- Format: CD
- Label: STAX
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Conceived as a black Woodstock and offered at a buck a ticket as a virtual gift to the people of Los Angeles by Memphis's Stax Records, the 1972 Wattstax festival continues to reverberate as one of the most earthshaking concerts in the annals of black-American music.
Track listing:CD ONE: SALVATION SYMPHONY - DALE WARREN & THE WATTSTAX '72 ORCHESTRA INTRODUCTION -REV JESSE JACKSON LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING -KIM WESTON HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY (SHA-NA-BOOM-BOOM) / ARE YOU SURE / I LIKE THE THINGS ABOUT ME / RESPECT -STAPLE SINGERS PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND -DEBORAH MANNING BETTER GET A MOVE ON LOUISE McCORD THEM HOT PANTS - LEE SAIN WADE IN THE WATER - LITTLE SONNY I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER -WILLIAM BELL EXPLAIN IT TO HER MAMA -TEMPREES I'VE BEEN LONELY (FOR SO LONG) -FREDERICK KNIGHT PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY -NEWCOMERS KNOCK ON WOOD -EDDIE FLOYD CD TWO: PEACE BE STILL -EMOTIONS OLD TIME RELIGION -THE GOLDEN LYING ON THE TRUTH / UP ABOVE MY HEAD - RANCE ALLEN GROUP SON OF SHAFT / FEEL IT / IN THE HOLE / I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE -BAR-KAYS INTRODUCTION / AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU (FOR MORE REASONS THAN ONE) / CAN'T SEE YOU WHEN I WANT TO / REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEBODY'S HAND DAVID PORTER NIGGAS / ARREST / LINEUP -RICHARD PRYOR SO ICAN LOVE YOU / GROUP INTRODUCTION/SHOW ME HOW EMOTIONS CD THREE: OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART -LITTLE MILTON •BACKFIELD IN MOTION -MEL & TIM STEAL AWAY - JOHNNIETAYLOR KILLING FLOOR -ALBERT KING PICK UP THE PIECES / ILIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING (TO ME) / B-A-B-Y / GEE WHIZ (LOOK ATHIS EYES) / I HAVE A GOD WHO LOVES - CARLA THOMAS THEBREAKDOWN / DO THE FUNKY CHICKEN / DO THE FUNKY PENGUIN RUFUS THOMAS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WORLD IS COMING TO/ HEARSAY - SOUL CHILDREN THEME FROM SHAFT -ISAAC HAYES
