ORIGINAL GATEFOLD EDITION
INCLUDING SONG LYRICS
DELUXE 180-GRAM REISSUE including original artwork & credits
The seventh studio album by American soul mastermind Isaac Hayes, Chocolate Chip was released in 1975 by ABC Records through Hayes’ own imprint, Hot Buttered Soul Records, marking Hayes’ first release after leaving the then-financially troubled Stax label. The album was Hayes’ transition to a more danceable and sophisticated side and featured horns and layered beats while maintaining his traditional soulful vocals. This soul-funk masterpiece garnered two top 20 singles: “Chocolate Chip”, and “I Want to Make Love to You”, and includes the funky nugget “I Can’t Turn Around”, a very popular song which has been extensively sampled and remixed by the godfathers of the 1980s Chicago House scene Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, Steve “Silk” Hurley, and Ron Hardy.
Elemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, present the best selection of 60’s & 70’s R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco, Jazz, Blues, Pop-Rock and Folk out-of-print titles from the vaults of classic labels such as Polydor, Motown, Chess, MGM, A&M, Mercury or Capitol Records, among others.
Tracklist
Side 1
1. THAT LOVING FEELING (6:36)
2. BODY LANGUAGE (5:31)
3. CHOCOLATE CHIP (5:30)
Side 2
1. CHOCOLATE CHIP (Instrumental) (5:32)
2. I WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU SO BAD (4:17)
3. COME LIVE WITH ME (6:35)
4. I CAN’T TURN AROUND (6:32)
Credits
Produced and Arranged by Isaac Hayes Rhythm by Movement:
Guitar – Charles “Skip” Pitts, William”Boots” Vaughn Bass Guitar – Erroll Thomas
Drums & Tambourines – Willie Hall, Willie Cole Congo – Jimmy “Congalou” Thompson
Keyboards – Fender Rhodes & RMI Keyboard – Lester Snell
Acoustic Piano. Fender Rhodes, RMI Keyboard Computer & Concert Bells – Issac Hayes
Horns by Movement:
Reeds & Double on Flutes
Tenor Sax – Tommy William, Lewis Collins, Darnell Smith
Alto – Emerson Able, Bill Easley
Baritone Sax – Floyd Newman
Alto Solo – Bill Easley (“That Loving Feeling”)
Brass
Trombone – Jack Hale, Jackie Thomas
Trumpet – Mickey “Shine” Gregory, William
“Nookie” Taylor, Ben Cauley
Vocal Background:
Masqueraders (“Body Language” & “Chocolate Chip”)
Engineer:
Roosevelt “Head” Green
Re-Mix Engineers:
Dave Purple & Isaac Hayes
Mastered at ABC Recording Studios. Inc.
8255 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 90048
Mastering Engineer:
Lanky Linstrot
Special Thanks:
Dave Purple and DBX, Inc. Bob Fisher of Music Town, James Benny Mabone
Recorded and remixed at Hot Buttered Soul Recording Studio – Memphis, Tennessee
Album Design & Art Direction by Martin Donald Photography by Fred Valentine
Originally released in 1975.
Release Date - March 3, 2023.
