The Soul of Stax - ACE286.4

Memorial plaque. Cropper and Jones pointing out where the different parts of the studios were. Photographs of Cropper in studio. Covers for Eddie Floyd’s Knock on Wood (1966), William Bell The Soul of a Bell (1967), Rufus Thomas Walking the Dog (1963), Carla Thomas Memphis Queen (1969), Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1966), Otis Redding and Carla Thomas King & Queen (1967), Booker T. & The MG’s Green Onions (1962); Wood’s Knock on Wood played over. Hayes talking about the Stax "family". Photographs of Hayes with David Porter circa 1964. Hayes plays and sings the gospel tune, You Don't Know Like I Know What the Lord Has Done for Me. The same tune sung in church. Hayes talks about the 1996 Sam Moore and Dave Prater recording, You Don’t Know Like I Know; original footage of Sam & Dave in performance with Booker T. & The MG’s and the Memphis Horns. Photograph of Malcolm X circa 1965; commentary talks of the 1965 riots in America, noting that a Stax revue played in concert (Wattstax) in Watts, Los Angeles, during this period. Cropper describes how the audience began to shout the "Burn, baby, burn" slogan. Original footage from Watts showing some of the fires, police, soldiers, etc; Booker T. & The MG’s Groovin’ (1967) plays over.