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curtis mayfield - curtis - 8th records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
2. The Other Side Of Town
3. The Making Of You
4. "We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
5. Move On Up
6. Miss Black America
7. Wild & Free
8. Give It Up

Classic and essential Curtis Mayfield album with If there's hell below, The Other Side OF Town, Wild And Free, The Makings Of You, Miss Black America, Move On Up, We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue, Give It Up..

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It was 1970 when Curtis Mayfield left R&B group The Impressions, to set off on his own solo path. What followed was a rich and highly
celebrated career, during which Mayfield produced some of the most influential R&B, soul, funk, and gospel recordings of all time. Along with Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, Mayfield is credited with
helping to ring in a new era of socially-aware funk and soul music, all while raking in numerous Billboard-charting hits both as a performer and a songwriter. Though he died in 1999, he left behind a vast legacy of innovation and long-lasting music, and has been ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of all-time.

This impressive solo career began with his eponymous 1970 debut; Curtis. Calling upon his lengthy experiences as a songwriter from his time in The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield's solo work was
a potently elegant work of 70s soul, which utilized the contemporary progressive Chicago sounds of the time to skillful effect. It was lushly arranged, but also politically-aware, a tapestry of orchestral
sounds, but also hard-hitting and topical, and rendered chart hits in the tracks "(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Down Below We're All Going To Go" and the soul music classic "Move On Up." Though
often overlooked among Mayfield's other works, Curtis was an acclaimed commercial hit that set the stage for greater things to come in Mayfield's solo career.