HBO Canada has the documentary scheduled same time as in the US on May 20th.  With Crave I also get HBO Canada.  Honestly RA you always seem to think nothing runs here, or runs "eventually".  

I just subscribe to Crave, and receive 4 Crave Channels plus HBO 1 and 2 which is part of the service.  All six stream HBO material but not together.  The HBO programming is also found on Crave's On Demand service.   So the documentary will be in Craves library and available after it runs week by week on HBO to watch whenever you want. 

The first segment of STAX Soulsville USA runs on May 20th HBO Canada and available on Crave on demand.  Between the six channels none of HBO's original material will be missed and the premieres play at the same time as the US channels. since that seems to be so important.

CNN and HBO in the US is owned by Warner Discovery.  CNN constantly runs promos for new HBO series in the US.  All of the promos that CNN runs for HBO programming are also promoted on CTV's channels.  CTV produces their own promos but are promoting the same  HBO programming as CNN. 

Your friends feed of the STAX documentary will also be on HBO Canada at the same time.   

Last edited by paterson1 (May 14, 2024 8:07 am)

The series is running on HBO Canada which is part of Crave's package.  Crave will have it on demand after it runs. 

Yes, I'm aware of that. But when it didn't turn up in the schedules of my many searches, I questioned why it wasn't there. I'm pleased to know Canadians can see this special. It looks great. 

Should have looked there! Not sure if you'll be able to see it Lorne, but as the Oldies Music Board admin, this sounds like something you'd enjoy. 

Speaking of shows worth seeing, this one premiering on Disney+ May 24th looks like a keeper. It's said to be the definitive story of The Beach Boys and the original group members have all cooperated in making the documentary. I don't have Disney+, so I won't see it, but I hope those who do subscribe can report back on whether this one has lived up to the hype. 

In the meantime, it sounds like Fun, Fun, Fun.

"It traces the Beach Boys from their humble beginnings with never-before-seen footage and new interviews with Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine, plus other music luminaries, including Lindsay Buckingham, Janelle Monae and Don Was.

Most poignant are archived comments from late founding members Carl and Dennis Wilson. Carl died in 1998 of lung cancer; Dennis drowned in 1983 at Marina del Rey."

Beach Boys reunite through music, memories

Interesting that Toronto's Rob Bowman hasn't been mentioned yet. He is, after all, an advisor to this doc and did author the most comprehensive book about the topic. Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records.

I haven't seen Steve Cropper's name in any of the coverage either. How can you reputably reflect 1960s Memphis and the Stax Records label without Steve Cropper?

Watched the first episode and recorded #2.  Radio Caroline in the UK was Stax records CKLW. Their artists initially were much more popular in the UK because of the airplay on Caroline.  And sadly, treated better and respected much more as compared to back home. For the first time artists like Sam and Dave could go to any restaurant or stay at any hotel when they toured the UK.

 Episode one was excellent.   The Stax story was very different than Motown, and so was the music. 
 

Last edited by paterson1 (May 21, 2024 9:56 am)

There is another worthy music special in the pipeline, but this one is on streaming only and a service I'm guessing a lot of us don't subscribe to. Paramount+ is debuting a new two-part documentary on a seminal divide in the music industry: the coming of file sharing. It's called "How Music Got Free."

It's about how Napster changed the entire business, affected artists and left ordinary people accused of being thieves. It's from a truly strange duo - Eninem & Lebron James. But if you happen to have this service, the trailer looks good. It debuts online June 11th.