dhodo
Well-Known Member
Can't go wrong with these or Dictionary of Soul.Dock of the Bay & Otis Blue are my personnal faves.
Can't go wrong with these or Dictionary of Soul.Dock of the Bay & Otis Blue are my personnal faves.
Thank you for asking that.
And I was going to ask about Stax. Are there not any women that could be included? I honestly don't know, it's a legit question. @TCell - you seem pretty knowledgeable about it. Was Stax just not known to have many women artists?
I figured I would clarify before commenting that it appears the only way to include women in anthology is to have one dedicated to the women of a specific label.
I figured I would clarify before commenting that it appears the only way to include women in anthology is to have one dedicated to the women of a specific label.
I figured I would clarify before commenting that it appears the only way to include women in anthology is to have one dedicated to the women of a specific label.
Thank you for asking that.
And I was going to ask about Stax. Are there not any women that could be included? I honestly don't know, it's a legit question. @TCell - you seem pretty knowledgeable about it. Was Stax just not known to have many women artists?
Storf's answer:
storfer
Official VMP Employee2 points·6 minutes ago
- I would argue there are no second tier Eddie Floyd releases.
- The last one we carried in the store, and the other two Stax has plans with. And we already did the Carla Thomas album that would have made the most sense for Classics. Wasn't an intentional thing to do all men, just ended up that way. Where Women of Motown felt like a guiding principle that gave the box set a cohesive form for celebrating Motown, the Stax box is celebrating Stax, which had something like 98% men on its roster. Just sheer odds thing happening, really.
Any individual Otis albums you'd recommend instead of the full box?
Yeah, I can't really fault voldemort for not having women in the Ghostly or Stax box sets when the actual label did nothing to advance women in the industry.
That being said, it would be nice to see voldemort supporting labels that support and actively advance women.
Any individual Otis albums you'd recommend instead of the full box?
Were any women musicians in the ghostly box?
Which labels would that be exactly?
Yeah, I can't really fault voldemort for not having women in the Ghostly or Stax box sets when the actual label did nothing to advance women in the industry.
That being said, it would be nice to see voldemort supporting labels that support and actively advance women.
Which labels would that be exactly?
I'm going to also give the benefit of the doubt to the point of this question.
I'm not in the record issuing business, so I'm not hugely versed on this. I would hope that the people that are in the record issuing business actually do some research on this. Because a very very quick internet search of this revealed the following list from the first hit I visited. And I know this list is not exhaustive. So it seems with very little effort, someone issuing albums would be able to support women.
That is a weak-ass answer from Storf. He's the main guy curating and is the editorial director; he has a say in how things end up.Storf's answer:
storfer
Official VMP Employee2 points·6 minutes ago
- I would argue there are no second tier Eddie Floyd releases.
- The last one we carried in the store, and the other two Stax has plans with. And we already did the Carla Thomas album that would have made the most sense for Classics. Wasn't an intentional thing to do all men, just ended up that way. Where Women of Motown felt like a guiding principle that gave the box set a cohesive form for celebrating Motown, the Stax box is celebrating Stax, which had something like 98% men on its roster. Just sheer odds thing happening, really.
That may be true but that's a bit unfair given the second Stax release Storf did was Carla Thomas which came after an Alice Coltrane Classics selection.