The Best of Shaft

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	You Can’t Even Walk in the Park (Opening Theme)	Johnny Pate		2:33
2	Theme From ‘Shaft’ 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)	Isaac Hayes	3.8	4:38
3	Are You Man Enough?	Four Tops		3:23
4	Cafe Regio’s recording of: Café Regio’s composer: Isaac Hayes publisher: Irving Music, Inc. part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)	Isaac Hayes		5:59
5	Ellie’s Love Theme recording of: Ellie’s Love Theme composer: Isaac Hayes publisher: Irving Music, Inc. part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)	Isaac Hayes		3:15
6	Shaft in Africa (Addis)	Johnny Pate		3:06
7	Aleme Finds Shaft	Johnny Pate		1:36
8	Headman	Johnny Pate		2:18
9	El Jardia	Johnny Pate		3:05
10	Soulsville recording of: Soulsville lyricist and composer: Isaac Hayes part of: Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)	Isaac Hayes		3:48
11	Aleme’s Theme	Johnny Pate		2:19
12	Truck Stop	Johnny Pate		2:19
13	Jazar’s Theme	Johnny Pate		1:36
14	Do Your Thing 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)	Isaac Hayes		19:33
15	Theme From ‘Shaft’ recording engineer: Rudy van Gelder (on 1971-10-11) producer: Bob Porter (American record producer) bass [electric bass]: Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist) (on 1971-10-11) congas: Norman Pride (on 1971-10-11) drums (drum set): Bernard Purdie (on 1971-10-11) electric piano: Neal Creque (on 1971-10-11) tenor saxophone: Willie Bridges (on 1971-10-11) and Charlie Brown (saxophonist) (on 1971-10-11) trumpet: Danny Moore (on 1971-10-11) and Gerry Thomas (on 1971-10-11) recorded at: Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1971-10-11) instrumental cover recording of: Theme From Shaft (Shaft, 1971) (on 1971-10-11) 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)	Bernard "Pretty" Purdie		5:53
16	Are You Man Enough? (End Credits version)	Four Tops		0:45

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/2931624 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00000I8M4 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0000740494 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 076744015228
Format:: CD
Length:: 1:06:07

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation + Soundtrack
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Hip‐O Records
HIPD-40152

Release events

United States
1999-03-09

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