But ironically, Malaco would still be in business long after Stax’s 1975 demise, and it would continue to favor classic soul long after most labels had moved away from it. The Jackson, MS-based Malaco, like the Memphis-based Stax, focused mainly on deep-fried Southern soul in the beginning - only in 19, Malaco was a struggling young operation that was fighting to stay afloat. When Malaco Records started out in the late 1960s, the label that small Southern R&B companies looked up to was Stax. Great Request! The Last Soul Company: Malaco, A Thirty Year Retrospective
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