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5.0 out of 5 stars Whew!, Mar 22 2003

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W. Hetfield "Walt Hetfield" (Lewes, DE United States) - See all my reviews
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Probably the greatest box set there is. Out of all the tracks there are only two out and out duds - the Nick Charles ones. What is so amazing about this set is the incredible continuity of quality. Booker T. and the MG's....this truly is their legacy. What fabulous musicians...the tastiest that ever scratched their sound into vinyl. All of the Stax classics are here (Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Bookert T.,Albert King, Bar Kays, etc.) but the real treat are the ones that I was never aware of (William Bell, Mable John, The Astors, Gorgeous George). This is maybe the only huge box seat that is worth the dough.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pam from Detroit, Dec 30 2002

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See, this is why people my age (40ish) and older can't listen to much of today's so called R&B. We grew up listening to the BEST and can't settle for just any barrage of notes scattering across the musical scale. I still play this music today. I think if anyone was able to write songs like these today they would, but that was a one-time golden era and these songs are nuggets. This is the best collection of Stax and if you want it all, this is the one to buy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars R&B History Lesson Will Wear You Out, But Feel Good., Nov 17 2002

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Chris Matthews "nunyuz" (Ridgecrest, CA) - See all my reviews
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This was probably the first or second box set I ever bought & it was a real wake up.

When box sets first came out (1990?), I bought this simply because it LOOKED like something I should know something about and the price was right. I wasn't even sure at the time if I was interested in R&B, being a freak for almost any kind of hard rock. However, I knew that some of my favorite bands like the Pretenders, Buzzcocks, Deep Purple, Zappa, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, and others cited old Stax/Volt R&B as influences. There were songs on here that ZZ Top & the Blues Brothers had covered.
Besides, I was learning guitar at the time, and many of my shred heroes from Kirk Hammett to Stevie Ray Vaughn touted the ever mystical "groove" factor & I wanted to know what that was.

And MY GOD what a huge education this thing was, & it makes you want to dance your ... off like you've got voodoo fever! Rufus Thomas, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & The M.G.s, and of course the majestic Otis Redding with everything you could want out of his dictionary of soul. These people had been blips on my musical radar until I bought this. It seems hard to believe now.

The biggest musical lesson this collection taught me was that happy or emotional romantic music that makes you dance doesn't have to be vapid, pop cotton candy. Simultaneously, it teaches you the history of a very important record label that probably did just as much for the civil rights movement as the marches did. After all, when you get a zillion white kids groovin' to black music, what do you think is going to happen?

This thing is a politial party AND a dance party!

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