Label: Craft Recordings
Released 2/24/2023
"The Best of Wattstax" celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic WATTSTAX event by bringing together twenty of the best performance from the 1972 L.A. Memorial Coliseum event. Hand-picked by Stax Records the album features live performances from legendary artists including Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Bar-Kays, Kim Weston, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Albert King, Eddie Floyd and more.
Track listing:
- Kim Weston - Lift Every Voice and Sing
- The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
- Louise McCord - Better Get a Move on
- Debra Manning - Precious Lord Take My Hand
- Eric Mercury - I Shall Not Be Moved
- Lee Sain - Them Hot Pants
- William Bell - I Forgot to Be Your Lover
- Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood
- The Temprees - Explain It to Her Mama
- Frederick Knight - I've Been Lonely for So Long
- The Golden 13 - Old Time Religion
- The Rance Allen Group - Lying on the Truth
- David Porter - Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
- The Bar-Kays - I Can't Turn You Loose
- Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
- Albert King - I'll Play the Blues for You
- Rufus Thomas - the Breakdown
- Jesse Jackson - I Am, Somebody
- The Soul Children - Hearsay
- Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft