Various - Wattstax: The Living Word
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Singer: | Various |
| Title: | Wattstax: The Living Word |
| Short-info: | Label:
Stax – 2628009
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album Country: France Date of released: 1972 Category: Funk / Soul Style: Soul, Funk |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1263 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1889 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC MMF DMF VQF AU MP3 ASF AUD |
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- 1889 downloads at 43 mb/s
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Tracklist
| A1 | –The Staple Singers | Oh La De Da | 4:56 |
| A2 | –The Staple Singers | I Like The Things About Me | 6:10 |
| A3 | –The Staple Singers | Respect Yourself | 4:35 |
| A4 | –The Staple Singers | I'll Take You There | 5:25 |
| A5 | –Eddie Floyd | Knock On Wood | 3:34 |
| A6 | –Eddie Floyd | Lay Your Loving On Me | 5:05 |
| B1 | –Carla Thomas | I Like What You're Doing To Me | 3:31 |
| B2 | –Carla Thomas | Gee Whiz | 3:43 |
| B3 | –Carla Thomas | O Have A God Who Loves | 5:09 |
| B4 | –Rufus Thomas | The Breakdown | 4:06 |
| B5 | –Rufus Thomas | Do The Funky Chicken | 4:55 |
| B6 | –Rufus Thomas | Do The Funky Penguin | 5:50 |
| C1 | –The Bar-Kays* | Son Of Shaft / Feel It | 11:00 |
| C2 | –The Bar-Kays* | I Can't Turn You Loose | 3:59 |
| C3 | –Albert King | Killing Floor | 4:00 |
| C4 | –Albert King | I'll Play The Blues For You | 5:34 |
| C5 | –Albert King | Angel Of Mercy | 5:52 |
| D1 | –The Soul Children* | I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To | 6:49 |
| D2 | –The Soul Children* | Hearsay | 7:28 |
| D3 | –Isaac Hayes | Ain't No Sunshine | 17:36 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Polydor S.A.
Credits
- Engineer [Recording] – Dave Purple, Pete Bishop, Ray Thompson, Tom Scott , William Brown*
- Producer – Al Bell
- Supervised By [Recording Supervision] – Dave Purple, Tom Nixon
Notes
Gatefold cover. yellow label with blue stax logo.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.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STS-2-3010 | Various | Wattstax: The Living Word (2xLP, Album) | Stax | STS-2-3010 | US | 1972 |
| STS-2-3010 | Various | Wattstax: The Living Word (2xLP, Album) | Stax | STS-2-3010 | Canada | 1972 |
| 2362-031 | Various | Wattstax, The Living Word (2xLP) | Stax | 2362-031 | UK | 1972 |
| STS-2-3010 | Various | Wattstax: The Living Word (2xLP, Album) | Stax | STS-2-3010 | US | 1972 |
| 0888072305205 | Various | Music From The Wattstax Festival & Film (3xCD, Comp, RM) | Stax | 0888072305205 | Europe | 2007 |
