Vinyl Record
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Singles
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Singles on 2LP vinyl. A 2024 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
2LP ยท 2024
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2024 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Hot Buttered Singles is Isaac Hayes in the form that radio, jukeboxes and seven-inch buyers had to negotiate: the long-form soul architect compressed into single sides without losing the grandeur. Hayes made his name as a writer and producer before his own records turned him into a central figure of progressive soul, and this collection concentrates on the period when that transformation became public. The thrill is hearing how material associated with big albums and cinematic scale behaves when framed as singles. Walk On By and By the Time I Get to Phoenix came from the radical language of Hot Buttered Soul, where pop songs were stretched into orchestral soul monologues. Theme from Shaft brought a new kind of funk authority into film music and pop culture. Other sides show Hayes as loverman, arranger, preacher, groove designer and master of the spoken entrance, using duration, strings, rhythm guitar and bass as instruments of seduction and command. What makes the set more than a convenience title is the perspective. Albums such as Hot Buttered Soul, Shaft and Black Moses remain the monuments, but singles reveal how Hayes' audacity travelled through everyday formats. Even edited, his music sounds too large for the container, and that pressure is part of the excitement.
The collection matters because Hayes helped redraw soul music at the turn of the 1970s, making orchestration, extended arrangement and cinematic persona central to the genre's future. Gathering the singles shows the public-facing trail of that change, from psychedelic soul expansion to Shaft's pop-cultural breakthrough.
This is a strong Isaac Hayes record for collectors who want the singles map alongside the major albums. It should not replace Hot Buttered Soul or Shaft, but it makes the connections between them easier to hear. It is especially useful for DJs and listeners who want concise versions of the Hayes vocabulary.
Orchestral Memphis soul and funk with deep baritone narration, sweeping strings, slow-burn grooves and cinematic single edits.
Recommended for: Isaac Hayes fans filling the singles side of the shelf; Collectors of Stax, Enterprise and early-1970s soul; Listeners drawn to cinematic funk and progressive soul.
What period does Hot Buttered Singles cover? The first volume focuses on Hayes' late-1960s and early-1970s singles, the era of Hot Buttered Soul, Shaft and related breakthroughs. Does this replace the original albums? No. It works best beside the albums, showing how Hayes' long-form ideas were presented through single releases. Why are Isaac Hayes singles important? They show how his orchestral soul, funk grooves and cinematic persona reached public formats beyond the full album experience.