Stax ’68: A Memphis Story – 5CD Box Set [Audio CD]

An essential 5 CD collection commemorating a pivotal year for music and human rights in 1968.

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of a pivotal year for Stax Records and for American history: 1968. This period immediately follows the untimely passing of Otis Redding; it’s the year that Stax parted ways with Atlantic Records, and it’s also when Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. This 5-disc CD box set compiles every single, A and B side released on Stax and its subsidiary labels in ’68-over 120 iconic songs from era-defining artists.

Includes a 56-page book with rare and never-before-seen photographs from the Stax archives. Plus liner notes by Memphis and Stax Records historians Andria Lisle, Robert Gordon, and producer Steve Greenberg

Disc 1 – Tracklist:

1. Otis Redding – Dock Of The Bay
2. Otis Redding – Sweet Lorene
3. Sam and Dave – I Thank You