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Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story[DVD]

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The Memphis-based Stax label enjoyed an incredible run of hits in its heyday. Artists such as Otis Redding Isaac Hayes Booker T. & the MGs and Mavis Staples were all signed to Stax and it seemed like the label couldn't put a foot wrong as its roster helped define the soul/R&B scene. But the label fell on dark days and personal disasters such as the death of Otis Redding have added a great tragedy to the Stax story. RESPECT YOURSELF is a documentary on the label which has been filmed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stax. The program was shot for PBS and features performances interviews and rare footage from the Stax vaults.Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS Rating: NR UPC: 888072703292

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The rise and fall of Memphis-based Stax Records remains one of the more compelling sagas in American popular music history. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, renamed in 1961 by blending the surnames of brother-sister co-founders Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, Stax was Motown's funky Deep South counterpart. From its loose atmosphere came giants, including Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas and daughter Carla, Booker T and the MGs, Eddie Floyd, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Isaac Hayes, and the Bar-Kays. Recording in a converted movie theater, the earthy results were often as stunning and transcendent as anything from the equally loose Sun Records across town or Motown itself. While celebrating Stax, its triumphs and the genius of its artists and musicians, the documentary doesn’t shy away from the label's woes, like unexamined fine print that gave Atlantic Records, who distributed Stax, the rights to classic Stax masters. While it resurged following its sale, through the successes of Isaac Hayes, the Shaft soundtrack and legendary Wattstax show, those triumphs were a prelude to the label's final, ugly collapse. The redemption comes by detailing Stax's legacy into the 21st century. The DVD extra consists of rehearsal footage from the rehearsals for a Stax reunion show. --Rich Kienzle

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3003076
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, DVD, Color
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 0 minute
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 2, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Various Artists
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Stax
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000UD2K32
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Customers find this documentary to be a fascinating viewing experience that tells the story of Stax Records well, with excellent video footage and fantastic music that captures the true soul sound. Moreover, the DVD provides an inspiring and informative look at the label's history, and customers consider it a must-have for music lovers.

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26 customers mention "Documentary quality"26 positive0 negative

Customers praise the documentary's quality, describing it as an amazing and fascinating viewing experience for soul music enthusiasts.

"...is one of the most thorough,entertaining,informative and enlightening music documentary on this side of The Beatles Anthology..." Read more

"...This is the "best" documentary I have seen of any label, and outshines it rival Motown documentary by a long shot!" Read more

"...It makes fascinating viewing for all Soul enthusiasts. However, this is not meant to be a comprehensive review...." Read more

"...Naturally it all makes for a fascinating viewing experience... and an uplifting example of what can be accomplished when ideas and talent trump..." Read more

26 customers mention "Music quality"26 positive0 negative

Customers praise the music quality of the documentary, particularly appreciating the Stax sound and soulful beat, while one customer notes that the music clips are uniformly excellent.

"...The music clips are also uniformly excellent, from William Bell recreating "You Don't Miss Your Water" to contemporary performance footage of..." Read more

"...It is in colour and the sound is great too! To access it on the DVD-go to scene selection and view it from "CBS"...." Read more

"...Where Motown was well-produced, slick urban uptown music with elements of jazz, Stax was country rawness, gut bucket funk derived from the..." Read more

"...This DVD is much more than a music DVD. I love it and if you are truly a fan of STAX artists, you will love it too." Read more

23 customers mention "History"20 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the historical content of the DVD, particularly how it provides a full perspective on Stax Records' backstory.

"...The mixture of early performance clips, the overall history of the label and its comparison/rivalry to Motown will inform, entertain and anger any..." Read more

"...Fine mix of rare performance clips and interviews that puts the story in full perspective...." Read more

"...It covers the entire history of Stax from its origins in Memphis to its resurrection as a part of the Fantasy Organization in the 1980s and 1990s...." Read more

"...It is so much music history!" Read more

18 customers mention "Information content"18 positive0 negative

Customers find the DVD informative and inspiring, providing great insight into the Stax Records label.

