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Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition. The original Shaft soundtrack reached #1 on Billboard and won a Grammy for Best Film Score, while the "Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original... more

After writing and performing for Stax for years, Hayes broke out as a solo artist with this 1969 #8 smash. This sea of strings, funk and sensual vocals pave the way for '70s soul: his hit versions of... more

Here are the hits and key cuts with which this crucial Stax songwriter/producer rose to fame as a solo star—starting with his 1971 big bang, "Theme from Shaft." That indelible classic joins the... more

Arriving less than four months after Shaft, this 1971 double-LP (which came out on the Stax imprint Enterprise) gave Hayes another Top 10 triumph to savor that year. The originals are excellent, the... more

After writing and performing for Stax for years, Hayes broke out as a solo artist with this 1969 #8 smash. This sea of strings, funk and sensual vocals pave the way for '70s soul: his hit versions of... more

Stax's session man/songwriting phenom struck out on his own in the late '60s, and these are 18 of the cuts that lifted him to R&B eminence. Theme from Shaft and his versions of Walk On By and By the... more

The early '70s "hot buttered soul" that paved the way for disco and Barry White, respectively. Includes Theme from Shaft; By the Time I Get to Phoenix; Walk on By; Never Can Say Goodbye; Do Your... more