Great News!! Thanks Jack for sharing!
Back in the old days, I mean the REALLY old days, there was an expression "23 Skiddo." I have no earthly idea what it meant or how it was used.
So comparing that to this current news, I say "23 CD" and that is good enough for me! In other words, Keep 'Em Coming!!!!
This album brings back such memories for me. I remember a favorite aunt buying it for me and wishing that I could see the film. Unfortunately, that didn't happen for many years.
A while back, ACE released a 3-cd set of performances from the concert, many unreleased. There was also a cd released of Johnny Taylor's set at the Summit club. But I am really looking forward to this new set. It would be nice if they did some promotion for it with the acts that we are blessed to still have with us, like Mavis Staples, Carla Thomas, William Bell, and Kim Weston.
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And according to this news from Best ClassicBands.com, there's an even larger Wattstax collection on the way.
Stax Records and Craft Recordings have announced the release of multiple new titles paying homage to the iconic 1972 Wattstax Benefit Concert that took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The massive sets, Sould Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection and Wattstax: The Complete Concert, will be released on Feb. 24, 2023.
From the Dec. 7 announcement: Created in conjunction with the annual Watts Summer Festival to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts uprising in Los Angeles, the Aug. 20, 1972, Wattstax benefit concert was attended by more than 100,000 people. It featured performances from Stax Records most popular artists of the time, including, but not limited to, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas and The Bar-Kays. These releases are the first complete audio collections of what Wattstax creator and then-President of Stax Records, Al Bell, calls the most jubilant celebration of African American music, culture, and values in American history.
Sould Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection is a 12-CD box set featuring the complete 1972 L.A. Memorial Coliseum concert plus recordings from the Summit Club, including 31 previously unreleased tracks across the collection. These recordings are housed in a folio with a 76-page, full-color book featuring an introduction by Bell, and new essays by Rob Bowman and A. Scott Galloway. A previously unreleased version of the iconic soul funk anthem Theme From Shaft by the legendary Isaac Hayes from his headline set at Wattstax was released in advance of the set.
Wattstax: The Complete Concert includes the full L.A. Memorial Coliseum concert and is available on both 6CD and 10LP formats. In addition to musical performances, it features all the speeches and other stage banter from the event, including event MC, the Rev. Jesse Jacksons often referenced I Am Somebody speech. Both formats of this collection include the full-color book with introduction by Wattstax creator Al Bell, and essays by Rob Bowman and A. Scott Galloway that is also included in Sould Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection.
In addition, 1 CD title, The Best of Wattstax, brings together a handpicked selection of twenty of the best musical performances from the Wattstax concert. Including performances by Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Bar-Kays, Kim Weston, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Albert King, Eddie Floyd and more, and serves as a great introduction to the event and the many iconic artists that it featured.
Newly cut from the original analog tapes, reissues of the two original soundtrack albums Wattstax: The Living Word and The Living Word: Wattstax 2which feature highlights from the concert and subsequent documentary filmwill also each be reissued on 2-LP formats on the same date.
Pre-order Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection at Amazon US-
Various Artists - Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection [12 CD Box Set] - Amazon.com Music
And here's the official trailer for the collection.
Sould Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection 12-CD Tracklist
DISC 1
Dale Warren & The Wattstax 72 Orchestra Salvation Symphony
Kim Weston The Star Spangled Banner*
Tommy Jacquette & Jesse Jackson Opening announcements
Kim Weston Lift Every Voice and Sing
Melvin Van Peebles Were here to consecrate, not desecrate
The Staple Singers Heavy Makes You Happy [Sha-Na-Boom-Boom]
The Staple Singers Are You Sure
The Staple Singers I Like the Things About Me
The Staple Singers Respect Yourself
The Staple Singers Ill Take You There
DISC 2
Tommy Jacquette & Richard Roundtree Wattstax Day proclamation
Jimmy Jones Somebody Bigger Than You and I
Louise McCord Better Get a Move On
Deborah Manning Precious Lord Take My Hand
Eric Mercury I Shall Not Be Moved*
Freddie Robinson At the Drive-In*
