DESCRIPTION
Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Upon it's release in the summer of 1971, Shaft became the first double album of original studio material released by an R&B artist. The album peaked at #1 on The Billboard 200 chart, and spent sixty weeks on the chart despite Stax bootlegging their own album. In a long career full of triumphs as a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor and soul-music visionary, Shaft was the pinnacle for Hayes. The theme shot to #1, the album hit #1 and stayed on the pop charts for well over a year and the sound of it all not only defined blaxploitation, but also helped usher in the sound of the '70s. It's still a powerful experience, one that's best served here: Theme from Shaft and the hit Do Your Thing join Ellie's Love Theme, No Name Bar, Soulsville, Café Regio's, and the rest of this essential classic.
Tracks
- Side 1 -
1 Theme from Shaft
2 Bumpy's Lament
3 Walk from Regio's
4 Ellie's Love Theme
5 Shaft's Cab Ride
- Side 2 -
1 Cafe Regio's
2 Early Sunday Morning
3 Be Yourself
4 A Friend's Place
- Side 3 -
1 Soulsville
2 No Name Bar
3 Bumpy's Blues
4 Shaft Strikes Again
- Side 4 -
1 Do Your Thing
2 The End Theme
Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Upon it's release in the summer of 1971, Shaft became the first double album of original studio material released by an R&B artist. The album peaked at #1 on The Billboard 200 chart, and spent sixty weeks on the chart despite Stax bootlegging their own album. In a long career full of triumphs as a singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor and soul-music visionary, Shaft was the pinnacle for Hayes. The theme shot to #1, the album hit #1 and stayed on the pop charts for well over a year and the sound of it all not only defined blaxploitation, but also helped usher in the sound of the '70s. It's still a powerful experience, one that's best served here: Theme from Shaft and the hit Do Your Thing join Ellie's Love Theme, No Name Bar, Soulsville, Café Regio's, and the rest of this essential classic.
Tracks
- Side 1 -
1 Theme from Shaft
2 Bumpy's Lament
3 Walk from Regio's
4 Ellie's Love Theme
5 Shaft's Cab Ride
- Side 2 -
1 Cafe Regio's
2 Early Sunday Morning
3 Be Yourself
4 A Friend's Place
- Side 3 -
1 Soulsville
2 No Name Bar
3 Bumpy's Blues
4 Shaft Strikes Again
- Side 4 -
1 Do Your Thing
2 The End Theme