"...soulful narration by Samuel L Jackson this DVD is one of the most thorough,entertaining,informative and enlightening music documentary on this side..." Read more

"This documentary is without a doubt informative and entertaining!" Read more

"...On the whole, this documentary is as entertaining and inspiring as it is informative...." Read more

"...There's a lot of information about each artist got his/her start in music. This DVD is much more than a music DVD...." Read more

17 customers mention "Dvd quality"17 positive0 negative

Customers find the DVD quality excellent, with one customer noting it is well-produced.

"This documentary on the Stax soul powerhouse is very well done...." Read more

"...Where Motown was well-produced, slick urban uptown music with elements of jazz, Stax was country rawness, gut bucket funk derived from the..." Read more

"...However, this a very indebt and informing DVD about the how STAX came into being...." Read more

"...and times of stax records that I never knew before. This is well worth the money for me." Read more

12 customers mention "Entertainment value"12 positive0 negative

Customers find the TV series enjoyable and awesome, with one describing it as an entertaining retrospective.

"...narration by Samuel L Jackson this DVD is one of the most thorough,entertaining,informative and enlightening music documentary on this side of [..." Read more

"...of the label and its comparison/rivalry to Motown will inform, entertain and anger any music lover of the era...." Read more

"This documentary is without a doubt informative and entertaining!" Read more

"...On the whole, this documentary is as entertaining and inspiring as it is informative...." Read more

8 customers mention "Music content"8 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the music content of the DVD, describing it as a must-have for music lovers, with one customer noting it's an essential addition to music history DVD collections.

"...Otis Redding, may the Good Lord rest his soul, was the greatest singer of all time. Wanna argue?..." Read more

"...Stax was an integral part of that transition and with a host of great musicians, singers, song-writers, and producers blended together a mixture..." Read more

"An essential addition to your music history DVD collection...." Read more

"...Great interviews and of course the music is fantastic. A must for music fans." Read more

8 customers mention "Video quality"8 positive0 negative

Customers praise the video quality of the TV series, with excellent footage that captures the times and music.

"...Great audio mix, picture quality and composition get an A+, fascinating content and of course that fabulous music with its Memphis roots...." Read more

"...and the music it produced (which will never be forgotten) is wonderfully captured in this, the best of the shows on STAX." Read more

"...US history - special in music but special in social change, excellent video footage and stills woven with the storyline - must have for anyone of..." Read more

"...The item arrived as promised, and the viewing quality was very good. The content was very good. He truly enjoyed this video." Read more

FUNKY. EMOTIONAL. RAW. POWERFUL.
5 out of 5 stars
FUNKY. EMOTIONAL. RAW. POWERFUL.
THAT WAS SOUL MUSIC INTHE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND STAX RECORDS DID IT LIKE NO OTHER. "RESPECT YOURSELF," NARRATED BY SAMUEL L. JACKSON, TRACES THE ASTONISHING HISTORY OF STAX, FROM A MODEST NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT TO A CULTURAL AND POLITICAL EMPIRE. STAX IS THE STORY OF BIRTH AND RE-BIRTH AND THE SOUL OF MUSIC WHICH KEEPS IT ALIVE. THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MEMPHIS WAS A HOTBED OF RACIAL TENSION, BUT THAT STOPPED AT THE DOORS OF STAX RECORDS. THE OPEN-DOOR POLICY LED TO RENOWNED HOUSE BAND BOOKER T. & THE MGs, ONE OF AMERICA'S FIRST INTERRACIAL MUSICAL GROUPS. OTHER ARTISTS LIKE OTIS REDDING AND SAM & DAVE SOON JOINED THE ROSTER, AS WELL AS SONGWRITER ISAAC HAYES. WITH SONGS LIKE "(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY." "SOUL MAN" AND "KNOCK ON WOOD," STAX SOLIDIFIED ITS REPUTATION AS A HIT-MAKING MACHINE, PRODUCING A MASSIVE CATALOG OF TOP 100 RECORDS. THROUGH ALL THIS, THE LABEL OVERCAME HUSTLERS, BAD BUSINESS DECISIONS, TRAGIC DEATHS AND A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL MELTDOWNS. BUT WITH EACH REINCARNATION, STAX GREW - BRANCHING OUT INTO FILM PRODUCTION, BROADWAY, THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT - CHANGING THE WORLD BECAUSE IT DIDN'T KNOW IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO. "RESPECT YOURSELF" PROVIDES FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE STREETS AND BEHIND STUDIO DOORS FROM CELEBRATED MUSICIANS SUCH AS ISAAC HAYES, BOOKER T. JONES, STEVE CROPPER, DONALD "DUCK" DUNN AND MAVIS STAPLES, AS WELL AS LABEL PRESIDENT AL BELL, REV. JESSE JACKSON AND OTHERS. WITH RARE PERFORMANCES, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED HOME MOVIES AND NEW RECORDINGS, GRAMMY-NOMINATED FILMMAKERS ROBERT GORDON AND MORGAN NEVILLE (MUDDY WATERS CAN'T BE SATISFIED) PRESENT THE FIRST COMPRHENSIVE LOOK AT STAX RECORDS, THE GREATEST SOULD LABEL OF ALL TIME.
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  • Watts Family
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful documentary
    Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2010
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    Back in the 1960s, Motown and Stax represented the two sides of the same musical coin- soul music, that is. Of the two Motown, with its slicker, more mass-produced sound, probably looms larger in the popular imagination and certainly experienced greater commercial success. If you truly want to hear the essence of soul, however, you can't go wrong with Stax. The southern soul music the Memphis-based studio produced was edgier, grittier and more true to the music's black roots than Motown. This was soul music without all the rough edges smoothed off for Top 40 radio, soul music that was as much interested in conveying deep emotion as sounding pretty.

