The Fame Studios Story • 1961-1973 - CD, Box Set

Various: The Fame Studios Story • 1961-1973 version on 3CD/Box Set in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in United Kingdom in publishing company Kent Soul on 21. November 2011.

Ace delivers with 'The Fame Studios Story 1961 - 1973' another very fine review and another catalogue. Das Schmuckstück und potentieller 'Reissue Des Monats'-Anwärter internationaler Musik-Feuilletons befasst sich mit dem 'Muscle Shoals Sound' der zwischen 1961 und '73 in den legendären Fame-Studios entstand, und damit maßgeblichen Einfluss auf den Soul der 60er und 70er Jahre hatte. Protagonist dieser musikalischen Revolution war und ist Rick Hall, der die Fame Studios gründete, und durch seine eigenwillige Arbeitsweise an den Reglern an der Entwicklung dieses Sounds beteiligt war. Mit seiner hoch angesehenen Session-Crew lieferte er den Background für das Who is Who des 60er Souls. Darunter waren Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Arthur Conley, Irma Thomas, Joe Tex, Joe Simon, Lou Rawls, Arthur Alexander oder Otis Clay, neben den weniger bekannten aber nicht unbedeutenderen Blues Busters, Maurice & Mac, Spencer Wiggins, Willie Hightower, Bettye Swann u. Neben zahlreichen Soul-Klassikern wurden in den Fame Studios auch bekannte Pop-Hits von den Osmonds, Tommy Roe, Bobbie Gentry und anderen Hochkarätern aufgenommen. Zwei Jahre dauerten die intensiven Nachforschungen für diese umfangreich ausgestattete 3CD-Box mit insgesamt 75 Tracks, für die man Zugang zu den Tape und Foto-Archiven hatte. Für das aufwendig illustrierte Booklet (gleicht mehr einem Buch) wurden detaillierte Linernotes zusammengetragen und Interviews mit involvierten Zeitzeugen geführt. Über ein Dutzend unveröffentlichter Songs, u. a. bislang unveröffentlichte Tracks von Otis Redding und Arthur Alexander runden diese Zeitreise in über eine Dekade feinste Soulmusik ab. Für Soul-Fans unerlässlich! Product Information The abbreviation is F-A-M-E, but it could just as easily be S-O-U-L. It's been a full half-century since the recording studio, record company and label originally known as Florence Alabama Music Enterprises established itself and its distinctive sound with the recording of Arthur Alexander's hit "You Better Move On". Since then, FAME Studios and its idiosyncratic founder Rick Hall have spearheaded the Muscle Shoals Sound. FAME became the place where a little-known Alabama backwater became the very crucible of Southern soul, a holy place where musicians, singers, and fans still travel to this day in hopes of experiencing a little of the magic behind so many hits: Rick Hall is an old hand in the music business today, but in the 1960s he was an old hand in the music business. He was more like an enfant terrible in the '60s, with an indomitable will that helped him make it despite almost insurmountable odds, and an eye for detail that bordered on obsession. There have been few truly self-sufficient producers and engineers in the history of popular music, and Hall is foremost among them. Atlantic, Chess, and many other legendary labels flocked to FAME to take advantage of the sound, players, material, and most importantly, the vibe that Rick Hall created. The FAME Studios Story 1961-1973 is an exhaustive three-CD set, the result of a two-year search by the intrepid Ace team into the sacred FAME vault. The result is a full programme of FAME-related recordings due for release on the Ace, Kent and BGP labels in the coming years, but the foundation is this definitive anthology, which focuses on the studio and label's period of greatest glory. It's an open, celebratory survey that, in 75 tracks, highlights artists and recordings that are either acknowledged greats or lesser-known - but no less valuable - entries in the lexicon of soul. The compilation is a virtual Who's Who of '60s soul and includes Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Arthur Conley, Irma Thomas, Joe Tex, Joe Simon, Lou Rawls, Spencer Wiggins and Otis Clay. Fans of deep soul will recognize names like The Blues Busters, Billy Young, Maurice & Mac, Willie Hightower, Bettye Swann, James Govan and many, many more. Special attention is paid to artists closely associated with the Fame label - Candi Staton, Jimmy Hughes and Clarence Carter - as well as its invaluable stable of writers, producers and players, including Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, George Jackson and the Fame Gang. The programme also includes some notable pop hits recorded in the studio by the Osmonds, Tommy Roe and Bobbie Gentry, as well as more obscure recordings by Del Rays, Mark V and Terry & The Chain Reaction. Thanks to unprecedented access to tape and photographic archives, more than a third of the contents of The FAME Studio Story 1961-1973 are new to CD, and of these more than a dozen tracks are completely unreleased - including previously unheard rarities by Otis Redding and Arthur Alexander. The lavishly illustrated 84-page package is saddled with two informative essays and extensive liner notes based on fresh interviews with many of those involved. If you know anything about soul music, you know FAME, which makes The FAME Studio Story 1961-1973 an essential purchase. By Alec Palao()acerecords. co. uk Rezensionen ,,Berühmte Aufnahmen aus dem Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama" (Rolling Stone, März 2012) ,,Dass dieser bis heute als Inbegriff schwarzer Popmusik empfundene Soul in wesentlichen Teilen das Werk weißer (!) Studiomusiker (!!) war, verblüfft durchaus, zeigt in Wahrheit aber, dass beste Musik gern auch farbenblind ist! Die mit einem 84-seitigen Buch im CD-Format liebevoll-grandios aufgemachte Sammlung vereint 75 Diamanten, Perlen & Trüffel. Superhits stehen neben gänzlich Unbekanntem, doch qualitative Unebenheiten sind nicht zu orten." (Good Times, April/May 2012) ,,Am Ende aber sind es die vielen fabelhaften Raritäten, die dieses Set zu einem wunderbaren Füllhorn für alle Liebhaber der Gattung Soul Music machen." (Good Times, April/May 2012). (Stereo, April 2012)

Album spans genres Funk / Soul, Rhythm & Blues and Soul. 3CD Box.