Insights from the people who lived the history.
A relaxed yet intensely rhythmic groove that differed from the polished pop-soul coming out of Motown in Detroit. 3. The Giants of Stax
The story begins with a brother and sister: Jim Stewart, a former fiddle player, and Estelle Axton. In 1957, they started a small label called Satellite Records in Brunswick, Tennessee. The company's true fate was sealed when they moved into an old movie theatre at 926 East McLemore Avenue in a working-class Memphis neighborhood. They combined the first two letters of their last names to form the new company name: .
By the mid-1960s, Stax had a distribution deal with Atlantic Records, allowing its artists to achieve national fame.
The documentary utilizes rare archival footage and contemporary interviews to paint a picture of a creative utopia that eventually succumbed to the harsh realities of the business. It details the devastating loss of the Stax catalog to Atlantic Records and the eventual bankruptcy in 1976, serving as a cautionary tale about intellectual property rights—a topic incredibly relevant to the world of torrents and file sharing.
, is the source material for the documentary and won the 1998 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for its deep research.
Following Redding's death, a series of business mishaps, including a unfavorable distribution deal with Atlantic, forced Stax to rebuild. While they achieved a second peak in the early 1970s with and the historic Wattstax concert, financial instability, changing tastes, and internal tensions led to the company's bankruptcy in 1975. Exploring the Stax Story
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Insights from the people who lived the history.
A relaxed yet intensely rhythmic groove that differed from the polished pop-soul coming out of Motown in Detroit. 3. The Giants of Stax Insights from the people who lived the history
The story begins with a brother and sister: Jim Stewart, a former fiddle player, and Estelle Axton. In 1957, they started a small label called Satellite Records in Brunswick, Tennessee. The company's true fate was sealed when they moved into an old movie theatre at 926 East McLemore Avenue in a working-class Memphis neighborhood. They combined the first two letters of their last names to form the new company name: . The Giants of Stax The story begins with
By the mid-1960s, Stax had a distribution deal with Atlantic Records, allowing its artists to achieve national fame. They combined the first two letters of their
The documentary utilizes rare archival footage and contemporary interviews to paint a picture of a creative utopia that eventually succumbed to the harsh realities of the business. It details the devastating loss of the Stax catalog to Atlantic Records and the eventual bankruptcy in 1976, serving as a cautionary tale about intellectual property rights—a topic incredibly relevant to the world of torrents and file sharing.
, is the source material for the documentary and won the 1998 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for its deep research.
Following Redding's death, a series of business mishaps, including a unfavorable distribution deal with Atlantic, forced Stax to rebuild. While they achieved a second peak in the early 1970s with and the historic Wattstax concert, financial instability, changing tastes, and internal tensions led to the company's bankruptcy in 1975. Exploring the Stax Story
