Inside Tracks #15: The Isley Brothers, "Harvest For the World" w/Covers by Power Station, The Christians, Paul Carrack, Vanessa Williams

An inspirational 1975 classic by The Isleys travels across 30 years and two centuries in remarkable iterations by vastly different artists!

The Isley Brothers released their 14th studio album, Harvest for the World, on May 29, 1976 on the band’s T-Neck Records (founded in 1964). By this time, the native Ohioans and their label had enjoyed a distribution deal with CBS Records for several years.

Upon its release, I was 21, and doing a 7-midnight shift on Baton Rouge’s (Louisiana) commercial “…