Albert King
15) Wattstax
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The dynamic film of the 1972 Los Angeles event attended by over 100,000 concertgoers and first billed as the 'black Woodstock, ' gets ya plenty. Its performances burn with vitality. Its forays into the neighborhood are a time capsule of pride and pain. And the Richard Pryor comedy riffs that provide the film's running commentary are a treasure all by themselves.
Publisher
Craft Recordings
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The year 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of a pivotal year for Stax Records and for American history: 1968. This period immediately follows the untimely passing of Otis Redding; it's the year that Stax parted ways with Atlantic Records, and it's also when Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. This five disc CD box set compiles every single released on Stax and its subsidiary labels in '68, which is over 120 iconic songs from era-defining...