Shaft: Deluxe Edition (2-CD) Music CD

Details

A landmark album released by Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays at the height of their powers in 1971, Shaft not only resulted in an Oscar win for Hayes, but launched the wah-wah workout and #1 smash-hit, “Theme from Shaft” into cultural ubiquity. Its legacy transcends time as not only one of the most lasting and most successful Blaxploitation albums of all time, but one of the most essential, career-defining moments of Isaac Hayes’ accomplished career.

The two-CD collection will offer the newly remastered, classic soundtrack—as originally released in 1971—plus all of the original music from the film, which did not appear on the best-selling album. This deluxe set combines the soundtrack and the score in a bundle for the first time ever.

Tracklist

Disc 1 – Original Soundtrack

1. Theme From Shaft (4:40)
2. Bumpy’s Lament (1:49)
3. Walk From Regio’s (2:22)
4. Ellie’s Love Theme (3:15)
5. Shaft’s Cab Ride (1:07)
6. Café Regio’s (6:09)
7. Early Sunday Morning (3:47)
8. Be Yourself (4:27)
9. A Friend’s Place (3:21)
10. Soulsville (3:47)
11. No Name Bar (6:09)
12. Bumpy’s Blues (4:01)
13. Shaft Strikes Again (3:04)
14. Do Your Thing (19:31)
15. The End Theme (1:56)
 
Disc 2 – Film Score

1. Theme From Shaft [Film Version] (4:34)
2. Shaft’s First Fight (1:46)
3. Reel 2 Part 2 / Cat Oughta Be Here (1:43)
4. Bumpy’s Lament [Film Version] (1:44)
5. Soulsville [Film Version] (3:32)
6. Ellie’s Love Theme [Film Version] (3:23)
7. Shaft’s Cab Ride [Film Version] / Shaft Enters Building (1:38)
8. I Can’t Get Over Losin’ You (2:06)
9. Reel 4 Part 6 (1:37)
10. Reel 5 Part 1 (1:35)
11. A Friend’s Place [Film Version] (1:44)
12. Bumpy’s Blues [Film Version] (3:05)
13. Bumpy’s Lament (Reprise) [Film Version] (1:32)
14. Early Sunday Morning [Film Version] (3:05)
15. Do Your Thing [Film Version] (3:21)
16. Be Yourself [Film Version] (1:54)
17. No Name Bar [Film Version] (2:28)
18. Shaft Strikes Again [Film Version] / Return Of Shaft (1:36)
19. Café Regio’s [Film Version] (4:23)
20. Walk From Regio’s [Film Version] (2:27)
21. Shaft’s Pain (3:03)
22. Rescue / The End Theme [Film Version] (10:44)

Features

• 2 CD Softpack bundle with booklet
• Extensive liner notes by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
• Features newly remastered versions of all songs