Isaac Hayes Movement - Disco Connection (1975) - €7,99

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and producer. Hayes was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. 

Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Disco Connection is the eighth studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes. The album, credited to his backing band, The Isaac Hayes Movement, was released in 1975. The album debuted at number 85 on the Billboard 200.

Appearing under the aegis of Isaac Hayes Movement, 1975's instrumental Disco Connection was sandwiched in between the mightily successful Chocolate Chip and the tongue-in-cheeky Groove-a-Thon, outstanding albums which defined Hayes' mid-'70s sound. 

Disco Connection, however, foundered in comparison, but still proved a hit with the fans, easily slipping into the Top 20 early in 1976. 

Focusing on groovy brass and blistering guitars, the album is best represented by the title track, which is an up-tempo disco jam punctuated by Charles Pitts' mighty picking and sweeping strings. 

"Disco Shuffle," meanwhile, slows the pace but repeats the beats, again augmented by some fierce guitar. Elsewhere, and especially on "Aruba" and "St. Thomas Square," the set slides effortlessly into Hayes' unmistakably classic instrumental arrangements, which are so definitive and derivative of that era. Disco Connection remains largely forgotten, though, as Hayes' style slipped in and out of fashion. This LP in particular was perhaps a little too easy on the ear with its light sounds and the lack of a blockbuster hit. 

But while it's true that there are far finer ways to experience Hayes in all his glory, Disco Connection remains a slick reminder of the finesse which drove the simple arrangements of guitar, strings, and brass to such sweeping ends. 

Side A

A1. The First Day Of Forever - 4:38  

A2. St. Thomas Square - 5:52  

A3. Vykkii - 4:56  

A4. Disco Connection - 6:14  

Side B

B1. Disco Shuffle - 8:12  

B2. Choppers - 4:30  

B3. After Five - 5:00  

B4. Aruba - 5:32  

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Bill Easley, Emerson Able
• Arranged By, Keyboards – Lester Snell
• Art Direction – Tom Wilkes 
• Baritone Saxophone – Floyd Newman
• Bass – Erroll Thomas
• Bass Trombone [Additional] – Gary Russell
• Congas – Jimmy Thompson
• Design – Earl R. Klasky
• Drums, Tambourine – Willie Hall
• Engineer, Engineer [Remix] – Henry Bush, Roosevelt Green
• Flugelhorn [Additional], Trumpet [Additional] – Edgar Matthews, Johnny Davis
• Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Ben Cauley, William Taylor
• Flute, Soloist – Anthony Shinault (tracks: B1, B3)
• French Horn [Additional] – Bryant Munch, Richard Dolph
• Guitar – Charles Pitts (tracks: A4, B1, B4), Michael Toles, William Vaughn
• Keyboards – Sidney Kirk
• Mastered By – Lanky Linstrot
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Ron Slenzak
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Olivier Ferrand
• Producer, Arranged By, Engineer [Remix], Keyboards, Synthesizer, Written-By – Isaac Hayes
• Tambourine, Temple Block – Willie Cole
• Tenor Saxophone – Darnell Smith, Tommy Williams
• Trombone [Additional] – Jackie Thomas, Bill Flores 

Notes

Release:  1975

Format:  LP

Genre:  Funk / Soul

Label:  ABC Records

Catalog#  27 015 XOT

Prijs:  €7,99

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

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