Recommended Materials
THEME FROM SHAFT
Original 1971 soundtrack written by Isaac Hayes.
Stax #88002, 1989.
THE COMPLETE STAX./VOLT SINGLES 1959-1968
9-CD set with 244 tracks and a 64 page booklet. Collection features several Porter and Hayes hit songs performed by Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor, Carla Thomas and William Bell.
Atlantic Records # 82218, 1991.
BEST OF SAM AND DAVE
Recordings by Sam Moore and David Prater from 1965-1968. Tracks include the hit recordings of “I Thank You”, “You Don’t Know What You Mean to Me”, “Soul Man”, “and “Hold On, I’m Comin’”. Produced by David Porter and Isaac Hayes.
Atlantic Records # 81279, 1987.
THE STAX STORY
4 disc collection of the hit songs from the Stax label. Tracks include “I Thank You”, “Soul Man”, and “ Shaft.” Album was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.
Stax (USA) #4429, 2000.
ISAAC HAYES: GREATEST LOVE SONGS
12 recordings by Isaac Hayes with guest artist David Porter. Tracks include the Hayes penned compositions “Theme from “Shaft”, “Do Your Thing”, “Theme from “The Men” and “Joy (Part 1)”.
Stax #8515, 1991.
GEE WHIZ
10 recordings by Carla Thomas with Otis Redding. Tracks include the top twenty hit song from 1966, “B-A-B-Y.”
Collectables # 9606, 2005.