Mushure mekunge vaona kuti kwaive kune kakato karaira ine zita rokuti Satellite Records, Stewart naAxton vakanzizve Stax Records yavo.
Zita racho harisi iro chete raizochinja mumazuva ekutanga. Kunyange zvazvo chirairo chakatangwa senyika yakasarudzwa, chiso chinoshanduka chevagari veStewart chakaita kuti tifarire R & B mimhanzi, uye iyo yakaiswa swapped genres.
The Basics
- Chii: Nyora Stax Records
- Kupi: Memphis, TN, USA (guta rekutanga)
- Yakagadzwa na: Jim Stewart naEstelle Axton
- Yakagadzwa: 1957
- Yakavharwa: 1978 (kunyange zvazvo zita rekambani uye bhuku rakagadzirwa neChristord Music Group muna 2004 uye icho chinyorwa chiri kushandiswa kune mamwe mabhuku matsva)
Stax HQ
Stax Records 'musha wekamba waiva yekare yemitambo muSouth Memphis, TN, iyo yakashanda semabhizimisi ebhizimisi sepamusoro pamwe chete nerekodhi studio uye rekodi dhi (iyo yakanga ichiri pasi pezita rokuti Satellite Records). Kusvikira pakati pemakore ekuma1970, zvinenge zvese zvinyorwa zvacho zvakanyorwa mune iyi studio, neimba yeBhuku Booker T. uye MGs (avo vakazova nyeredzi mune kurudyi kwavo).
Ndiyo mifananidzo yakashandurwa pachake iyo imwe chikwereti chesainiko Stax Records inonzwika.
Denga rakadzika kuti ribvumire nzvimbo yekugara, kugadzira nzvimbo yakasiyana-siyana yekunyora.
Gulf neWestern Deal
Pakazosvika 1968, Stax akanga awana kubudirira kwakasiyana-siyana uye akakurudzira kugona kweGulf neWestern (boka guru rekubatana panguva iyoyo), uyo akatenga zita racho gore iroro.
Axton akatengesa mugove wake, Stewart akachengetedza chikamu chake asi akabuda kunze kwezuva zuva rekushanda kwebhizimisi, uye Al Bell, anonzi PR mutungamiri, akatora mutsara. Kugoverwa kunobatanidza neAlantic kwakagumiswa panguva ino zvakare. Munzira dzakawanda, kwaiva kutanga kwemugumo. Ona mamwe mashoko ari pasi apa pamusoro penyaya iri shure kweGulf neWestern deal.
Stax Records Subsidiaries
Mushure mokudzungurudzwa nema1940 payola zvinyorwa , zviteshi zveredhiyo muma1960 zvakanyatsochenjerera nezvekutamba zvinyorwa zvizhinji zvekodhi rimwe rekodhi. Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, zvaive zvakajairika panguva ino yemavara kuti atange "mabhizinesi" mazita - izvo zvaive zvichienderana nekubudisa album kuburikidza nehope huru nezita reimwe chirairo pane jakete yebhuku. Stax yakanga ine mazita mazhinji aya, kusanganisira:
- Hip
- Volt (musha waOtis Redding)
- Chalice
- Bhizimisi
Yese yemimhanzi iri mavara aya yaiva ne Stax.
Zvakanaka-siya Stax Records
Kunyange zvazvo Stax aine kubudirira kukuru mumakore ekuma1970 apo achishanda semunhu akazvimiririra-zvikurukuru naIsaka Hayes uye Wattstax Mutambo Wadzo (uyo zvakare wakataura naRichard Pryor) -asati yadzoka kubva pakurasikirwa kweAlantic deal. Gulf neWestern vaiziva zvishomanana nezvekushandira tsamba uye vakanyanyisa kutarisira bhizinesi.
Pasinei nokubudirira kweHayes, Wattstax, uye imwezve Stax inosunungurwa, Gulf neWestern haina kumbobvumira pamusoro pavo, uye zita racho rakaparara. Muna 1975, Stax akaritumidza zuva. Mumazuva okupedzisira, Stewart akadzorera imba yake kuti achengetedze zita racho-rakarasikirwa iyo iyo mazita akarasika.
Stax Catalog uye Kuwedzerwa kweEta
Mushure mokunge Stax apera, ikarura yekare yezita racho uye zita re Stax rakatengwa neFantasy Records, iyo yakabudisa albamu pasi pechinyorwa kusvikira yatengesa kodzero dzavo kuConstord muna 2004. Concord inoramba ichishandiswa. Tsvaga iyo yakachengetedzwa neAtlantic (ona mamwe mashoko pasi apa) inoramba iri pasi pekutonga kwavo, kunyange mamwe ma album akambirwa neRhin Records.
Stax Records Artists
Vamwe vevanyori vanosunungura mimhanzi pa Stax pamusoro pemakore vanosanganisira:
- Isaac Hayes
- Otis Redding
- Rufus Thomas
- Johnnie Taylor
- Albert King
- The Staple Singers
Gulf neWestern, Records yeAlantic, uye Chibvumirano Chimwe Chese
Atlantic Record yaJerry Wexler yakanga iri guru fan fan Stax Records uye yakashanda pamwe chete nemashoko aya muma1960 (iye akatosimbisa vamwe vaAlantic rekistori reku Stax kuti vanyore mutinhiriri). Kubatana kwekupararira pakati peStex neAtlantic kwaiita sekanaka kusvikira Warner atenga Atlantic.
Ikoko kwakanga kune chirevo mubasa re Stax / Atlantic rakagumisa chibvumirano kana Atlantic yakatengwa neimwe kambani. Paiva panguva ino Stewart akawana kukanganisa kwesungano yaakanga asayina neAlantic. Chibvumirano chakataura kuti Atlantic - kwete Stax - yaive nemasters kune maawa avakagovera. Saka, apo chibvumirano pakati pavo chapera, Atlantic yakasara iine hurukuro yakawanda yeHitx yakakura.
Pakupedzisira kwekurasikirwa navatenzi vavo, Stax akarasikirwa nemufananidzo mukuru pane mazita avo panguva iyoyo, Otis Redding. Redding akafira mumhirizhonga ndege mazuva mana mushure mekunge akanyora rwiyo rwaizoenderera mberi kuti ruve rutsotsi rwake rukuru - Akagara paDock of a Bay . Pasina vatenzi vavo uye nyeredzi yavo huru, maonero ezvemari ye Stax akanga asina simba, iyo ndiyo iyo Gulf neWestern vakakwanisa kuwana rubatsiro rweAxton's share of the label and get Stewart kutora chinzvimbo chechigaro (pamwe nekusiya zvimwe zvikamu zvake).
Ikoko kwakanga kune imwe pfungwa iyo yakaratidzika seyimboti inogona kuchengetedzwa nekutengeswa kwebasa ne CBS, nekuda kwaClave Davis , asi CBS yakabvisa Davis nguva pfupi mushure mekunge asayina iyo Stax deal, uye havana kumutevera pashure pokunge Davis apfuura.
Zvinotoshamisa kuti Gulf neWestern vakabvumira kuti mazita acho aparadzwe panguva imwecheteyo Isaka Hayes akauya, asi ndizvo zvakaitika. Stewart naBell vakashinga zvikuru kuchengetedza mazita avo, pasina rubatsiro kubva kuGulf neWestern uye vachibhejera dzimba dzavo uye ramangwana rezvemari. Vakarasika, uye sezvazvakataurwa kare, Stewart akarasikirwa neimba yake apo tsamba yacho yakaenda pasi.