Shaft

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1971
Genre:       Jazz, Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen
Style:         Soul-Jazz, Soundtrack, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk

Comments:
LIGHT HAIRLINES, LIGHT COVERWEAR
 

Notes:

Sonic Recording Products, Inc. pressing denoted by SON etch in runouts.

Second pressing with Enterprise rainbow vinyl labels
Track listing as on back cover, track listing on labels is different
Copies might include inner sleeves promoting new Stax releases
The labels have Roman/Arabic disc numbering (1, II), and the matrix is left-justified. It has a pressing ring about 2.75" in diameter.

Some similar versions with the Enterprise rainbow labels—all of which have prominent text at the bottom of back sleeve: MUSIC FROM THE FILM COURTESY MGM RECORD CORPORATION, which this release does not—are: 
[r4191318 has Arabic disc numbering (1, 2) and the matrix is left-justified.
[r=13163490 has Roman disc numbering (I, II) and the matrix is left-justified.
[r15335763 has labels as above but a narrower pressing ring about 1.5" in diameter.
[r8423808 has Roman/Arabic disc numbering (1, 11), and the matrix is center-justified.

Enterprise Records, A Division of Stax Records, Inc., 98 North Avalon, Memphis, USA
Recorded at Stax Recording Studios, Memphis, Tenn.  
Special thanks to Lester Snell and Tom McIntosh 

 

A1. Theme From Shaft (Vocal) 4:37
A2. Bumpy's Lament 1:49
A3. Walk From Regio's 2:22
A4. Ellie's Love Theme 3:16
A5. Shaft's Cab Ride 1:07
B1. Cafe Regio's 6:09
B2. Early Sunday Morning 3:47
B3. Be Yourself 4:27
B4. A Friend's Place 3:21
C1. Soulsville (Vocal) 3:47
C2. No Name Bar 6:09
C3. Bumpy's Blues 4:01
C4. Shaft Strikes Again 3:04
D1. Do Your Thing (Vocal) 19:38
D2. The End Theme 1:56

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout ES-0297
Matrix / Runout ES-0300
Matrix / Runout ES-0298
Matrix / Runout ES-0299
Matrix / Runout ES-0297 SON K-4802
Matrix / Runout ES-0300 SON MHC K-4805
Matrix / Runout ES-0298 SON MHC K-4803
Matrix / Runout ES-0299 SON MHC K-4804

 

Recorded At Stax Recording Studios
Lacquer Cut At Mastercraft
Record Company Stax Records, Inc.
Pressed By Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Pressed By Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Pressed By Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Pressed By Sonic Recording Products, Inc.

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