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❤️lovely❤️ ....

Atmospheric Cover Photography ....

Junko Onishi "Self Portrait" (Somethin' Else) 1998 ....

Junko Onishi Trio "Cruisin'" (Somethin' Else) 1993 ....

Thereof CD 3 .... Bettye Crutcher was both an superb songwriter and excellent sing .... her own releases never "took off" though ....

Excellent find 👌👍 ....

Izumi Yukimura + Ryoichi Hattori + Caramel Mama "Super Generation" (Columbia) 1974 ....

Emerson Lake & Palmer "The Best Of EL&P" (Atlantic Records) 1980 ....

As good as it gets ❤️ ....

Angelo Y Su Conjunto Modelo "Aprendí Soñando" (Laslos Records) 1985.... simply an irresistible groove ....

Thnx for your thoughts ... Stax - as described in detail by Rob Bowman in his book - started as a small Southern Soul label and both the expansion (artistically and economically) and the myriad of "hits" in the 60`s - based on superb songwriting - simply happened .... while the Memphis productions were textbook raw Southern Soul, the early diversification with Don Davis stepping in was a first change in direction .... at the end of the the decade a more pro-active search - you could say enforcement of - for top selling records started and the story how songwriter Isaac Hayes ended as singer (aka "try and error") is quite telling ..... the industry changed, innocence was lost and and money (greed) increasingly beacame the name of the game .... Stax subsequently concentrated on a handful of top performers and other acts started flying under the radar marketingwise .... so no disrespect to the productions/efforts in the 70`s, but if listening to the "Complete Stax (Volt) Singles" compilation in chronological order gives an audiblle documentation of the changes .... You quote of "Johnnie Taylor arguably became the blueprint for the further development of Southern Soul" made me think, but obviously there is no definition of "Southern Soul" and to me a genre of "Soul/Blues Crossover" would more apply .... The collapse of Stax happened before the heydays of Disco, so we will never know how the company if still active would have mastered this challenge .... Nevertheless the "Stax Story" is one of a kind and the heritage remains treasurous ....

Excellent ....

Interesting ....

Excellent Photography 👌👍 ....

Bill Barron Quartet "Live At Cobi`s" (SteepleChase) 2005 ....

Regarding Richter : Vedernikov : The Denon CD`s will likely be hard to find 🧐 ....

Friedrich Gulda .... Sviatoslav Richter .... Anatoly Verdenikov .... to name a few 😇😉 ....

Feat the bass of Eldee Young .... his intro on "Tennessee Waltz" 🥳🥳 ....

Angelo Y Su Conjunto Modelo "Palo Cucuye" (Laslos Records) 1986 .... Junior Rivera (tres) + Junior Vega (tp) 🔥😍🔥 .... btw never released on CD ....

Recorded @ Kingsway Hall London in March 1980 .... captivating program of "variations" ....

👌👍 ....

These Beethoven Sonata recordings for DG are fabulous ....

We seem to have a large segment of (active) board members in their 60's 🤓😇👍 ....

Good one ....

I believe the shift away from the pure Southern Soul focus - to broaden the "customer base" - did the initial damage .... further missteps followed - and the industry changed ....