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Post subject: Re: What mega tournament would you like to see next?
Posted: Thu January 14, 2021 2:18 am
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32050 Location: Buenos Aires
Too much. Too broad. I say we focus on Stax and Motown and set a date limit around the early 70s. There's more than enough songs for a good tournament within those limits. And LMS should run it
Post subject: Re: What mega tournament would you like to see next?
Posted: Thu January 14, 2021 3:57 am
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32222 Location: Where everybody knows your name
tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
Also, to be clear, we're talking about song vs. song tournaments, right? Not drafting teams
I hope it's just song v song. Focusing on the 70s seems smart, Stax broke from Atlantic in '68.
You can't do Stax and not do the 60's. 67-68 was their peak. No Green Onions? No Otis Redding? No Knock on Wood? No Sam & Dave? This is a travesty. You're right Pete.
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Post subject: Re: What mega tournament would you like to see next?
Posted: Thu January 14, 2021 4:30 am
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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32050 Location: Buenos Aires
It would seem to me that a release by the Stax label that is distributed by Atlantic is still a Stax release.
It's actually quite simple: we decide on a date range, and we focus on songs released by either of those two labels during that range (including subsidiaries like Volt). Doesn't matter who owns it, if it was released under the Stax banner then it's fair game. So if it's a Stax release distributed by Atlantic it counts, if it's an Atlantic release outside of Stax it doesn't.
Post subject: Re: What mega tournament would you like to see next?
Posted: Thu January 14, 2021 5:02 am
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32222 Location: Where everybody knows your name
Jorge wrote:
It would seem to me that a release by the Stax label that is distributed by Atlantic is still a Stax release.
It's actually quite simple: we decide on a date range, and we focus on songs released by either of those two labels during that range (including subsidiaries like Volt). Doesn't matter who owns it, if it was released under the Stax banner then it's fair game. So if it's a Stax release distributed by Atlantic it counts, if it's an Atlantic release outside of Stax it doesn't.
So no Aretha? No post-Stax Wilson Pickett?
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Post subject: Re: What mega tournament would you like to see next?
Posted: Thu January 14, 2021 5:09 am
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32050 Location: Buenos Aires
Guys we could do a broader soul tournament but that's such an enormous catalogue of songs and also opens things up to a bunch of other questions about what even counts as soul and what should be included. Which is to say: it would still be neat, but also likely a nightmare to put together and to run
Post subject: Re: What mega tournament would you like to see next?
Posted: Thu January 14, 2021 2:47 pm
The Master
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 46410 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Ok honest answer is that I knew some of the genre’s most beloved artists were on Atlantic. Only last night did I learn about Atlantic’s deal with Stax, and the subsequent split in which Atlantic took some of Stax’s artists.
It should be considered for even a narrowly defined tourney I think.
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