Presenting Isaac Hayes

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Presenting Isaac Hayes · Presenting Isaac Hayes was in 1968 the first release on Enterprise, a new Stax label. He had been working for Stax for years as a songwriter, producer and session musician. To keep Al Bell happy he recorded an album as a jazz trio, together with Al Jackson Jr. and Donald Duck Dunn of Booker T. & the MGs. No material had been prepared, so the three improvised an album together. It has therefore been called a jam session on record.

Precious, Precious was recorded as a nineteen-minute piece and cut down to under three minutes for the single. Single and album did little commercially. He then had to make a new album, and that became Hot Buttered Soul. After that success, Atlantic reissued the record as In the Beginning. The Rolling Stone Album Guide calls it a bluesy after-hours jam session.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Precious, Precious2:42Apple Music ↗
2. 2When I Fall In Love3:33Apple Music ↗
3. 3Medley: I Just Want To Make Love To You/Rock Me Baby9:01Apple Music ↗
4. 4Medley: Going To Chicago Blues/Misty9:45Apple Music ↗
5. 5You Don't Know Like I Know8:32Apple Music ↗
6. 6Precious, Precious (Long Version)19:08Apple Music ↗

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