Several fantastic New Releases are out now from Craft Recordings celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the historic 1972 #Wattstax Festival. My review of the twin double-disc soundtrack #vinyl sets are now on
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https://www.analogplanet.com/content/wattstax-50-legendary-music-festival-properly-celebrated-pair-new-analog-mastered-140g-2lp

Jim Farber: ‘It was an out of body experience’: looking back at the #Wattstax music festival: In 1972, the largely Black community of #Watts came together for a giant music event from Stax Records, captured in a thrilling, re-released documentary

"Now, for their fiftieth anniversary, the Wattstax film is returning to theaters joined by a new box set that, for the first time, includes all six hours of the original show. The latter is especially meaningful because so much of the music had never come out before."

#losangeles #blackmastodon #film
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/23/wattsstax-music-festival-documentary-watts-1972

‘It was an out of body experience’: looking back at the Wattsstax music festival

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/23/wattsstax-music-festival-documentary-watts-1972
#LosAngeles #music #Wattstax

🎧 #StaxRecords drops "Wattstax: The Complete Concert" on Friday, February 24th. Choose between 6 x #CDs or 12 x #LPs + color booklet. Each includes performances never-before released from the 1972 benefit #concert in #LA.

Here's the re-mastered recording of #IsaacHayes' performance of #Shaft @ #Wattstax. The song hit #NumberOne @ #Billboard, and won two #GrammyAwards and the #Oscar for #BestSong (1972).

The #AI #film for this release is 🔥 https://youtu.be/KfAkXnQFAds