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  SX2021Long Player  £13.00
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  Double Vinyl

Label

Fantasy / Stax / Universal Australia Pty. Ltd.

Isaac Hayes

Shaft

back in stock on vinyl of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early '70s 'shaft' certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful isaac hayes was undoubtedly one of the era's most accomplished soul artists with 'the theme from shaft' hayes delivered an anthem just as ambitious and revered as the film itself a song that has only grown more treasured over the years after having been an enormously popular hit at the time of its release soulsville operates effectively as the sort of downtempo ballad hayes was most known for just as the almost 20minute do your thing showcased just how impressive the barkeys had become stretching the song to unseen limits with their inventive funky jamming this album eatures cinematic moments of instrumentation composed and produced by hayes while being performed by the barkays some downtempo others quite jazzy