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Limited 180-gram vinyl LP housed in an old-school style tip-on jacket with printed inner sleeve featuring new liner notes by Rob Bowman, Grammy® Award winning author of Soulsville U.S.A. The Story of Stax Records. Commonly regarded as one of the first-ever concept records of the soul genre, this dark masterpiece combines the rich orchestral arrangements of Isaac Hayes collaborator Dale Warren with Blaxploitation-style funk grooves, resulting in a sound that would rocket it to cult-classic status among DJs and producers who have sampled it for tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Digable Planets, Dr. Dre, and many others. Features 180-gram vinyl cut at Ardent studios on the original Stax lathe and pressed in Memphis at Memphis Record Pressing. Old-school style tip-on jacket with printed inner sleeve featuring new liner notes by Rob Bowman, Grammy® Award winning author of Soulsville U.S.A. The Story of Stax Records. A key in 2017's Stax 60th Anniversary Campaign and part of the 2017 InchMade in MemphisInch campaign, which will highlight underrepresented stories from the Stax family. Album Tracks 1. Synopsis One In the Ghetto / God Save the World 2. Poverty's Paradise 3. Brown-Baggin' 4. Synopsis Two Mother's Day 5. Mother's Day 6. Foodstamps 7. Ghetto Misfortune's Wealth 8. 24-Carat Black (Theme)
