atlantic was the larger record company that leased records from stax records.
atlantic was the larger record company that leased records from stax records.
which larger record company leased records from stax records?
atlantic
atlantic's jerry wexler also brought don covay and wilson pickett to record at stax, though these songs were released directly by atlantic. covay's hits "see saw" and "sookie sookie" and pickett's 1965 and 1966 hits "in the midnight hour," "don't fight it", "634-5789" and "ninety-nine and a half (won't do)" were stax songs in all but name, as they were all co-written by steve cropper, recorded at stax, and backed by the stax house band. although wexler was greatly enamoured of stax's "organic" recording methods, some of the artists they brought in created conflict. a june 1965 session with don covay created bad feelings, which came to a head in early 1966, when wilson pickett returned to record new material. although the session produced two hit songs—"634-5789" and "ninety-nine and a half (won't do)"—pickett's "corrosive" character caused havoc in the studio; the session musicians eventually walked out, and the breaking point came when pickett followed them outside and offered them $100 each (us$ in dollars) to complete the session. as a result, the furious house band bluntly told jim stewart not to bring "that asshole" to the studio again. also tired of another label capitalizing on the stax sound, stewart phoned wexler soon after the pickett session and told him that he wanted to do no more stax productions of non-stax artists. one atlantic artist who was thus not able to record at stax was the newly signed aretha franklin. she instead was sent to rick hall's fame studios in alabama, which had a sound similar to that of stax. pickett's subsequent hits were also recorded elsewhere, including at fame and american group productions, chips moman's memphis studio.
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this page contains a comprehensive collection of information related to recordings by american funk musician isaac hayes.









































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"all singles issued on stax records' enterprise label unless otherwise noted.









































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"ultimate isaac hayes can you dig it?" – stax records 2005 (double cd)









































"the man – the ultimate isaac hayes 1969 – 1977" – stax records 2001 (double cd)









































"isaac hayes – the polydor years" – polydor 2000









































"greatest hit singles" – stax records 1991 









































"the best of isaac hayes, volume 1" – stax records 1986
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