Presenting Isaac Hayes
Studio album by
Isaac Hayes
ReleasedMarch 1968
RecordedJanuary 15–17, 1968
StudioStax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Length30:32
LabelEnterprise, Atlantic
ProducerAlvertis Isbell, Al Jackson, Jr., Donald "Duck" Dunn
Isaac Hayes chronology
Presenting Isaac Hayes
(1968)		 Hot Buttered Soul
(1969)
Reissue cover
Atlantic reissued Presenting Isaac Hayes as In the Beginning in 1972.
Professional ratings
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AllMusic[1]

Presenting Isaac Hayes is the debut studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes. The album was released in 1968, by Enterprise and Atlantic Records. The LP was the first release on Stax Records' Enterprise label; Hayes had for several years served as one of Stax's key songwriters, producers, and studio musicians.

Recorded to appease Stax vice president Alvertis Isbell (Al Bell),[2] Presenting features Hayes recording with Booker T. & the MGs members Al Jackson, Jr. and Donald "Duck" Dunn as a jazz trio. No material was prepared for the sessions, so the three musicians improvised an album's worth of material.[2]

"Precious, Precious", recorded as an 18-minute jazz piece, was edited to under three minutes for release as a single. Both the 45 and the album under-performed, and Hayes would only continue his recording career after Stax lost its entire backlog to Atlantic Records during the process of breaking away from Atlantic. The lack of material necessitated all Stax artists — Hayes included — to record albums for release, resulting in Hayes' successful and groundbreaking Hot Buttered Soul (1969).[2]

Following Hayes' success with Hot Buttered Soul, in 1971 Black Moses and the Shaft soundtrack, Atlantic reissued Presenting Isaac Hayes under the title In the Beginning.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Precious, Precious"Isaac Hayes2:45
2."When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young cover)Edward Heyman, Victor Young3:28
3."Medley: "I Just Want to Make Love to You" / "Rock Me Baby" (Muddy Waters cover / B.B. King cover)Willie Dixon, Riley B. King, Joe Josea9:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Medley: "I'm Going to Chicago Blues" / "Misty" (Johnny Mathis cover)Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke6:45
5."You Don't Know Like I Know"Isaac Hayes, David Porter8:30
1995 CD reissue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Precious, Precious" (long version)Isaac Hayes19:07

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References

  1. ↑ Lindsay Planer. "Presenting Isaac Hayes - Isaac Hayes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "Isaac Hayes | Ultimate Isaac Hayes (Can You Dig It?)". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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