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An edition of Respect yourself (2013)

Respect yourself

Stax Records and the soul explosion

First U.S. edition.

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Traces the rise and fall of the original Stax Records, touching upon the racial politics in Memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders, and the prominent musicians they featured.

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Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
463

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Subjects
Soul music, History and criticism, Sound recording industry, Stax Records, Rhythm and blues music, History, Memphis (tenn.), history, New York Times reviewed
Places
United States, Memphis (Tenn.), Tennessee, Memphis

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Table of Contents

Cutting heads and hair (1957-1959)
A new planet (1960)
A Capitol idea (1960)
The satellite's orbit (1960-1962)
A banker and a gambler (1961-1962)
"Green onions" (1962)
Walk right in (1962-1963)
The golden glow (1963-1965)
Soul men (1963-1966)
A rocket in wing tips (1965-1966)
Kings and queens of soul (1965-1966)
Unusual success (1966)
Fatback cacciatore (1967)
White carnations (1967-1968)
"Born under a bad sign" (1968)
"Soul limbo" (1968)
Step off the curb (1968)
The inspirer (1968-1969)
The soul explosion (1968-1969)
A pot of neckbones (1969-1970)
Shaft (1971-1972)
Balancing sheets and balancing acts (1971-1972)
Wattstax (1972)
The spirit of Memphis (1972-1974)
A vexation of the spirit (1973-1974)
A soul and a hard place (1975)
I'll take you there (Epilogue).

Edition Notes

A wrap-up of other key players": pages 379-382; "A note on Stax recording equipment" / by René Wu: pages 383-384.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-402) and index.

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Stax Records and the soul explosion

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Library of Congress
ML3792.S78 G67 2013, ML3792.S78G67 2013

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Pagination
xvi, 463 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
463

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OL26917634M
Internet Archive
respectyourselfs0000gord
ISBN 10
1596915773
ISBN 13
9781596915770
LCCN
2013014533
OCLC/WorldCat
795174400

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