Respect yourself
Subtitle: Stax Records and the soul explosion
By: Robert Gordon
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781596915770
Subjects: Soul music; History and criticism; Sound recording industry; Stax Records; Rhythm and blues music; History
Other titles: Stax Records and the soul explosion
Description: Traces the rise and fall of the original Stax Records, touching upon the racial politics in Memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders, and the prominent musicians they featured.
Notes: A wrap-up of other key players": pages 379-382; "A note on Stax recording equipment" / by René Wu: pages 383-384.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-402) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cutting heads and hair (1957-1959); title: A new planet (1960); title: A Capitol idea (1960); title: The satellite's orbit (1960-1962); title: A banker and a gambler (1961-1962); title: "Green onions" (1962); title: Walk right in (1962-1963); title: The golden glow (1963-1965); title: Soul men (1963-1966); title: A rocket in wing tips (1965-1966); title: Kings and queens of soul (1965-1966); title: Unusual success (1966); title: Fatback cacciatore (1967); title: White carnations (1967-1968); title: "Born under a bad sign" (1968); title: "Soul limbo" (1968); title: Step off the curb (1968); title: The inspirer (1968-1969); title: The soul explosion (1968-1969); title: A pot of neckbones (1969-1970); title: Shaft (1971-1972); title: Balancing sheets and balancing acts (1971-1972); title: Wattstax (1972); title: The spirit of Memphis (1972-1974); title: A vexation of the spirit (1973-1974); title: A soul and a hard place (1975); title: I'll take you there (Epilogue).