A Little Soul Company ... Becomes R&B Hit Factory

The likes of Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones no longer flock to recording studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., to cut their albums. By the end of the 70s, bankruptcy had finished off T.K., a Miami soul music company, as well as Macon, Georgia's Capricorn Records, which once recorded Southern...

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Published inJackson journal of business Vol. 3; no. 12; p. 1
Main Author Pittman, Rebecca
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jackson Jackson Journal of Business 01.05.1987
Subjects
Corporate histories
Couch, Tommy
Executives
Malouf, Mitchell
Music industry
Recording industry
South Central
Stephenson, Gerald
MS
Jackson
US
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Summary:The likes of Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones no longer flock to recording studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., to cut their albums. By the end of the 70s, bankruptcy had finished off T.K., a Miami soul music company, as well as Macon, Georgia's Capricorn Records, which once recorded Southern rock bands like the Allman Brothers and the Dixie Dregs. And virtually all the magic of the "Memphis Sound" was lost by the time a sheriff's auction finally dispersed the few remaining assets of Stax Records, brought down in 1975 by criminally bad management. (excerpt)
ISSN:0885-2677