The Changes in Staples

Atlantic got worried by the lack of new product coming from stacks. Carla Thomas had had a couple of R&B hits and they were expecting a new single. But every time Jerry Wexner phone stacks asking where the new single was, he was told it would be coming soon but the equipment was broken. After a couple of weeks of this, Wexner decided something fishy was going on and sent Tom Dowd to investigate. He found when he got there that the equipment was broke and had been for weeks and was a simple fix. The next morning Dowd had the equipment fixed and everyone involved became convinced that Dowd was a miracle worker. Jim Stewart later said, I