CURTIS MAYFIELD Roots LP BUDDAH RECORDS 1971 UK orig+foc 2318 045 SUPER
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CURTIS MAYFIELD
Perhaps because he didn't cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown's stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield's talents and contributions have yet to be fully recognized. Judged merely by his records alone, the man's legacy is enormous. As the leader of the Impressions, he recorded some of the finest soul vocal group music of the 1960s. As a solo artist in the 1970s, he helped pioneer funk and helped introduce hard-hitting urban commentary into soul music. "Gypsy Woman," "It's All Right," "People Get Ready," "Freddie's Dead," and "Super Fly" are merely the most famous of his many hit records
"ROOTS"
1971 LP BUDDAH RECORDS 2318 045 SUPER STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITHOUT 1971/72 CALENDAR INSERT
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LABEL: BUDDAH - BLACK LABEL w/BUDDAH LOGO at BOTTOM - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) BUDDAH SUPER 2318 045 (rear) 2318 045 SUPER
Catalog on labels: 2318045 A / 2318045 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 2318045 A//1 ?420 11 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 2318045 B//1 ?420 11 1
On labels: rim text reads "Original American Recording by Buddah Records, New York........Records Limited"
All songs written by Curtis Mayfield
Produced by Curtis Mayfield
? 1971
(on Side B only): unless otherwise stated
Rights Society / Publishing: Camad Publishers Ltd.
On inside right panel: Lyrics
On back cover: All selections written by Curtis Mayfield except **Written by Curtis Mayfield & Joseph Scott
Recorded at RCA Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Original recordings by Buddah Records, N.Y.
Sleeve printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1
Marketed by Polydor
tracklisting
Side A: GET DOWN - KEEP ON KEEPING ON - UNDERGROUND - WE GOT TO HAVE PEACE
Side B: BEAUTIFUL BROTHER OF MINE - **NOW YOU'RE GONE - LOVE TO KEEP YOU IN MIND
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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Roots is Curtis Mayfield's visionary album, a landmark creation every bit as compelling and far-reaching in its musical and extra-musical goals as Marvin Gaye's contemporary What's Goin' On. Opening on the hit "Get Down," the album soars on some of the sweetest and most eloquent -- yet driving -- soul sounds heard up to that time. Mayfield's growing musical ambitions, first manifested on the Curtis album, and his more sophisticated political sensibilities, presented with a lot of raw power on Curtis Live!, are pulled together here in a new, richer studio language, embodied in extended song structures ("Underground"), idealistic yet lyrically dazzling anthems ("We Got to Have Peace," "Keep On Keeping On," and, best of all, the soaring "Beautiful Brother of Mine"), and impassioned blues ("Now You're Gone"). The music is even bolder than the material on the Curtis album, with Mayfield expanding his instrumental range to the level of a veritable soul orchestra; and the recording is better realized, as Mayfield, with that album and a tour behind him, shows a degree of confidence that only a handful of soul artists of this era could have mustered...(AllMusic)
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