Living Word on January 18, 1973. This double-LP album release included live recordings from the Wattstax concert event, as well as a handful of studio recordings - The Staples Singers' "Oh La Di Da" and Eddie Floyd's "Lay Your Loving on Me" - overdubbed with audience reactions. The Living Word sold over 220,000 copies and a second two-disc release, The Living Word: Wattstax 2, followed later that year. Wattstax 2 featured additional live performances from both the concert and related performances seen in the film, as well as studio tracks by other music artists and Richard Pryor. Coinciding with the preparation for the 2004 reissue of the film, Stax Records (by this time an imprint of Fantasy Records and later Concord Music Group) released the Wattstax: Music from the Festival and Film three-disc collection, containing remastered versions of live performances from the Wattstax concert and the ancillary Los Angeles shows seen in the film. A 35th-anniversary version was released in 2007. In 2004, Stax released Wattstax: Highlights from the Soundtrack, a single-disc audio CD featuring only the songs included in the documentary film. Songs in the film In order of appearance: "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", performed by The Dramatics "Oh La De Da", performed by the Staple Singers "We the People", performed by The Staple Singers "The Star-Spangled Banner", performed by Kim Weston "Lift Every Voice and Sing", performed by Kim Weston "Someone Greater Than I", performed by Jimmy Jones "Lying on the Truth", performed by the Rance Allen Group "Peace Be Still", performed by The Emotions "Old-Time Religion", performed by The Golden Thirteen: William Bell, Louise McCord, Deborah Manning, Eric Mercury, Freddie Robinson, Lee Sain, Ernie Hines, Little Sonny, The Newcomers, Eddie Floyd, The Temprees, Frederick Knight "Respect Yourself", performed by The Staple Singers "Son of Shaft/Feel It", performed by The Bar-Kays "I'll Play the Blues for You", performed by Albert King "Walking the Back Streets and Crying", performed by Little Milton "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone", performed by Johnnie Taylor "I May Not Be What You Want", performed by Mel and Tim "Pick Up the Pieces", performed by Carla Thomas "The Breakdown", performed by Rufus Thomas "Do the Funky Chicken", performed by Rufus Thomas "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", performed by Luther Ingram "Theme from Shaft", performed by Isaac Hayes "Soulsville", performed by Isaac Hayes Production credits Directed by: Mel