Their partnership lasted barely four years and just over 50 songs, but between 1965 and 1969 Isaac Hayes and David Porter penned some of soul’s most enduring anthems of their era, many of which are still being regularly performed and recorded to this day. This is a fantastic collection featuring almost half of the total number of songs they wrote together in versions you would expect, and versions you wouldn’t! Hayes and Porter wrote for almost every major act on the Stax roster, but the commercial appeal of their songs gave them appeal to artists operating outside of the perimeters of soul music. ZZ Top, Peter Frampton, the (Count) Bishops and Charlie Rich are just some of the fine artists you will find here essaying Hayes and Porter copyrights alongside Stax stalwarts such as Johnnie Taylor, Mable John, the Emotions, the Soul Children, Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, and, of course, Sam and Dave whose recordings of their songs were what established Hayes and Porter as a peerless songwriting force in the first place. As lovingly curated and expertly annotated as you would expect any Ace project in the Songwriter Series to be, “Wrap It Up” is another valuable piece in the great American songwriting jigsaw, and very much a collection where the songs that were not necessarily big hits are easily on a par with those that were. It is a fitting audio tribute to two men who have between them won just about every major award going, from Grammys to election to the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. Every track is a gem IMHO from the 2 Legends.
AMM
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18 comments:
yet another great review , love Isaac hayes .
Wonderful to see a work by this great artists. Thanks for review, P.
That's another nice compilation with big names !!!
Yves
Thanks AMM two legendary writers
In for a slice of pie here MM, thank you
cheers,ELtel
Wrap It Up I'll Take It!
Lots of good people here...many thanks for the review.
Seems a lot of intriguing versions of famous songs, can't wait!
Ok my friend, you can send it to me. Thank you AMM.
Pierre
Another great Comp,Thank you AMM
These are two heavy weights in song writing. Two also sing just as well. Thank you AMM.
Thanks AMM. Love the Ace Songbook series.
another nice comp for songbook bag and many white covers and unissued appreciated much thanks AMM
Nice share AMM i already have a copy thanks Reb
Thanks for the review AMM some should we say different styles here David Porter
never seem to get the recognition of of what Isaac got but david did not turn out as much albums and may be seemed happier writing all in all a greta set
Thanks Pedro
Prolific writers! Hayes` recognition semi eclipses Porter`s, but both deserve
plaudits covered in dark chocolate! ;-) Good music!
Let s Wrap It Up For The Season, Thanks!
Nice review for this nice compilation. Thanks a lot.
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