Wattstax: The Living Word, by Various Artists

Wattstax: The Living Word

by Various Artists

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1.	The Staple Singers - Oh La De Da (Live At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios) 04:56	info	buy track
2.	The Staple Singers - I Like The Things About You (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 06:10	info	buy track
3.	The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 04:35	info	buy track
4.	The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 05:25	info	buy track
5.	Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 03:34	info	buy track
6.	Eddie Floyd - Lay Your Loving On Me (Live At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios) 05:05	info	buy track
7.	Carla Thomas - I Like What You're Doing (To Me) (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 03:31	info	buy track
8.	Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 03:43	info	buy track
9.	Carla Thomas - I Have A God Who Loves (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 05:09	info	buy track
10.	Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 04:06	info	buy track
11.	Rufus Thomas - Do The Funky Chicken (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 04:55	info	buy track
12.	Rufus Thomas - Do The Funky Penguin (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 05:50	info	buy track
13.	The Bar-Kays - Medley: Son Of Shaft / Feel It (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 11:00	info	buy track
14.	The Bar-Kays - I Can't Turn You Loose (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 03:59	info	buy track
15.	Albert King - Killing Floor (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 04:00	info	buy track
16.	Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 05:34	info	buy track
17.	Albert King - Angel Of Mercy (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 05:52	info	buy track
18.	The Soul Children - I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 06:49	info	buy track
19.	The Soul Children - Hearsay (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 07:28	info	buy track
20.	Isaac Hayes - Ain't No Sunshine (Live At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / 1972) 17:36	info	buy track

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In the summer of 1972, Stax Records had an idea that was larger than life. Stax’s co-owner, Al Bell, had wanted to expand the soul label’s West Coast presence and develop its Stax Films arm. The ideal way to do both was to stage the biggest soul concert in history — termed by one former staff member “the black Woodstock” — right in the center of South Central Los Angeles, a vast portion of which had been destroyed by fire in the Watts Riots. The concert, called Wattstax, proved a crowning moment for Stax as 112,000 people united at the Los Angeles Coliseum in a spirit of joy, pride and celebration. The resultant movie was a blockbuster and plays to this date in many music film festivals. And now the original two-LP soundtrack has been expanded to three CDs, including material from the original Wattstax album (which sold seven million copies in the SoundScan era alone) as well as from its sequel, Wattstax: The Living Word, along with samplings from Wattstax-related individual artist albums released in 1972-73.

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released January 1, 1972

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The STAX RECORDS story is an indispensable chapter in American musical history. Amid the civil rights-era racial strife and deep-seated tensions of the late '50s and '60s, Stax fundamentally shaped American soul music, spawning the careers of legends such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the MG's, The Staple Singers, Albert King and William Bell, just to name a few. ... more

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