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Isaac Hayes

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Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes · 1969

Hot Buttered Soul is a landmark Southern soul album that redefined structure, scale, and authorial control in Black popular music. Recorded across Memphis and Detroit in 1969, it features four extended tracks—including a 12-minute 'Walk On By' and an almost 19-minute 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix'—built on live Hammond organ and vocals, conducted by Hayes while performing, and augmented by Detroit-arranged strings and horns. Its production deployed pre-delay reverb to unify geographically split sessions. It established Hayes as a visionary auteur, not just a performer, and remains foundational to soul, R&B, and film scoring.

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Shaft

Isaac Hayes · 1971

A double-album soundtrack composed by Isaac Hayes for the 1971 film Shaft. Mostly instrumental, written in early 1971 in response to raw footage, recorded over three days, then re-recorded at Stax Studios for richer sound.