 Shortly after Redding's death, Atlantic Records, distributor of the Stax/Volt releases, was purchased by Warner Bros. Stax was required to renegotiate its distribution deal and was surprised to learn that Atlantic actually owned the entire Stax/Volt catalog.Stax was unable to regain the rights to its recordings and severed its Atlantic relationship.Atlantic also held the rights to all unreleased Otis Redding masters.