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Various ‎– Wattstax: The Living Word - VG+ 2 LP Record 1972 Stax USA Vinyl - Soul / Funk / Gospel / Blues
Various ‎– Wattstax: The Living Word - VG+ 2 LP Record 1972 Stax USA Vinyl - Soul / Funk / Gospel / Blues
Various ‎– Wattstax: The Living Word - VG+ 2 LP Record 1972 Stax USA Vinyl - Soul / Funk / Gospel / Blues

Various ‎– Wattstax: The Living Word - VG+ 2 LP Record 1972 Stax USA Vinyl - Soul / Funk / Gospel / Blues

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Various – Wattstax: The Living Word


Label: Stax – STS-2-3010
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Monarch Press, Gatefold
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Soul, Funk, Gospel, Electric Blues

Tracklist


A1 The Staple Singers– Oh La De Da
Written-By – Phillip Mitchell
4:56
A2 The Staple Singers– I Like The Things About Me
Written-By – Martha Stubb*, Roebuck Staples
6:10
A3 The Staple Singers– Respect Yourself
Written-By – Luther Ingram, Mack Rice*
4:35
A4 The Staple Singers– I'll Take You There
Written-By – Alvertis Isbell
5:25
A5 Eddie Floyd– Knock On Wood
Written-By – Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper
3:34
A6 Eddie Floyd– Lay Your Loving On Me
Written-By – Eddie Floyd
5:05
B1 Carla Thomas– I Like What You're Doing To Me
Written-By – Bettye Crutcher, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
3:31
B2 Carla Thomas– Gee Whiz
Written-By – Carla Thomas
3:43
B3 Carla Thomas– I Have A God Who Loves
Written-By – Carla Thomas
5:09
B4 Rufus Thomas– The Breakdown
Written-By – Eddie Floyd, Rufus Thomas, Mack Rice*
4:06
B5 Rufus Thomas– Do The Funky Chicken
Written-By – Rufus Thomas
4:55
B6 Rufus Thomas– Do The Funky Penguin
Written-By – Jo Bridges, Rufus Thomas, Mack Rice*, Tom Nixon
5:50
C1 The Bar-Kays*– Son Of Shaft / Feel It
Written-By – Allen Jones*, Homer Banks, William Brown*
11:00
C2 The Bar-Kays*– I Can't Turn You Loose
Written-By – Otis Redding
3:59
C3 Albert King– Killing Floor
Written-By – Chester Burnett
4:00
C4 Albert King– I'll Play The Blues For You
Written-By – Jerry Beach
5:34
C5 Albert King– Angel Of Mercy
Written-By – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
5:52
D1 The Soul Children*– I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To
Written-By – Gene Barge
6:49
D2 The Soul Children*– Hearsay
Written-By – John Colbert, Norman West
7:28
D3 Isaac Hayes– Ain't No Sunshine
Written-By – Bill Withers
17:36

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Stax Records, Inc.
  • Copyright © – Stax Records, Inc.
  • Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – Δ17472
  • Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – Δ17473

Credits

  • Art Direction – Wilkes & Braun Inc.
  • Conductor [Musical Conductor] – Dale Warren
  • Creative Director [Creative Direction] – Larry Shaw, Ron Gorden
  • Engineer [Recording] – Dave Purple, Pete Bishop, Ray Thompson, Tom Scott (7), William Brown*
  • Mastered By – L. Nix*
  • Photography By – Howard Bingham, Roland Charles, Waldo Nilo
  • Producer – Al Bell
  • Producer, Supervised By [Recording Supervision] – Tom Nixon
  • Stage Manager [Staging & Security] – Melvin Van Peebles, Yeah Inc.
  • Supervised By [Recording Supervision] – Dave Purple, Tom Nixon

Notes

Monarch pressing variant of original release.

Has a different text layout on the labels than the other
similar versions have.

Issued in a gatefold sleeve.
Inner sleeves depict other releases in the Stax catalog.

Recorded live at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, August 20, 1972, except "Oh La De Da" & "Lay Your Loving On Me" re-recorded at Paramount Studios, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios & Ardent Studios.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SS-0437
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SS-0438
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C Label): SS-0439
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D Label): SS-0440
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped logo, all sides): (MR)

Tags: Blues, Electric blues, Funk, Funk / soul, Gospel, Soul, Soundtrack, Stax records, Various, Various artists, Wattstax: the living word