ISAAC HAYES ''…To Be Continued'' UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT

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ISAAC HAYES ''…To Be Continued'' UK 1st PRESS Nr MINT 1971 STAX, 2/3 PLAYS, 4 LONG, RICH, SOULFUL WORKOUTS

ISAAC HAYES
…To Be Continued

ORIGINAL UK STAX (2325 026 SUPER) FIRST PRESSING (early 1971) OF ISAAC HAYES' SUPERB AND MUCH SAMPLED ''…To Be Continued'' LP IN BEAUTIFUL, BARELY PLAYED CONDITION (two/three careful plays only) AND DELIVERING PRACTICALLY FLAWLESS AUDIO ON MY SYSTEM - DEEP, RICH AND WARM SOUND - GREAT COPY OF A FANTASTIC PIECE OF WORK - FOUR LONG, OFTEN QUIET AND GENTLE AND INCREDIBLY SOULFUL AND MOODY WORKOUTS

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE YELLOW STAX LABELS (with "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" text)
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX: 2325026 A//1 ? 420 11 1 / 2325026 B//1 ? 420 11 1
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1" WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC FIRST ISSUE TOP AND BOTTOM 'PINCHED' SPINE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE (DATED 1970) (Polydor manufactured and distributed)

Released in late 1970 in the US and early 1971 in the UK and hot on the heels of two chart-topping albums, Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and The Isaac Hayes Movement (also 1970), Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays retain their successful approach on those landmark albums for …To Be Continued, another number one album.
Again, the album features four songs that span far beyond traditional radio-friendly length, featuring important mood-establishing instrumental segments just as emotive and striking as Hayes' crooning.
Nothing here is quite as perfect as "Walk on By," but …To Be Continued no doubt has its share of highlights, the most notable being "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." The album's most epic moment opens with light strings and horns, vamping poetically for several minutes before Hayes even utters a breath; then, once the singer delivers the song's orchestral chorus, the album hits its sentimental peak -- Hayes elevating a common standard to heavenly heights once again.
Elsewhere, "Our Day Will Come" features a nice concluding instrumental segment driven by a proto-hip-hop beat that proves just how ahead of his time Hayes was during his early-'70s.
It's tempting to slight this album when holding it up against Hayes' best albums from this same era, but a comparison such as this is unfair. Even if Ike isn't doing anything here that he didn't do on his two preceding albums -- Hot Buttered Soul, The Isaac Hayes Movement -- and isn't quite as daring as he is on his two successive albums -- Black Moses, Shaft -- …To Be Continued still topples any Hayes album that came after 1971. It didn't top the R&B album chart for 11 weeks on accident -- this is quintessential early-'70s Isaac Hayes, and that alone makes it a classic soul album.

Track Listing:
Side 1: a) Monologue: Ike's Rap 1 - b) Our Day Will Come (9:24) / The Look Of Love (11:11)
Side 2: a) Ike's Mood 1 - b) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (15:29) / Runnin' Out Of Fools (5:52)

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with just two/three (max) of the lightest spindle traces - this copy has seen only a couple of very careful plays and the spindle hole is still quite tight
VINYL Visual: The vinyl still retains its original deep, glossy sheen, is unmarked and appears practically as-new
VINYL Audio: Outstanding audio quality. This LP is beautifully recorded with a warm, deep, rich and detailed sound and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing) there are no scratches, no sticks or jumps, no clicks or pops and only the lightest touch of surface noise (very, very minor) between the tracks (there are only two track divisions - one on each side). The audio delivery is sensational throughout and the whole LP plays to an extremely high standard with all frequencies bright and clear, no groove-wear or distortion (its hardly been played) and is critically graded NEAR MINT for audio - fantastic copy
SLEEVE: The cover is also in great shape. Good, square and solid with no wear to speak of on either the edges or spine - which is pinched at the top and bottom and displays all text clear and bold. The surfaces are clean and unmarked and display only a little record impression - the only thing reducing the grading from a near mint to an EXCELLENT+

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