Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

by Stax Records

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Bohemian Square Fantastic music, not nearly as skeletal as a “demo” set might suggest - it’s like a broadcast playing all of your favorite soul classics from a parallel universe. The only unfortunate thing is that the digital album does not contain the booklet in pdf form.

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Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos brings together 146 demos from the legendary Stax Records. Including 140 recordings that are previously unreleased, this collection combines both songwriter demos of some of music’s biggest songs with full blown arrangements of never released tracks. This 7-CD set, packaged in 7x7 boxset, also included a new essay by Stax's original Director of Publicity Deanie Parker and GRAMMY-winning writer Robert Gordon alongside archival photos. It is compiled by multi-GRAMMY award winning producer Cheryl Pawelski.

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released June 23, 2023

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Stax Records Memphis, Tennessee

The STAX RECORDS story is an indispensable chapter in American musical history. Amid the civil rights-era racial strife and deep-seated tensions of the late '50s and '60s, Stax fundamentally shaped American soul music, spawning the careers of legends such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the MG's, The Staple Singers, Albert King and William Bell, just to name a few. ... more

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