    "Respect Yourself" is the definitive documentary on Stax Records. Unlike the meandering "In the Shadows of Motown," which is little more of an aimless collection of anecdotes and middling covers, this documentary benefits from a tight chronological focus on the history of the studio from 1957 to 1975. As so often seems to be the case in music documentaries, it's a story told in terms of triumph and tragedy, however the themes ring more true here than in any hackneyed episode of "Behind the Music." The triumph, of course, derives from the fact Stax Records achieved as much as it did given the economically impoverished and racially polarized environment in which it was born (Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in the same Lorraine Hotel "Knock on Wood" and other Stax hits were written). Its music literally seemed to come from nowhere, a place that seemed 20 years behind the rest of the country, as one northern record company producer notes in the documentary.

    The tragedy "Respect Yourself" covers is twofold- the personal tragedy of Otis Redding, and the public legal and financial tragedy of Stax Records. Otis Redding, whose life and career in many ways parallels that of Stax at large, propelled the studio forward in the mid-60s as its signature star, only to die prematurely in 1967, at the height of his fame and creativity. At about the same time the executives at Stax examined the fine print of their distribution agreement with Atlantic Records and discovered that Atlantic owned the rights to their entire back catalog. Under the leadership of Al Bell, the company rallied with a "soul explosion" that produced new stars like Isaac Hayes and the Staple Singers. Emboldened by the black power movement, the studio also became more engaged in the local community by supporting political causes like Operation PUSH and promoting black-owned enterprises and businesses. Although Bell's strategy enabled the studio to live on for a few more years, the little record company ultimately overextended itself, and the financial strain forced its closure in 1975.

