KING FLOYD: (Singing) You make me feel good inside. We knew we had somewhat of a white audience for some of the soul and blues stuff but found out that not a whole lot of folks were making this kind of record for those Black buyers, mostly Black women. WOLF STEPHENSON: We started out with soul and blues artists because that's the kind of music we loved. Here's Malaco co-founder Wolf Stephensen.
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KAHN: At first, the three founders intend to produce and license recordings to other record companies. LASHUN PACE: (Singing) I said that I know I've been changed. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I KNOW I'VE BEEN CHANGED") It's also the largest Black gospel company in the world - bar none. Bowman has now written a history of the Malaco label, an independent record company still in business and still owned and operated by its original founders.īOWMAN: It is one of the longest running independent record label in American music history, longer than Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Chess - all of them. KAHN: Rob Bowman is a music historian known for his definitive account of another great Southern soul label, Stax Records. There should be no important record company in Jackson, Miss. ROB BOWMAN: It's a story that, by right, never should have happened. It's called "The Last Soul Company: The Malaco Records Story." Here's Ashley Kahn.ĪSHLEY KAHN, BYLINE: In 1967, three white men who fell in love with Black music, Tommy Couch, Mitchell Malouf and Wolf Stephenson, opened a recording studio in their hometown of Jackson, Miss. KING: A new book about Malaco comes out today. THE MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR: (Singing) He'll carry you. KING: And these days, Malaco is a powerhouse of gospel music. KING: In the '80s, Malaco shifted to a hybrid of blues and soul.īOBBY BLUE BLAND: (Singing) 'Cause it's members only tonight. Malaco Records is one of the oldest independent record labels in this country.
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