Do yourself a favor. Drop the needle (or open the folder). Skip to the 7-minute mark of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." Turn it up. And bow to the Black Moses.
Try saying that title five times fast. This is the funky outlier. A proto-rap, call-and-response groove. The piano riff is dirt simple, but the way the horns punch in feels like a heavyweight title fight. It is the sound of 1969 predicting 1992. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul -1969- -EAC-FLAC-
October 15, 2023 Category: Vinyl Rip Review / Soul Archaeology Do yourself a favor