Trevor Nelson - 25/11/2009

Trevor plays an hour of soulful music and his Album Of The Week is Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul, which was released on the Stax subsidiary, Enterprise, in 1969. Hot Buttered Soul remains an undeniably seminal record: It stretched its songs far beyond the traditional three-to-four-minute industry norm and included long instrumental stretches, where session group Bar-Kays steal the spotlight. It also introduced an iconic new persona for soul, with Hayes' tough yet sensual image, and marked his transformation from a session musician and songwriter to a veritable soul star.