I'm your Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity's episode #558, as our STAX retrospective focus will be all singles from their VOLT division. In that era, many radio stations, anxious to avoid even the hint of payola, often refused to play more than one or two new cuts from any single record company at one time, so as to not appear to be offering favoritism to any particular … [Read more...] about 3D Volt STAX
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Song Of The Day – “Café Regio” by Isaac Hayes
This breezy instrumental comes from the movie Shaft, one of the most popular Blaxploitation films of all time. However, most people probably first discovered today’s Song Of The Day on the B-side to Isaac Hayes’ number one single “Theme From Shaft.” Hayes initially agreed to write the score for the film only if he was given the chance to try out for the lead role. And while … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Café Regio” by Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes – “Theme From Shaft” b/w “Café Regio”
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – The Jukebox Series #3 – Isaac Hayes – “Theme From Shaft” b/w “Café Regio” – Enterprise 45 ENA-9038 (E1/F1) Call him "Shaft"...call him "Black Moses"...call him "Chef"...but one thing is for sure, he was responsible for some of the funkiest and smoothest hot-buttered soul ever committed to wax. Today’s Song Of The Day inhabits the E1/F1 … [Read more...] about Isaac Hayes – “Theme From Shaft” b/w “Café Regio”
