By now you may be wondering why I'm admitting to my collection of "gray" market videos. The reason is simple: It's important you all know that at the end of the day, things like picture, sound quality and Portuguese subtitles don't mean that much to me if I really want to see a film bad enough. Which leads us to Isaac Hayes – The Black Moses of Soul . I think it's safe to say that even if I'd bought this film from some guy running dubs of Swedish midget porn in his basement as well as the five-hour work print version of Apocalypse Now , that the quality of this film would be an issue. But considering the fact that this is a DVD you can go to a store and purchase, without any risk of being busted by the video piracy police, then we have a serious problem.

Filmed during the 1973 tour of the legendary Isaac Hayes, this concert film finds the Black Moses of Soul at the top of his game, having earlier won an Oscar for the Theme from Shaft , and laying down silky, love-making grooves with such albums as Hot Buttered Soul . By the time Hayes released his album The Movement – which this tour was in support of – he was one of the most popular performers in music (not to mention one of the baddest). To the film's credit, despite being poorly shot and terribly lit, it still manages to capture the magnitude of Hayes' charisma. As he struts the stage decked out in his gold, chain-link shirt, it's more than obvious that Hayes is indeed The Man.

Over the course of 78 minutes, Hayes performs such songs as The Doors' "Light My Fire" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," which has the singer telling a great story as an intro to the song. And while the most die-hard fans of Hayes will get some enjoyment out of this concert film, there's no getting around the inferior picture and sound quality. Sure, you might want to rent it and watch it once, but I can't imagine too may people wanting to sit through this for multiple viewings. And as if the quality of this disc wasn't bad enough, there is a break in the film, where it appears someone was changing the film reels.

Isaac Hayes: Black Moses of Soul is presented in 1:33:1 full frame, with stereo sound. What that means is that the bad picture will take up your whole screen, and the poor sound will come out of both speakers. Don't bother looking for any extras on this no-frills disc – unless you're one of those people that still considers chapters to be a special feature.