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Isaac Hayes — Shaft, Hot Buttered Soul, Black Moses — Triple Release!

by Audiophile Audition | Feb 21, 2018 | Jazz CD Reviews, Special Features

Audiophile Audition is proud to present a three-fold re-release of music by Isaac Hayes… Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul – Enterprise/Stax ENS 1001 (1969)/Craft/Concord Music Group CR00034 (2018) 180-gram stereo vinyl, 45:24 *****: Soul and popular music are re-imagined by Stax veteran on terrific Craft records update. (Isaac Hayes – vocals, keyboards; Marvell Thomas – keyboards; The Bar-kays/Willie Hall – drums; James Alexander – bass; Michael Toles – guitar) Isaac Hayes began his illustrious career as a songwriter and producer for Stax records in the 1960’s He co-wrote (with David Porter) influential hits like “Soul Man”, “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby” and “Hold On, I’m Coming”. After the death of Otis Redding (Stax’s #1 star), the label need a significant lift. This came in the release of the ground-breaking album, Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes in 1969. Soul music was dominated by Motown and the precise, dance-friendly 3 minute single. The success of the label was indisputable, but the timing for something more transformative was imminent. Hayes reinvented soul music (and on a larger scale popular music) with this epic release. There are only four songs on this album and the elongated arrangements (with The Bar-Kays […]