Isaac Hayes - Shaft - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The remastered version of the classic 1971 soundtrack. For the deluxe edition 2 CD set including the remastered original soundtrack and 22 bonus tracks from the original score, click here. Both a commercial and critical success, Shaft—Music From The Soundtrack remains Isaac Hayes’ best-known and best-selling album. The groundbreaking title—which, upon its release, was already setting a record as the very first double album of original studio material from an R&B artist—became an instant success. Shaft spent 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at number one, while “Theme From Shaft” went to number one on the Hot 100 singles chart. Hayes took home three Grammy Awards for the album and its songs in 1972, and an Academy Award for “Best Original Song” for “Theme From Shaft,” becoming the first African American to win an Oscar in a non-acting category. In 2014, Shaft—Music From The Soundtrack was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”.