Ka Moʻolelo o Stax Records

Ua hoʻokumu muaʻo Jim Stewart i ka inoa o ka moʻolelo i kapaʻiaʻo Satellite Records i ka makahiki 1957 - ua hele mai kona kaikuahineʻo Estelle Axton i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. E like me ka Satellite, ua hoʻoholo like lāua me kahi mahele me Atlantic Atlantic a ua lanakila iki me ka Last Night e ka Mar-Keys.

Ma hope o kaʻikeʻana ua paʻa mua kahi lepili me ka inoa Satellite Records,ʻo Stewart lāuaʻo Axton i kapa houʻia ko lākou inoa Stax Records.

ʻAʻole wale ka inoa i hoʻololi i nā lā mua. ʻOiai ua hoʻomakaʻia ka lepili e like me ka inoa o ka'āina,ʻo ka hoʻololiʻana o ka helehelena o ko Wakakū kaiāulu, ua liʻiliʻiʻo ia i nā mele R & B, aʻo ka lepili i kāʻiliʻia nāʻano.

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ʻO Stax HQ

ʻO Stax Records 'home base he kahiko kahiko i South Memphis, TN, i kapaʻia he'aupena hale kūʻaiʻoihana a me kahi lumi hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo a me ka hale waihona puke (e hoʻomauʻia ana ma lalo o ka inoa Satellite Records). A hiki i ka waenakonu o nā makahiki 1970, kokoke i nā inoa a pau o ka inoa i hoʻopaʻaʻia ma kēia lumi, me ka Booker T. a me nā MG (kahi i lilo i mau hōkū ma ko lākou'ākau).

ʻO ia ka hale hōʻike hoʻololi i hoʻololiʻia e pili ana i kahi hōʻailona no ka hoʻopaʻaʻana i ke kaniʻo Stax Records.

Ua hoʻolālāʻia ka papahele no ka nohoʻana o ka hale noho hale, e hoʻokumu ana i kahi hiʻona no ka hoʻopaʻaʻana.

Ke Kai Kūʻono a me ke Kūlana Komohana

Ma ka makahiki 1968, ua hauʻoliʻo Stax i nā hanana a ua hoʻokomoʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ke Kaiwaina a me ke Komohana (kahi hui nui ma ia manawa), nāna i kūʻai i kēlā leka i kēlā makahiki.

Ua kūʻaiʻo Axton i kāna kuleana, a paʻaʻo Stewart i kona kuleana akā ua holo i kēlā lā i kēia lā e holo ana i kaʻoihana, aʻo Al Bell, ka mea kākau kuhikuhi PR, i lawe i ka'ōpū. Ua hoʻopauʻia kaʻaha hoʻolahaʻana me ka Moana Akelani ma kēia manawa. Ma nāʻano he nui,ʻo ia ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka hopena. Eʻike i kaʻike hou aku ma lalo e pili ana i ka moʻolelo ma hope o ke Kai Kūʻono a me ke Komohana.

ʻO Stax Records Subsidiaries

Ma hope o ka uhaʻiʻiaʻana e nā makahiki 1950 i ka ukuʻana i nā hōʻailona ,ʻo nā kelelala i nā makahiki 1960, ua makaʻala loa e pili ana i ka hoʻokaniʻana i nā moʻolelo e kekahi pahu mele. No kēia kumu, he mea maʻalahi ia i kēia manawa no nā hōʻailona e hoʻomaka i nā inoa "kākoʻo" -ʻo ka mea i hāʻawiʻia aku i kahi leka ma o ka pepa inoa nui me ka inoa o kahi inoa'ē aʻe ma ka'īlio album. Ua loaʻa iā Stax kekahi mau huahana, e like me:

ʻO Stax ka inoa o nā mele a pau ma kēia mau lepili.

Paiʻia nā Stax Records

ʻOiaiʻo Stax he mau lanakila nui ma nā makahiki 1970 e hana ana ma keʻano he kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa -ʻo ia hoʻi me Isaac Hayes a me kā lākou Wattstax Festival (ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Richard Pryor) -ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka hopena o kaʻaha o'Atelanika. ʻAʻoleʻike iki ka Gulf a me ke Komohana no ka holoʻana i kahi lepili a me ka hōʻehaʻole i kaʻoihana.

