The Malaco story is one of the greatest, and certainly the most improbable, of any independent record company in the history of American music. Record industry wisdom would suggest that starting a label in Jackson, Mississippi was a losing proposition from the word go. Yet, that is exactly what Tommy Couch, Sr., Mitchell Malouf and Wolf Stephenson decided to do in 1967.
The Last Soul Company chronicles the history of the label and dives into the careers of label artists that include Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bobby Blue Bland, Z.Z. Hill, Little Milton, Johnnie Taylor, James Cleveland, and others. The 200-page volume contains rare photographs with a forward by early rock expert Peter street date: March 23, 2021 Guralnick. MSRP: $39.95 ISBN: 9780578233345 While many record companies struggled with the digital item number: MAL33345 revolution, having acquired Savoy, Onyx, Apollo and hardcover – 192 pages Atlanta International Records over the years Malaco had weight: 4.1 pounds amassed a catalogue that provided the basis for dimensions: 12.25 x 0.75 x 12.25 streaming, sampling and licensing opportunities galore. A half century since its humble beginnings, Malaco remains the longest standing fully independent record company in American music history and is the most important black gospel label in the world. The tiny upstart label that was affectionately dubbed The Last Soul Company in the 1980s has managed to outlast Motown, Atlantic, Chess, Stax, Sun, Ace and all the rest PUBLICITY of the great indi labels that recorded and marketed the majority of great African American music. click for feature
Based on dozens of interviews, in The Last Soul Company Grammy Award winning writer Rob Bowman weaves together the tale of a half century of Malaco soul and gospel productions, discussing the careers and features committed at the hit records of such seminal Malaco-based artists as Aquarium Drunkard, the aforementioned Bobby Blue Bland, Z.Z. Hill and Memphis Commercial Appeal, Record Collector Johnnie Taylor, as well as the Jackson Southernaires, the UK, Flaunt Magazine and Mississippi Mass Choir, the Caravans, Vanessa Bell loads more to follow! Armstrong, LaShun Pace, Rev. F.C. Barnes and dozens of others. In the process, Bowman tells the story of a record company that, against all odds, continues to make black music primarily for black people. New Releases WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8, 2021 SOUL/BOOK MALACO RECORDS STREET DATE: 3/23/2021 ROB BOWMAN THE LAST SOUL COMPANY -The Malaco Records story is one of the most amazing of any independent records company in the history of American Music. -In 1967, Tommy Couch, Sr., Mitchell Malouf & Wolf Stephenson started a humble label and turned it into one of the greatest and most important black gospel labels in the world. -Grammy Award winning writer Rob Bowman discusses the careers and hit records of artists like Bobby Blue Bland, Z.Z. Hill, Johnnie Taylor, the Jackson Southernaires and many more.
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