GOLDMINE FALL 2024 ISSUE FEATURING STAX

GOLDMINE FALL 2024 ISSUE FEATURING STAX

Stax invites Goldmine inside its storied legacy, from top to bottom, and insiders — from the Soulsville Foundation, Stax Music Academy and Stax Museum of American Soul Music — tell its grand plans for the future. Includes talks with musicians Booker T. Jones and Bobby Whitlock

Also, Stax legend Steve Cropper has a new album, Friendlytown, and he explains how it revives his roots.

ALSO IN THE FALL 2024 ISSUE:

• Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman, sets a high bar when being involved in a new music release for the masses. The Pumpkins' latest is Aghori Mhori Mei and Corgan tells Goldmine all about it. And he doesn't worry about what the rock critics think. As he explains, "There’s a lot more quality and a lot more music that’s worth listening to than what some hipster tried to tell people in 2004."

• Edward Colver, one of the earliest photographers of L.A.’s punk rock scene, speaks frankly about the music that defined his career, from Black Flag to Dead Kennedys, and more.

• Little Feat’s music is still running strong. Keyboardist Bill Payne lays it all out for Goldmine. 

• Discover Elvis Presley’s ups and downs in Memphis

• Where Are They Now: Chris Montez and Billy J. Kramer share their music memories, especially regarding The Beatles.

• Rolling Stones mega-collector Lawrence Leibowitz talks about finding new vinyl rarities

• Rick Wakeman’s 10 albums that changed his life

• Record Store Recon visits Los Angeles' HeadLine Records

• Brits can do it better when it comes to compilations

Note: Also. for this Fall 2024 print issue, Goldmine has created tributes to Stax Records and punk photographer Edward Colver as collector’s editions — limited-edition bundles with alternate covers and hand-signed professional photo prints. Please check in the Goldmine Shop as quantities are only 200 bundles each.