ʻOiai nā holomua o Hayes, Wattstax, a me kekahi mau hoʻokuʻu Stax, Gulf a me ke Komohanaʻaʻole i hoʻokiʻekiʻe nuiʻia ma luna o lākou, a ua hele ka inoa i ka banekorupa. I ka makahiki 1975, kapaʻiaʻo Stax he lā. I nā lā hopena, ua hoʻihoʻiʻo Stewart i kona home e hoʻopaʻa i ka inoa inoa ola-ua nalowaleʻo ia i ka wā i hāʻule ai ka lepili.

ʻO Stax Catalog a me ka haʻaleleʻana o ka Label

Ma hope o ka pauʻana o Stax i ka banekorupa, ua kūʻaiʻia ka pepa hope o ka inoa a me ka Stax inoa e Fantasy Records, nāna i wehe nā puke ma lalo o nā hōʻailona a hiki i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai lākou i ko lākou mau pono i Concord i ka makahiki 2004. Hoʻomauʻia ka Concord. ʻO ka palapala i mālamaʻia e ka Atlantic (ʻike i nāʻike hou aku ma lalo) e mau ana i lalo o kā lākou mana, akā ua hāʻawiʻia nā leka i nā lekaʻo Rhino Records.

ʻO Stax Records Artists

ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana kiʻi e hoʻokuʻu i nā mele ma Stax i nā makahiki like:

Gulf a me ke Komohana, Atlantic Records, a me kahi Kūkākūkā Kū'ē

ʻO Stry Wexlerʻo Atlantic Record a he mea nuiʻo Stax Records fanui a hana kokoke me ka lepili i nā makahiki 1960 (ua koiʻo ia i kekahi poʻe hana kiʻiʻAkelanika e kākau i Stax e loaʻa i ke kani kani). ʻO ka mahele likeʻana ma waena o Stax a meʻAkelanika he mea maikaʻi ia a hiki i ka wā i hoʻolahaʻo Warner iā Atlantic.

Aia kekahi mahele o ka Treaty Stax / Atlantic e hoʻopau ana i kaʻaelike inā kūʻaiʻiaʻo Atlantic ma kekahi hui'ē aʻe. ʻO kēia kahi iʻike aiʻo Stewart i ka lalo o kaʻaelike āna i kau inoa ai me ka Atlantic. Ua paʻa kaʻaelike i kēlā Atlantic -ʻaʻoleʻo Stax - nā haku i nā mele a lākou i māhele ai. No laila, i ka pauʻana o ka hana ma waena o lākou, ua waihoʻiaʻo'Atelanika e paʻa ana i nā hapa nui o Stax.

Ma hope o ka naloʻana o ko lākou mau haku, ua pauʻo Stax i ka meaʻoi loa loa i kā lākou lepili ma ia wahi,ʻO Otis Redding. Ua makeʻo Redding i ka mokumoku iʻehā lā ma hope iho o kona kākauʻana i ke mele e lilo i mea nui loa loa - E noho ana ma ka paepae o ke kai . Me ko lākou mau haku a me kā lākou hōkū nui loa,ʻaʻohe mea eʻike aiʻo Stax i keʻano waiwai kālā,ʻo ia keʻano o ko Gulf and Western i mau ai i ko Axton kuleana o ka inoa a loaʻaʻo Stewart e hoʻi i kahi noho (me ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi kona mau hoa).

Aia kekahi mahele e like me ka inoa e hiki ke ho'ōlaʻia ma kahi mahele me ka CBS, mahalo iā Clive Davis , akā ua kipakuʻo CBS iā Davis ma hope koke iho o kona kakau inoaʻana i ka hana Stax, aʻaʻole lākou i hahai ma hope o ka halaʻana o Davis.

He mea kupaianaha loa uaʻae ke Gulf a me ke Komohana i ka inoa e hele ai i ka banekorupa i ka manawa hoʻokahi i hele maiʻo Isaac Hayes i luna, akāʻo ia ka mea i hanaʻia. Uaʻimiʻo Stewart lāuaʻo Bell me kaʻoluʻolu e hoʻopakele i kā lākou lepili, me kaʻole kōkua mai ke Kaiākea a me ke Komohana a pili'ē i ko lākou mau home a me kā lākou pono kālā. Ua nalowale lākou, a e like me ka'ōlelo muaʻia, ua haʻaleleʻo Stewart i kona home i ka wā e hele ai ka inoa.