Lee Sain Them Hot Pants
Ernie Hines What Would I Do*
Little Sonny Wade in the Water
William Bell I Forgot to Be Your Lover
The Newcomers Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Eddie Floyd Knock on Wood
The Temprees Explain It to Her Mama
Frederick Knight Ive Been Lonely for So Long
The Golden 13 Old Time Religion
William Bell Al Bell Award presentation
The Rance Allen Group Lying on the Truth
The Rance Allen Group Up Above My Head
DISC 3
William Bell David Porter introduction
The David Porter Show Introduction
David Porter Aint That Loving You [For More Reasons Than One]
David Porter Cant See You When I Want To
David Porter Reach Out and Touch [Somebodys Hand]
William Bell The Bar-Kays introduction
The Bar-Kays Son of Shaft/Feel It
The Bar-Kays In the Hole
The Bar-Kays I Cant Turn You Loose
William Bell Tommy Tate introduction
Tommy Tate I Remember*
William Bell Please move back to the stands
Tommy Tate Help Me Love*
Tommy Tate School of Life*
DISC 4
William Bell & John Kasandra Carla Thomas introduction
Carla Thomas Pick Up the Pieces
Carla Thomas I Like What Youre Doing [To Me]
Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y
Carla Thomas Gee Whiz
Carla Thomas I Have a God Who Loves
John KaSandra Albert King introduction
Albert King Match Box Blues
Albert King Got to Be Some Changes Made
Albert King Ill Play the Blues for You
Albert King Killing Floor
Albert King Angel of Mercy
John KaSandra Rufus Thomas introduction
John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas Rufus Thomas entrance
Rufus Thomas The Breakdown
John KaSandra & Rufus Thomas Kindly go back to your seats
DISC 5
Rufus Thomas Do the Funky Chicken
Rufus Thomas Do the Funky Penguin
Jesse Jackson I Am, Somebody
The Soul Children I Dont Know What This World Is Coming To
The Soul Children Hearsay
John KaSandra, Fred Williamson & Jesse Jackson Let us stand and raise our fists together
Billy Eckstine If I Can Help Somebody*
Billy Eckstine There is a curfew here
DISC 6
Jesse Jackson Isaac Hayes introduction
Isaac Hayes Theme From Shaft [Version 1] *
Isaac Hayes Theme From Shaft [Version 2]
Isaac Hayes Soulsville
Isaac Hayes Never Can Say Goodbye
Isaac Hayes Part-Time Love*
Isaac Hayes Your Love Is So Doggone Good
Isaac Hayes Aint No Sunshine/Lonely Avenue
Isaac Hayes I Stand Accused
Jesse Jackson Let everybody stand and join hands
Jimmy Jones If I Had a Hammer
DISC 7: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB [September 23, 1972]
Rufus Thomas Rufus Thomas introduction*
Rufus Thomas Comedy Set*
Rufus Thomas Night Time Is the Right Time*
DISC 8: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB [September 23, 1972]
Rufus Thomas Johnnie Taylor introduction
Johnnie Taylor Take Care of Your Homework [Set 1]
Johnnie Taylor Little Bluebird [Set 1]
Johnnie Taylor Steal Away [Set 1]
Johnnie Taylor I Dont Wanna Lose You [Set 1]
Johnnie Taylor Jodys Got Your Girl and Gone [Set 1] *
Johnnie Taylor Whos Making Love [Set 2]
Johnnie Taylor Hello Sundown [Set 2]
Johnnie Taylor Steal Away [Set 2]
Johnnie Taylor Stop Doggin Me [Set 2]
Johnnie Taylor Jodys Got Your Girl and Gone [Set 2]
DISC 9: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB [September 29, 1972]
Sons Of Slum Think [About It] *
Sons Of Slum Respect*
Sons Of Slum The Man*
Sons Of Slum Papa Was a Rollin Stone/Dance to the Music/Music Lover/I Want to Take You Higher*
The Emotions So I Can Love You
The Emotions Blind Alley*
The Emotions Introductions
The Emotions Show Me How
The Emotions When Tomorrow Comes*
The Emotions I Could Never Be Happy*
DISC 10: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB [October 4, 1972]
Little Milton Open the Door to Your Heart
Little Milton Let Me Down Easy
Little Milton Grits Aint Groceries [All Around the World]
Little Milton Blind Man
Little Milton I Cant Quit You Baby
Little Milton Thats What Love Will Make You Do
Little Milton Walking the Back Streets and Crying
DISC 11: LIVE AT THE SUMMIT CLUB [October 4, 1972]
Mel & Tim Introduction*
Mel & Tim Warm It Up*
Mel & Tim Just My Imagination [Running Away With Me] *
Mel & Tim Groovy Situation*
Mel & Tim Good Guys Only Win in the Movies*
Mel & Tim Backfield in Motion/Starting All Over Again*
Mel & Tim Friendship Train*
DISC 12: ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS
The Emotions Peace Be Still [Rehearsal]*
The Emotions Peace Be Still [Take 1]*
The Emotions Peace Be Still [Take 2]
Isaac Hayes Rolling Down a Mountainside
Isaac Hayes Rolling Down a Mountainside [Alternate Version] *
The Staple Singers Oh La De Da
Eddie Floyd Lay Your Loving on Me
The Dramatics Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Mel & Tim I May Not Be What You Want
Richard Pryor Saturday Night/Blue Note, Backroom
Richard Pryor Arrest/Line-Up
Richard Pryor Niggers
Richard Pryor Negroes
Richard Pryor Handshake
Richard Pryor Wino Get a Job
I’ll be getting this
already have the 3 disc version
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