The Living Word - Wattstax 2: Vinyl 2LP fabric Battles and Antidotes

Battles and Antidotes

"I Zimbra" and "Life During Wartime" from the earlier album served as the blueprints for a disc on which the group explored African polyrhythms on a series of driving groove tracks

Run’s House / Beats To The Rhyme is arguably the most powerful one-two punch of the trio’s career

the album is yet another realization of Mackintosh’s songwriting intuitiveness and restless creative spirit

” says Berninger

The Living Word - Wattstax 2: Vinyl 2LP fabric Battles and AntidotesTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Wattstax event that took place at the L. A. Memorial Coliseum on 20th August 1972, Stax Records reissues Wattstax: The Living Word 2. These two LPs are cut from the original tapes by Chris Muth and feature performances by The Emotions, Johnnie Taylor, Kim Weston, Isaac Hayes and more. Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records in conjunction with the Watt Summer Festival to commemorate the