Shaft
The double-album score to the film Shaft: mostly instrumentals, with three vocal pieces including the theme that won an Oscar.
Isaac Hayes, 1971
- Released
- 23 July 1971
- Recorded
- 1971
- Studio
- Stax Studio A, Memphis
- Label
- Enterprise
- Producer
- Isaac Hayes
- Length
- 69:29
- Type
- soundtrack
Track listing
- Theme from Shaft (Vocal Version)4:39
- Bumpy's Lament1:51
- Walk from Regio's2:24
- Ellie's Love Theme3:18
- Shaft's Cab Ride1:10
- Cafe Regio's6:10
- Early Sunday Morning3:49
- Be Yourself4:30
- A Friend's Place3:24
- Soulsville (Vocal Version)3:48
- No Name Bar6:11
- Bumpy's Blues4:04
- Shaft Strikes Again3:04
- Do Your Thing (Vocal Version)19:30
- The End Theme1:56
Personnel
- Isaac Hayes lead vocals, keyboards, lyrics, arrangements
- Johnny Allen rhythm, horn and string arrangements
- J. J. Johnson arrangement on Walk from Regio's
- Pat Lewis backing vocals
- Rose Williams backing vocals
- Telma Hopkins backing vocals
- Lester Snell electric piano
- Charles Pitts guitar
- Michael Toles guitar
- James Alexander bass guitar
- Willie Hall drums
- Gary Jones congas, bongos, percussion
- Richard "Johnny" Davis lead trumpet
- John Fonville flute
- Ron Capone engineer
- Henry Bush engineer
- Bobby Manuel engineer
More from Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul (1969), ...To Be Continued (1970), Black Moses (1971), Live at the Sahara Tahoe (1973)
Sources
- Shaft (Isaac Hayes album), Wikipedia
- Isaac Hayes: Shaft (OST Deluxe Edition), Pitchfork (2009-11-02)
- New Reissue: Isaac Hayes: Shaft, Pitchfork (2009-09-30)
- National Recording Registry descriptions and essays, Library of Congress