Wattstax (Ost) (1972)

Product Summary Label: Fantasy/milestone/prestige UPC: 00025218887229 Release Date: 10/9/2006 Buy.com Sku: 210607934 Item#: M4K4YK Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Oh La De Da ~ The Staple Singers ------ 2. I Like the Things About You ~ The Staple Singers ------ 3. Respect Yourself ~ The Staple Singers ------ 4. I'll Take You There ~ The Staple Singers ------ 5. Knock On Wood ~ Eddie Floyd ------ 6. Lay Your Loving On Me ~ Eddie Floyd ------ 7. I Like What You're Doing (To Me) ~ Carla Thomas ------ 8. Gee Whiz! (Look at His Eyes) ~ Carla Thomas ------ 9. I Have A God Who Loves ~ Carla Thomas ------ 10. Breakdown, The ~ Rufus Thomas ------ 11. Do The Funky Chicken ~ Rufus Thomas ------ 12. Do The Funky Penguin ~ Rufus Thomas ------ 13. Son Of Shaft/Feel It ~ The Bar ------ 14. I Can't Turn You Loose ~ The Bar ------ 15. Killing Floor ~ Albert King ------ 16. I'll Play The Blues For You ~ Albert King ------ 17. Angel Of Mercy ~ Albert King ------ 18. I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To ~ Soul Children ------ 19. Hearsay ~ Soul Children ------ 20. Ain't No Sunshine ~ Isaac Hayes ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Son of Shaft/Feel It ~ The Bar ------ 2. I Can't Turn You Loose ~ The Bar ------ 3. Killing Floor ~ Albert King ------ 4. I'll Play the Blues for You ~ Albert King ------ 5. Angel of Mercy ~ Albert King ------ 6. I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To ~ The Soul Children ------ 7. Hearsay ~ The Soul Children ------ 8. Ain't No Sunshine ~ Isaac Hayes ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Additional engineers: Pete Bishop, William Brown, Dave Purple, Tom Scott, Ray Thompson. Recorded live at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, August 20, 1972. Originally released on Stax (3010). Digital remastering by Kirk Felton (1989, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley). Recording information: Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN (08/20/1972); Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (08/20/1972); Muscles Shoals Sound Studios (08/20/1972); Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA (08/20/1972). Wattstax: The Living Word is a two-CD document of the all-day festival of Stax acts in Los Angeles in 1972 contains decent performances by the Staple Singers, Eddie Floyd, the Bar-Kays, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Albert King, the Soul Children and Isaac Hayes. It's not remarkably different from what you'll find on those artists' records, however, and Isaac Hayes does none of his more popular singles, his contribution being limited to a 17-minute cover of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine." Check out the Bar-Kays' outrageous eight-minute soul-rock workout on "Son of Shaft," though, which goes into some Santana-like grooves in the middle; Rufus Thomas launches into three dance novelties in a row ("The Breakdown," "Do the Funky Chicken," and "Do the Funky Penguin"). Note: a couple of these cuts (the Staple Singers' "Oh La De Da" and "Lay Your Loving on Me"), although programmed as if they were recorded live at the event, are actually versions that were re-recorded in the studio. ~ Richie Unterberger Producer: Al Bell   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 01/11/1990 Original Release Date : 1972 Catalog ID : 88007 Label : Stax (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Runtime : 109m : 14s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00025218887229    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...