Shaft

~ Release by Isaac Hayes (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Tracklist

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▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Theme From Shaft (vocal) producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone and lead vocals: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Theme From Shaft (Shaft, 1971) lyricist and composer: Isaac Hayes publisher: Irving Music, Inc. part of: The 44th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 44) part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)	3.8	4:37
A2	Bumpy’s Lament producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Bumpy’s Lament composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		1:49
A3	Walk From Regio’s producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Walk From Regio's composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		2:22
A4	Ellie’s Love Theme producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Ellie’s Love Theme composer: Isaac Hayes publisher: Irving Music, Inc. part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		3:15
A5	Shaft’s Cab Ride producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Shaft’s Cab Ride composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		1:07
B1	Cafe Regio’s producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Café Regio’s composer: Isaac Hayes publisher: Irving Music, Inc. part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		6:09
B2	Early Sunday Morning producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Early Sunday Morning composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		3:47
B3	Be Yourself producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Be Yourself composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		4:27
B4	A Friend’s Place producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: A Friend’s Place composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		3:21

▼ 12" Vinyl 2
#	Title	Rating	Length
C1	Soulsville (vocal) producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone and lead vocals: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Soulsville lyricist and composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		3:47
C2	No Name Bar producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: No Name Bar composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		6:09
C3	Bumpy’s Blues producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Bumpy’s Blues composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		4:01
C4	Shaft Strikes Again producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Shaft Strikes Again composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		3:04
D1	Do Your Thing (vocal) producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone and lead vocals: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: Do Your Thing lyricist and composer: Isaac Hayes publisher: East/Memphis Music Corp. and Irving Music, Inc. part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		19:38
D2	The End Theme producer: Isaac Hayes bass guitar: James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter) bongos and congas: Gary Jones (percussionist) electric piano: Lester Snell electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone: Isaac Hayes guitar: Charles Pitts and Michael Toles membranophone and tambourine: Willie "Too Big" Hall recording of: The End Theme composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)		1:56

Credits

Release

performer:	The Bar‐Kays

remastered versions:	Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack (deluxe edition) (in 2009)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/534008 [info]
ASIN:	US: B000KNA7CI [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Do Your Thing / Ellie’s Love Theme Theme From Shaft

part of:	Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1972) (order: 48) Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 73) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 212) (order: 273)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/122050 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Isaac-hayes/Shaft [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pzwx [info]
other databases:	http://soundtrackcollector.com/title/2632/ [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/isaac_hayes/shaft_f1/ [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000608481 [info]
Wikidata:	Q914367 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: [none]
Format:: 2×12" Vinyl
Length:: 1:09:29

Additional details

Type:: Album + Soundtrack
Packaging:: Cardboard/Paper Sleeve
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Enterprise Records
ENS 2-5002

Release events

United States
1971-07-02

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