McLemore Ave (CD)

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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 …

Lonely & Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding (CD)

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Details Lonely & Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding contains the hits “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long“, “These Arms of Mine“, “My Lover’s Prayer” and “Free Me” alongside many lesser-known songs such as “Gone Again“, “Open the Door“, “Waste of Time“, and “Everybody Makes a Mistake” to name a few. They’re all included in this compilation because they share the tangled …

With Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session (CD + DVD)

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Details On December 6, 1983, legendary blues guitarist Albert King joined his disciple Stevie Ray Vaughan on a Canadian sound stage for the live music television series In Session. Magic happened. The highly sought after video footage from that one-time renowned summit becomes available for the first time ever with the release of Stax Records’ deluxe two-disc CD/DVD In Session. …

Born Under A Bad Sign (CD)

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Details The second studio album from Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign was released in 1967. King’s first album for Stax Records would change the face of American music with the modernization of the blues. Tracklist Born Under a Bad Sign Crosscut Saw Kansas City Oh, Pretty Woman Down Don’t Bother Me The Hunter I Almost Lost My Mind …

The Best of Wattstax CD

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Details “The Best of Wattstax“ celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic WATTSTAX event by bringing together twenty of the best live performance from the 1972 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum event. Hand-picked by Stax Records the album features live performances from legendary artists including Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Bar-Kays, Kim Weston, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Albert King, Eddie …

Shaft: Deluxe Edition (2-CD)

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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)

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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 …