Various Artists - Stax Does The Beatles Hotwax Cut from the analog source

Cut from the analog source tapes

Produced by Creed Taylor and arranged by Oliver Nelson

we were inspired by There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly and the Family Stone

Am I doing mitzvahs for the right reason

and the contrast with the cool blue-white palette of Light Verse could not be starker

Various Artists - Stax Does The Beatles Hotwax Cut from the analog sourceThe artists at Stax Records were no more immune to the Beatles charm than the rest of the United States. From the mid 1960s onward, numerous Beatles covers were laid down for the label. Available wide on vinyl for the first time, this 8 track LP collection includes vocal and instrumental performances that deliver an eclectic cross section of soulful Beatles covers by legendary Stax Records artists, including Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M. G.s, Isaac