Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

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Written In Their Soul: THE STAX SONGWRITER DEMOS (Official Trailer)

Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos brings together 146 demos from the Stax Records vaults highlighting the strength of songwriting talent at the legendary label. Including 140 tracks that have never been heard before, this collection combines both songwriter demos and in some cases, full blown arrangement into a 7-CD set.
The first three discs contain demos by the Stax songwriters that were recorded and released by Stax artists on one of the Stax family of labels (Stax, Volt, Enterprise, We Produce, Koko, Respect, etc.). The fourth disc contains demos by the Stax songwriters that were recorded and released on record labels OTHER than the Stax family of labels (Atlantic, Decca, Hi, Chimneyville, etc.). The final three discs contain demos by the Stax songwriters that were never released anywhere.
Including songs from legendary songwriters such as William Bell, Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Bettye Crutcher and many more this collection includes unheard versions of some of Soul, and music’s, most well-known songs. The collection is packaged in a 7x7 boxset which includes a new essay written by Stax's original Director of Publicity Deanie Parker and GRAMMY-winning writer Robert Gordon, archival photos and an intro by multi-GRAMMY award winning compilation producer Cheryl Pawelski.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yCPPEvWFog






The Secret Sound of Stax

The rediscovery of demos performed by the songwriters of the legendary Memphis recording studio reveals a hidden history of soul.



https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/the-secret-sound-of-stax?fbclid=IwAR0lFdpzZiowhj7gOQjEFHhcT8z9DcTWluTUf7JMGLXIOyRcI7msnyNdJXA

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Restoring Stax

By Michael Graves

On June 23, 2023, Craft Recordings released Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos. There are two stories within this monumental release; the first is the story of the Stax songwriters and performers, and the music they made. It’s the entire reason for this project.  The second is the story of how this project came to be. There’s been so much great, insightful writing on the first story (Rolling Stone, Memphis Flyer, KCRW, New Yorker Magazine, Goldmine Magazine), not to mention Deanie Parker and Robert Gordan’s excellent album notes in the boxed set itself.  But I wanted to shed a little light on my part of the second story, specifically the audio restoration and mastering side of things.


https://www.osirisstudio.com/home/restoring-stax