Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 275/500!
- TAS Rated 4/5 Music, 4/5 Sonics in the January 2022 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
- 50th Anniversary Limited Edition 180g Vinyl 2LP!
- 2nd LP Features Bonus Tracks New To Vinyl!
- Pressed at Record Industry! Includes Custom Turntable Mat!
- Remember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from our official JocoRecords website!
Curtis Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and one of the most influential musicians in the soul genre and politically-conscience African American music. He originally achieved success and recognition with the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame-inducted group, The Impressions, and later worked as a solo artist. He started his career in a gospel choir in Chicago, where he met vocalist Jerry Butler in 1956 and joined the Impressions. Mayfield became noted as one of the first musicians to bring more prevalent themes of social awareness into soul music. In 1965, he wrote "People Get Ready" for the Impressions, which displayed his more politically charged songwriting. Ranked at no. 24 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the song received numerous other awards, and was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, as well as being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
Curtis sold well at the time charting at number one on the Billboard Black albums (for five nonconsecutive weeks) and number nineteen on the Billboard Pop albums charts. Only the single "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going To Go" charted in the United States; however, an edited version of "Move On Up" would spend 10 weeks in the top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. In 1972, the French Academy of Jazz awarded Mayfield's Curtis the Prix Otis Redding for best R&B record.
Mayfield won a Grammy Legend Award in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. He is a double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Impressions in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He was also a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.
For the 50th Anniversary, ROG is releasing a limited and deluxe 2LP edition that features bonus tracks making their debut on vinyl.
- Released: 07/16/2021
- Format: Vinyl
- Deluxe Limited Edition
- 50th Anniversary Edition
- Genre: Soul/Funk
- Remember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from our official JocoRecords website!
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Tracks
| A1 | (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go | 7:46 |
| A2 | The Other Side Of Town | 4:00 |
| A3 | The Makings Of You | 3:40 |
| A4 | We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue | 6:10 |
| B1 | Move On Up | 8:50 |
| B2 | Miss Black America | 2:55 |
| B3 | Wild And Free | 3:12 |
| B4 | Give It Up | 3:45 |
| C1 | Power To The People (Mono Demo) | 2:47 |
| C2 | Underground (Mono Demo) | 3:11 |
| C3 | Ghetto Child (Demo) | 5:10 |
| C4 | Readings In Astrology (Demo) | 3:31 |
| C5 | Suffer | 2:31 |
| D1 | Miss Black America (Demo) | 2:22 |
| D2 | The Makings Of You (Backing Track - Take 32) | 4:35 |
| D3 | (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go (Backing Track - Takes 1 & 2) | 9:34 |
| D4 | (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go (Mono Single Version) | 3:26 |
