''Presenting Isaac Hayes'' is the debut studio album by American

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musician Isaac Hayes. The album was released in 1968, by

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and Atlantic Records. The LP was the first release on

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' 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

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(Al Bell), ''Presenting'' features Hayes recording with Booker T. & the MGs members Al Jackson, Jr. and Donald "Duck" Dunn as a

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. No material was prepared for the sessions, so the three musicians improvised an album's worth of material. "Precious, Precious", recorded as an 18-minute jazz piece, was edited to under three minutes for release as a single. Both the 45 and the album under-performed, 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 ''

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'' (1969). Following Hayes' success with ''Hot Buttered Soul'', in 1971 '' Black Moses'' and the '' Shaft'' soundtrack, Atlantic reissued ''Presenting Isaac Hayes'' under the title ''In the Beginning''.

Track listing

Personnel

* Isaac Hayes - vocals,

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* Donald "Duck" Dunn -

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* Al Jackson Jr. - drums ;Technical *

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, Steve Cropper - mixing *

- supervision *Bill Kington, API Photographers - photography *Loring Eutemey - cover design

References

{{Authority control 1968 debut albums Isaac Hayes albums albums produced by Al Bell Albums produced by Donald "Duck" Dunn albums produced by Al Jackson Jr. Stax Records albums Atlantic Records albums