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31 lug 2007 · Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville's bracingly impressive docu "Respect Yourself" makes a great case for Stax Records as the greatest soul label ever.
3 feb 2015 · Respect Yourself. : The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a monument to racial harmony in blighted south Memphis during the civil rights movement. Their success soon pits the siblings against each other, and the brother abandons his sister for a visionary African-American partner.
14 nov 2013 · Set in the world of 1960s and ‘70s soul music, Respect Yourself is a story of epic heroes in a shady industry. It’s about music and musicians—Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and Booker T. and the M.G.’s–Stax’s interracial house band. It’s about a small independent company’s struggle ...
Respect Yourself traces the astonishing story of Stax, from a modest neighborhood hangout to a cultural and political empire. Respect Yourself provides first-hand account of what really happened on the streets and behind studio doors from celebrated musicians such as Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Mavis Staples, as well as label president Al Bell, Rev ...
1 ago 2007 · RESPECT YOURSELF documents the Stax label, its visionaries, and most of all, its music. Between 1959 and 1975, Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee released international chart-topping hits from artists including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the MG's, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, and even Richard Pryor and Jesse Jackson.
Rob Bowman, Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of Stax Records, Prentice-Hall, 1997, ISBN 9780825672279. Robert Gordon, Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion, Bloomsbury USA, 2013, ISBN 9781596915770. Peter Guralnick, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, Back Bay Books, 1986, ISBN 0-316-33273-9.
