Essential Albums

Original Release Date:  November 8, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. Walk On By
• 2. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
• 3. One Woman
• 4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
• 5. Walk On By [Single Edit] [Edit][*]
• 6. By the Time I Get to Phoenix [Single Edit] [Edit][*]
• 7. Never Can Say Goodbye
• 8. (They Long to Be) Close to You
• 9. Nothing Takes the Place of You
• 10. Man's Temptation
• 11. Part-Time Love
• 12. Medley: Ike's Rap IV/A Brand New Me
• 13. Going in Circles
• 14. Never Gonna Give You Up
• 15. Medley: Ike's Rap II/Help Me Love
• 16. Need to Belong to Someone
• 17. Good Love
• 18. Medley: Ike's Rap III/Your Love Is So Doggone Good
• 19. For the Good Times
• 20. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
• 21. Theme from Shaft
• 22. Bumpy's Lament
• 23. Walk from Regio's
• 24. Ellie's Love Theme
• 25. Shaft's Cab Ride
• 26. Café Regio's
• 27. Early Sunday Morning
• 28. Be Yourself
• 29. A Friend's Place
• 30. Soulsville
• 31. No Name Bar
• 32. Bumpy's Blues
• 33. Shaft Strikes Again
• 34. Do Your Thing
• 35. The End Theme
• 36. Theme from Shaft [2009 Mix] [*]

Credits

• Kris Kristofferson: Composer
• Clifton Davis: Composer
• Curtis Mayfield: Composer
• Leonard Feather: Quotation Author
• Bob Smith: Photography
• Clay Hammond: Composer
• Burt Bacharach: Composer
• Terry Manning: Engineer
• Jimmy Webb: Composer
• Johnny Allen: Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• The Bar-Kays: Rhythm Section
• Al Bell: Producer
• Bill Belmont: Project Assistant
• William Brown: Engineer, Audio Engineer
• Henry Bush: Engineer, Audio Engineer
• Ron Capone: Remixing, Audio Engineer
• Bob Fisher: Mixing, Remastering
• Isaac Hayes: Organ, Piano, Arranger, Composer, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Producer, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Quotation Author
• Willie Hall: Drums, Tambourine
• Ronald Hudson: Bass
• J.J. Johnson: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Gary Jones: Bongos, Conga
• Sidney Kirk: Piano
• Pat Lewis: Arranger
• Bobby Manuel: Engineer
• Nick Phillips: Project Assistant
• Dave Purple: Engineer, Remixing, Audio Engineer
• Lester Snell: Piano (Electric)
• Marvell Thomas: Producer
• Michael Toles: Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Dale Warren: Arranger
• Daryl Williams: Engineer, Editing, Audio Engineer
• Eddie Marion: Audio Engineer
• James Alexander: Bass
• Bill Dahl: Liner Notes
• Larry Shaw: Creative Director
• Ed Wolfrum: Engineer
• David Krieger: Art Direction
• Abbey Anna: Project Assistant
• Joel Brodsky: Photography
• Honeya Thompson: Art Direction
• Rikka Arnold: Project Assistant, Editorial
• Jimmy Hole: Design, Reissue Package Design
• Ashley Kahn: Liner Notes
• Onzie Horne: Copyist
• Chris Clough: Reissue Producer
• Jim James: Liner Notes
• Tony Seiniger: Cover Design
• Jennifer Peters: Project Assistant
• Charles "Skip" Pitts: Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Isbell: Composer
• Christopher Whorf: Cover Design
• Allen Jones: Producer
• Russ Terrana Jr.: Remixing
• Mickey Gregory: Copyist