Stax Dies-House Is Born
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A few weeks ago mogger Lester Jonze started a series of excellent posts about the importance of album track order. He's up to track three..check those out.
I feel like the final track of an album has significance. It should, hopefully,point to the future or start a new idea, or make you want more.
Stax records was pretty much dead when Isaac Hayes-Chocolate Chip came out in '75. Corporate shenanigans, record company hardball, and bankruptcy had already shuttered the famous building and Ike recorded this record at his own studio. It being '75 there is a disco vibe running through these proceedings, but there's also the Shaft-eque title tune that cooks. Basically though we have horns,strings,piano,drums and Ike, doing their best to fit in.
Don't be fooled by the Ike you know now. When you talk about important figures in popular music in the last 50 years, MR. Hayes is near the top. He was one of the main architects of soul music and the first artist to explore album length soul records. When he decided to do a disco record he did it on his terms, and I Can't Turn Around is the result.
Now if you know your House music history you know Farley jackmaster Funk and Jesse Saunder's, I Can't Turn Around, is one of the first and most influential tracks of House music..
No suprise to me that the last track off Chocolate Chip might become the blueprint for a music revolution..Isaac Hayes had been down this road before.
So on this Funky Friday please take time to recognize, Ike..they didn't call him Black Moses for nuthin'
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@CODY_B - thanks for the reminder of your post. I see I made a comment when I was 2Serenity. Now, I can say that I appreciated Isaac during his lifetime. I think he worked with Johnny Pate who worked on the Shaft in Africa soundtrack if Isaac Hayes had worked with him. That would be interesting to know. I adore Johnny Pate's work!
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