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mike and the censations - don't sell your soul - luv n' haight - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Mike & The Censations - Victim Of Circumstances (part 1)
2. Don't Mess With Me
3. There's Nothing I Can Do About It
4. I Need Your Lovin
5. Be Mine Forever
6. Don't Sell Your Soul
7. Baby What Are You Gonna Do
8. Split Personality
9. You're Living A Lie
10. Shopping For Love
11. The Straw That Broke The Camels Back
12. Gonna Try To Get You Back
13. A Man Ain't Nothing But A Man
14. Victim Of Circumstances (part 2)
15. Mike James Kirkland - Feeling In My Heart
16. I Need Your Love
17. Strut On
18. Love Is Back
19. Whirlin' Around

Before the release of his seminal, socially-conscious, 1972 soul album, Hang On In There, a young Mike James Kirkland released a number of singles as Mike and The Censations. Despite being offered a record deal by Curtis Mayfield, eventually making a deal with MCA, and selling in excess of 50,000+ singles, Mike and the Censations never released an album and never fully realized their potential

Here for the first time are all of his early-releases, along with some unreleased gems discovered on tapes as this project was being researched. Pigeon-holed as a doo-wop group by one of their early labels, Mike and The Censations fought to battle that image. In doing so they made a unique blend of soul, funk, and even jazz-influenced tunes, occasionally sneaking in an up-tempo number on a B-side.