Presenting Isaac Hayes

Studio album by Isaac Hayes

Released

February 1968

Recorded

Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, January 15–17, 1968

Genre

Soul, jazz

Length

33:25

Label

Enterprise, Atlantic

Producer

Alvertis Isbell, Al Jackson, Jr., Donald "Duck" Dunn

Isaac Hayes chronology

Presenting Isaac Hayes
(1968)

Hot Buttered Soul
(1969)

Reissue cover

Atlantic reissued Presenting Isaac Hayes as In the Beginning in 1972.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Presenting Isaac Hayes is the debut studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes. The album was released in 1968, by Enterprise and Atlantic Records. The LP was the first release on Stax Records' Enterprise label; Hayes had for several years served as one of Stax's key songwriters, producers, and studio musicians.

Recorded to appease Stax vice president Alvertis Isbell (Al Bell),^[2] Presenting features Hayes recording with Booker T. & the MGs members Al Jackson, Jr. and Donald "Duck" Dunn as a jazz trio. No material was prepared for the sessions, so the three musicians improvised an album's worth of material.^[2]

"Precious, Precious", recorded as an eighteen-minute jazz piece, was edited to under three minutes for release as a single. Both the 45 and the album underperformed, and Hayes would only continue his recording career after Stax lost its entire backlog to Atlantic Records during the process of breaking away from Atlantic. The lack of material necessitated all Stax artists - Hayes included - to record albums for release, resulting in Hayes' successful and groundbreaking Hot Buttered Soul.^[2]

Following Hayes' success with Hot Buttered Soul, Black Moses, and the Shaft soundtrack, Atlantic reissued Presenting Isaac Hayes under the title In the Beginning.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Precious, Precious" (Isaac Hayes)	2:45
2.	"When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young)	3:28
3.	"Medley: "I Just Want to Make Love to You" / "Rock Me Baby" (Willie Dixon, Riley B. King, Joe Josea)	9:04

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Medley: "I'm Going to Chicago Blues" / "Misty" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)	6:45
5.	"You Don't Know Like I Know" (Hayes, David Porter)	8:30

1995 CD reissue bonus track
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Precious, Precious" [Long Version]"	19:07

Personnel

Isaac Hayes - vocals, piano
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. - drums
Arif Mardin, Steve Cropper - mixing
Alvertis Isbell - supervision
Bill Kington, API Photographers - photography
Loring Eutemey - cover design

References

↑ Lindsay Planer. "Presenting Isaac Hayes - Isaac Hayes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
1 2 3 "Isaac Hayes | Ultimate Isaac Hayes (Can You Dig It?)". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.

Isaac Hayes

Studio albums	Presenting Isaac Hayes (1968) Hot Buttered Soul (1969) The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) ...To Be Continued (1970) Black Moses (1971) Joy (1973) Chocolate Chip (1975) Disco Connection (1975) Groove-A-Thon (1976) Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (1976) New Horizon (1977) For the Sake of Love (1978) Don't Let Go (1979) And Once Again (1980) Lifetime Thing (1981) U-Turn (1986) Love Attack (1988) Raw & Refined (1995) Branded (1995)

Soundtrack albums	Shaft Three Tough Guys Truck Turner Chef Aid: The South Park Album

Singles (US/UK Top Thirty singles)	"Walk On By" "Never Can Say Goodbye" "Theme from Shaft" "Let's Stay Together" "Chocolate Salty Balls"

Related topics	Discography Songs Albums David Porter Al Bell Booker T. & the M.G.'s Stax Records List of songs written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter Chef (South Park)

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