REAL SOUL / Artists revive the intense spirit of Stax Records

ATLANTA A genuine irony of the first Stax Records reunion was EddieFloyd introducing the Easter Sunday show with a gentle cover of"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay." A gleaming black-and-whiteportrait of a smiling Otis Redding eased down from above the stagejust before Floyd sang:

"Looks like nothing's gonna' change

"Everything remains the same.

"I can't do what 10 people tell me to do. . ."

The real soul of Stax will always be sung in the shadows.

That remains so, despite the possibility of a Stax reunion tourhitting the the road this summer, the release of new albums fromEddie Floyd, William Bell and Isaac Hayes, and the Fantasy …