Sunday, May 15, 2016

Isaac Hayes:

The Isaac Hayes Movement:(1970)

Black Moses:(1971)

Isaac Hayes was an iconic figure for a brief shining moment in his absurd gold chain vest, and beautiful bald head, then popular music shifted as it's oft to do, and he became a self parodying comedic figure. From Black Moses to Chef. Personally I thought his best songs were written before he became "Isaac Hayes", back when he was just a songwriting partner for David Porter churning out songs like: Soul Man, Hold On I'm Coming, B-A-B-Y, I Thank You, and When Something Is Wrong With My Baby. I was always a little perplexed as to why his solo albums were mostly covers. He reimagined them into these impressive slow groove things, couldn't he have just written his own?Anyway, these two pieces of vinyl come from the heyday of Isaac Hayes being Isaac Hayes, complete with the big four foot foldout album cover for Black Moses.  



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