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Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It?
Isaac Hayes' 1969 solo debut Hot Buttered Soul set a soulful tone for the decade that followed, influencing innumerable artists and turning on a more conventional audience to the genre. Therefore it comes as no surprise that three quarters of that record are included on this compilation from his 1968-?77 Stax Records resume (though they are heavily edited to fit the 32-song, two-CD format). Renowned as one of his generation's greatest songwriters and arrangers, Hayes punctuates his creations with hints of r&b, funk, jazz and soul. Examples here include the indelible "Theme From Shaft," a funked-up cover of Burt Bacharach's and Hal David's "The Look of Love," the slow-grooving "Do Your Thing" and a previously unreleased gospel standard, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." The inspired packaging includes a four-track DVD that features a trio of Hayes' performances from the 1972 WATTSTAX Festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum--providing as much evidence of the magnitude of Hayes' esteem as this starter set for anyone seeking an introduction to a legendary artist. --Scott Holter
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Tracks| 1 | Theme from Shaft | | 2 | Precious, Precious | | 3 | Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic | | 4 | Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) | | 5 | Never Can Say Goodbye | | 6 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | | 7 | Soulsville | | 8 | Wonderful | | 9 | Help Me Love | | 10 | Need to Belong to Someone | | 11 | Good Love | | 12 | Look of Love | | 13 | Do Your Thing | | 14 | For the Good Times | | 15 | I Stand Accused | | 16 | Walk on By | | 17 | Joy, Pt. 1 | | 18 | His Eye Is on the Sparrow [#] | | 19 | Brand New Me [#] | | 20 | If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right) [#] | | 21 | Someone Made You for Me | | 22 | Baby I'm-A Want You | | 23 | Let's Stay Together | | 24 | Theme from The Men | | 25 | I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) | | 26 | Title Theme from Three Tough Guys | | 27 | Run Fay Run | | 28 | Chocolate Chip | | 29 | Come Live with Me | | 30 | Disco Connection | | 31 | Rock Me Easy Baby, Pt. 1 | | 32 | Medley: By the Time I Get to Phoenix/I Say a Little Prayer | | 33 | Rolling Down a Mountainside [Bonus DVD][Live][*] | | 34 | Theme from Sharft [Bonus DVD][Live][*] | | 35 | Soulsville [Bonus DVD][Live][*] | | 36 | Chocolate Salty Balls [Bonus DVD][*] |
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