More than five decades after its groundbreaking, gold-selling release, Craft Recordings has released an audiophile-friendly pressing of "Hot Buttered Soul," Isaac Hayes' genre-redefining 1969 soul ...

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The decision to truncate album tracks for the singles market set a pattern. Follow-up album The Isaac Hayes Movement opened with a just-short of 12-minute cover of “I Stand Accused,” originally a 1964 ...

When Isaac Hayes released “Hot Buttered Soul” in June 1969, not only did it set him on the path to superstardom, but it also crossed the boundaries of soul music in general and helped shape the genre ...