VariousWattstax: The Living Word

Label:

Stax – STS-2-3010

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Stage & Screen

Style:

Soundtrack

Tracklist

A1 The Staple Singers Oh La De Da
Written-ByPhillip Mitchell
4:56
A2 The Staple Singers I Like The Things About Me
Written-ByRoebuck Staples
6:10
A3 The Staple Singers Respect Yourself
Written-ByMack Rice*
4:35
A4 The Staple Singers I'll Take You There
Written-ByAlvertis Isbell
5:25
A5 Eddie Floyd Knock On Wood
Written-BySteve Cropper
3:34
A6 Eddie Floyd Lay Your Loving On Me
Written-ByEddie Floyd
5:05
B1 Carla Thomas I Like What You're Doing To Me
Written-ByRaymond Jackson
3:31
B2 Carla Thomas Gee Whiz
Written-ByCarla Thomas
3:43
B3 Carla Thomas I Have A God Who Loves
Written-ByCarla Thomas
5:09
B4 Rufus Thomas The Breakdown
Written-ByMack Rice*
4:06
B5 Rufus Thomas Do The Funky Chicken
Written-ByRufus Thomas
4:55
B6 Rufus Thomas Do The Funky Penguin
Written-ByTom Nixon
5:50
C1 The Bar-Kays* Son Of Shaft / Feel It
Written-ByWilliam Brown*
11:00
C2 The Bar-Kays* I Can't Turn You Loose
Written-ByOtis Redding
3:59
C3 Albert King Killing Floor
Written-ByChester Burnett
4:00
C4 Albert King I'll Play The Blues For You
Written-ByJerry Beach
5:34
C5 Albert King Angel Of Mercy
Written-ByRaymond Jackson
5:52
D1 The Soul Children* I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To
Written-ByGene Barge
6:49
D2 The Soul Children* Hearsay
Written-ByNorman West
7:28
D3 Isaac Hayes Ain't No Sunshine
Written-ByBill Withers
17:36

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Stax Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Stax Records, Inc.
  • Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △17472
  • Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △17473

Credits

  • Art DirectionWilkes & Braun Inc.
  • Conductor [Musical Conductor]Dale Warren
  • Creative Director [Creative Direction]Ron Gorden
  • Engineer [Recording]William Brown*
  • Mastered ByL. Nix*
  • Photography ByWaldo Nilo
  • ProducerAl Bell
  • Producer, Supervised By [Recording Supervision]Tom Nixon
  • Stage Manager [Staging & Security]Yeah Inc.
  • Supervised By [Recording Supervision]Tom Nixon

Notes

Label variation of original US release (see images). Similar to Various - Wattstax: The Living Word with different text spacing on Album 2.

Gatefold cover. Comes with dedicated picture innersleeves.

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, A-side, hand etched): STXS - 0364-7 SS-0437 - ex - Δ 17472 (3) L NIX
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, hand etched): STXS - 0365-7 SS-0438 - ex - Δ 17472-XLNIX (6)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, C-side, hand etched): STXS - 0362-1 SS-0439 LNIX Δ 17473 (1)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, D-side, hand etched): STXS - 0363-2 SS-0440 STS-2-3010 side 4 Δ 17473 - X (2) 3. PYNES
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped): MR (in a circle)

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Reviews

  • cey103's avatar
    cey103
    im amost certain the bulk of these release dates are wrong. u see, the concert was aug 20, 1972. other sources cite 1/18/73 as the sountrack release date, with 2/4/73 bein the film release date.

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