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Originally Posted by Black Dirt  cropper said he mixed that song with tears in his eyes and there was no way he was gonna remix it... i got the "memphis ears" thing from that story - stewart, cropper or dunn said it - can't remember who, but it has stuck with me forever... |
Yes, it's a very touching story! I think I read it in Guralnick's book 'Sweet Soul Music'.
'Dock of the bay' is perfect, such a great song and Cropper's part is genius. There's another great story about that: They did the recording and someone (maybe Jim Stewart?) said 'One note is clashing!' to which Cropper replied 'It was written to clash!' Of course he was refering to his guitar lick on the chorus where he lets a F-sharp note hang over a E chord. Beautiful!
I just love that dry Stax sound, it perfectly suits the music and is totally resistent to changing trends in audio production.