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Michael Graves: The Patient Philosophy Of Audio Restoration

by Lawrence Peryer
March 14, 2026

Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Michael Graves, a five-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer and the founder of Osiris Studio in Los Angeles. Michael's work is restoration as archaeology--pulling performances off deteriorating tapes, damaged acetates, and obsolete formats, then deciding how much intervention is too much. He's done this for recordings by Hank Williams, ...

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Born Under A Bad Sign (SACD)

By Albert King

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Born Under A Bad Sign; Crosscut Saw; Kansas City; Oh, Pretty Woman; Down Don’t Bother Me; The Hunter; I Almost Lost My Mind; Personal Manager; Laundromat Blues; As The Years Go Passing by; The Very Thought Of You.

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Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign (SACD)

Read "Born Under A Bad Sign (SACD)" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
May 13, 2023

Originally released in the psychedelicized year of 1967, the altogether earthy blues recording that is Albert King's Born Under A Bad Sign may have gone over the heads of those succumbing to flower power during the Summer of Love. Nevertheless, it made an impression on those who were learning to dote on the genre, many of ...

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The Best of Big Star

By Alex Chilton

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: In the Street (single mix); Don’t Lie to Me (single version); September Gurls (single version)' Thirteen; Jesus Christ (single edit)' I’m in Love With a Girl; O My Soul (single edit); Feel; When My Baby’s Beside Me; Take Care; Life Is White; Watch the Sunrise (single version) ; The Ballad of El Goodo; Nightime; Back of a Car; Thank You Friend.

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Southern Avenue

By Southern Avenue

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Don’t Give Up; What Did I Do; It’s Gonna Be Alright; Slipped, Tripped, and Fell In Love; Love Me Right; 80 Miles From Memphis; Wildflower; No Time To Lose; Rumble; Peace Will Come.

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Big Star: The Best of Big Star

Read "The Best of Big Star" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
July 16, 2017

The Best of Big Star might be the ideal introduction to the greatest 'never was but shoulda been' band of all time. Not nearly so extensive or lavishly packaged as Keep An Eye on the Sky (Rhino, 2009) or Third Complete (Omnivore, 2016), the quick succession of sixteen tracks, a half-dozen of which are rare single ...

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Southern Avenue: Southern Avenue

Read "Southern Avenue" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
February 10, 2017

Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the outstanding music cities of America. Southern Avenue runs from East Memphis due west, where it turns into E. McClemore Avenue, home of Soulsville, better known as Stax Records. This young Memphis group named themselves and their self-titled debut release, Southern Avenue, in a deliberate undertaking to continue and expand upon ...

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This Is Where I Live

By William Bell

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: The Three Of Me; The House Always Wins; Poison In The Well; I Will Take Care Of You; Born Under A Bad Sign; All Your Stories; Walking On A Tightrope; This Is Where I Live; More Rooms; All the Things You Can’t Remember; Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge; People Want To Go Home.

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William Bell: This Is Where I Live

Read "This Is Where I Live" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
June 20, 2016

Stax Records was recently revived under the umbrella of the Concord Music Group, in a commendable gesture to acknowledge the southern soul artists on the legendary label. When Stax (formerly Satellite Records) originated in 1961, one of the first artists signed was a young singer/songwriter named William Bell, who hit the charts that same year with ...

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