    "Respect Yourself" chronicles this story with a fast-moving combination of interviews, archival footage, and Samuel L. Jackson's narration. The interviews do a good job of capturing the personalities of the people involved in Stax Records, from the boisterous, larger-than-life persona of Al Bell and Isaac Hayes to the decidedly more reserved Booker T. Jones and Jim Stewart. The music clips are also uniformly excellent, from William Bell recreating "You Don't Miss Your Water" to contemporary performance footage of Booker T. & the MGs, Sam and Dave, Isaac Hayes, and others. Ultimately, "Respect Yourself" succeeds in not only revealing why so many love this music, but why it remains important and influential to this day.
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  • Andre S. Grindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Showing Some SERIOUS LOVE For Soulsville
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2010
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    This was a documentary that kind of hit me out of the blues and amazed me when I saw it. I was familiar with the Stax/Volt story of course but had never seen it presented with this level of detail,creativity and care. Along with Motown and Vee-Jay Stax was one of the major componants of the 60's R&B revolution and key contributers along with what James Brown was doing (and creating) at the time to the transition into the funk era. The story starts with Estelle Axton's Satillite Record Store in Memphis where young neighborhood people are buying country,soul and every record in between and local musicians such as Steve Cropper and Rufus Thomas are beginning to bring their flavors to the whole affair. Of course one day a guy shows up begging to audition as a singer for the burgeoning Stax label which,as you'll see started out of serendipity more or less. This was of course just someone named Otis Redding hahaha. And of course that lights the match. Next thing you know it Booker T,a talented multi instrumentalist gets together with the MG's and a whole new thing is born in Memphis. Everything is forging ahead,especially as label head Al Bell comes along and get's thing together. Than Otis Redding dies. Stax's distributer Atlantic hoodwinked the label and they lost their entire catalog from 1962 through 1967. Well Mr.Bell,as well as staff writers Isaac Hayes and David Porter come together to rather heroically rebuild the catalog and Stax only got bigger. Before you know it Ike Hayes is defining the labels new approch with his cinematic psychedelic soul/gospel-funk and the label gets on the tip with vital new acts such as the Staple Singers,who bring the spiritual tension and release of Southern funk even more to the forefront. This all culminates in Wattstax,the Souther Soul equivilant of Woodstock. Sadly it all comes tumbling down after that. Security problems,internal politics and money woes lead to the labels demise by the mid 70's. This story would've been a huge downer if only Stax wasn't again reborn in the 21'st century to include a new roster of talent,a full reissue of it's classic music and even a music school. Performers William Bell,Rufus Thomas,Mavis Staples,Booker T Jones,Steve Cropper,Isaac Hayes and David Porter all provide a lot of productive and entertaining anticdotes from all the different eras. Told with these interviews,unqiue archival footage of everything from early photos to a rare Rufus Thomas Schlitz beer TV commercial from the early 70's,cleverly animated vignettes and an excellently soulful narration by Samuel L Jackson this DVD is one of the most thorough,entertaining,informative and enlightening music documentary on this side of The Beatles Anthology and is a must have for anyone interested in just about any kind of music in our generation.
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  • Nicholas Ronai
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant. This is a must for any fan of soul music.
    Reviewed in Germany on July 25, 2014
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    This film combines the telling of story of the rise, fall and rise again of Stax records with some superb live footage of their great artists including Booker T and the MGs, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and Eddie Floyd. These are the major names which are synonymous with the early success of the label but the story goes on to describe the later stars which included Isaac Hayes and The Staple Singers.
    Set in Memphis of the early 60s, the story of Stax records is also the story of a company which crossed the racial barriers of the time - its musicians were both black and white - and would later become active in support of the movement to raise the position of Afro-Americans in US society. The description of the later demise of the company is a sad one in which a number of factors combine to cause its collapse into bankruptcy.
    It's good to learn that Stax has subsequently risen like a phoenix from the ashes and is now enjoying a renaissance based on its superb back catalogue and the signing of new artists.

    I strongly recommend this DVD for any fan of soul music whether young or old.
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  • Keydon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Soul and social history
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2014
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    Fascinating documentary for anyone interested in how soul music became a mass market genre starting from very humble beginnings in the 60s, alongside major issues in race relations - its amazing to hear the stories of Booker T and MGs, the house band (two black two white) - a great team in the studio but unable to go out and a share a meal in the same restaurant. If you're really into it, get the book as well - much more detail.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2017
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    If you are into the Memphis sound, or just a musician watch this.
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  • Johnieguitar
    5.0 out of 5 stars The whole Stax story, told by the artists. Fantastic!!
    Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2011
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    An essential DVD for any Stax music lover! The story of "the little engine that could"--- and did! Amazing story, with plenty of old video clips, told by many of the artists who made history in that little theatre in Memphis. Do YOU know the origin of the name Stax?? Buy it!
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  • Gielen Hugo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
    Reviewed in Germany on August 20, 2013
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    Diese DVD gibt die Story von STAX Records Memphis wieder mit Bilder, Musik / Auftritte und Interviews.
    Sowohl die positive als die Negative Seite wird belichtet und wie es ausgegangen ist. Auch die politische Situation, die eine sehr wichtige Rolle spielte wird nicht vergessen.
    Diese DVD ist ist ein richtiges Dokument vol mit Geschichte und Musik. Knapp 2 Stunden lang kehrt man zuruck in der Zeit.
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