Re: Isaac Hayes dies at 65
And to think, his albums released on the reteconned Stax jazz music label, Enterprise, in the late 1960s-early 1970s clearly helped set the stage for a lot of what soul--and pop--music would sound in the time to come.
When Hot Buttered Soul was released back in 1969 during a move by Stax Records CEO Al Bell to make up for the repository lost when the Stax distributorship was changed from Atlantic Records to Gulf+Western one year earlier, it was considered the 27th out of 27 albums of apparent significance that very spring. By summer's end, it would be Number One of 27!!!!!
From the top of Sir Isaac's trademark bald plate on the outside of the LP jacket to all the songs located inside, clearly Mr. Hayes was onto something.
And that something would be a certified gold record which catapulted Mr. Hayes to the musical stratosphere from where he would utltimately end up in the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame, setting up Shaft and other classic albums of the time he would have, such as The Isaac Hayes Movement, To Be Continued and Black Moses, just to name a few.
And, of course, besides the music, he was also an acclaimed actor with several musical credits as well, notably, more recently, Chef on South Park which endeared him to an entire new generation of fans.
Needless to say, he will be missed.
R.I.P., Black Moses.
I shall try to find a copy of Hot Buttered Soul on SACD in the time to come. 
