Details Melting Pot from Booker T. & The M.G.’s marked a turning point for the influential instrumental group. Released in 1971, it was the final studio album to include the original lineup of the longtime Stax house band (Booker T. Jones on keyboards, Steve Cropper on guitar, Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass guitar, and Al Jackson Jr. on drums). Comprised …
Live At The Whisky A Go Go (180g 2-LP Vinyl)
Details In chronological order, this GRAMMY®-nominated, 2 LP album presents highlights from Otis Redding’s historic three-night stand at the famed Sunset Strip venue during the Spring of 1966. Remixed and remastered from the original 4-track analog tapes, this collection includes the singer’s popular songs of the time, including “Respect,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” and his cover of The …
McLemore Ave (CD)
Details Booker T & The M.G.’s‘ McLemore Avenue features instrumental covers of songs from The Beatles‘ Abbey Road album, which had been released only months earlier in September 1969. McLemore is the street housing the famed Stax studio in Memphis, TN. Tracklist 1. Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End / Here Comes The Sun / Come Together …
Hot Buttered Soul (180g LP)
Details One of the truly timeless albums in soul music history and the one that launched the career of Isaac Hayes, putting him firmly on the map as a musical force to be reckoned with and a source on musical inspiration for generations to come. This new vinyl reissue, complete with replica old-school style tip-on jacket, features audio remastered from the original analog …
Shaft: Deluxe Edition (2-CD)
Details A landmark album released by Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays at the height of their powers in 1971, Shaft not only resulted in an Oscar win for Hayes, but launched the wah-wah workout and #1 smash-hit, “Theme from Shaft” into cultural ubiquity. Its legacy transcends time as not only one of the most lasting and most successful Blaxploitation albums of all time, but one …
Born Under A Bad Sign (SACD)
Release to celebrate Albert King’s Centennial this new edition of his legendary first album for Stax Records, Born Under A Bad Sign is mastered from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame and included in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” Born Under A Bad Sign also features …
Soul Explosion (2-LP)
Details Back on vinyl for the first time since 1969, Soul Explosion offers a sampling of the Stax Records’ biggest hits and stars of the day, with Eddie Floyd, the Mad Lads, the Staple Singers, Albert King and more. The second disc of the set includes a selection of rare tracks, many of which are exclusive to this collection. These include …
Woman To Woman (LP)
Details Woman to Woman is Shirley Brown‘s first album and finds the singer settling in nicely to a set of slow ballads, all soaked with an ache that the singer seems born to convey. The title track is the song most associated with the singer and one of the great love-triangle melodramas of the ’70s, sparking a series of answer songs, …
Shaft (180g 2-LP Vinyl)
Details A landmark album released by Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays at the height of their powers in 1971, Shaft not only resulted in an Oscar win for Hayes, but launched the wah-wah workout and #1 smash-hit, “Theme from Shaft” into cultural ubiquity. Its legacy transcends time as not only one of the most lasting and most successful Blaxploitation albums of all time, but one …
Born Under A Bad Sign (Digital)
Release to celebrate Albert King’s Centennial this new edition of his legendary first album for Stax Records, Born Under A Bad Sign is mastered from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. Inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame and included in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” Born Under A Bad Sign also features …
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (Digital Album)
Details Deliverable via email in your choice of MP3, WAV or FLAC. The Staple Singers’ iconic fourth album for Stax Records, “Be Altitude: Respect Yourself” features the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and The Memphis Horns and includes the Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit “I’ll Take You There” and title track “Respect Yourself”. Tracklist This World Respect Yourself Name The Missing Word …
