & The Browns - My Lover 2:23
415 The Admirals - Got You On My Mind 2:38
416 Carla Thomas - How Do You Quit (Someone You Love) 2:55
417 Gorgeous George - Biggest Fool In Town 2:48
418 The Mar-Keys - Banana Juice 2:25
419 Rufus Thomas - Little Sally Walker 2:29
420 Sam & Dave - A Place Nobody Can Find 2:57
421 Sam & Dave - Goodnight Baby 2:48
422 Booker T & The MG's - Boot-Leg 2:06
423 Booker T & The MG's - Outrage 2:38
424 Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) 2:55
425 Otis Redding - I'm Depending On You 2:30
426 The Astors - Candy 3:02
427 Wendy Rene - Give You What I Got 2:49
VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 4 (ogg 123mb)
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ooooh....always wanted to hear this box ....thanks for the first 4 volumes .
ReplyDeletekeep getting a "file doesn't exist" message for Volume 2 on Deposit Files when trying to download the file via the regular download option. Trying to download the FLAC version. Thanks
ReplyDeleteAnother most excellent post, thanks Rho. Larry
ReplyDeletebut is is possible we can avoid deposit files? horrible to download from without account..
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