Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – The Anthology 1961-1977

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Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – The Anthology 1961-1977
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Artist……………: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
Album…………….: The Anthology 1961-1977 (Disk One)
Genre…………….: Soul
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 1992
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy 1.1beta2 & HP DVD Writer 1270d
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 55 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags……………..: VorbisComment
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Ripped by…………: AJ Productions on 8/31/2011
Posted by…………: AJ Productions on 8/31/2011
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Included………….: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers……………: Front

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Tracklisting Disk One
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1. (00:02:21) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Gypsy Woman
2. (00:02:14) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Grow Closer Together
3. (00:02:30) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Never Let Me Go
4. (00:02:14) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Little Young Lover
5. (00:02:18) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Minstrel And Queen
6. (00:02:27) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – I’m The One Who Loves You
7. (00:02:42) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Sad Sad Girl And Boy
8. (00:02:49) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – It’s All Right
9. (00:02:32) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Talking About My Baby
10. (00:02:50) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – I’m So Proud
11. (00:02:34) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Keep On Pushing
12. (00:02:31) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – You Must Believe Me
13. (00:02:25) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – See The Real Me
14. (00:03:29) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Amen
15. (00:02:46) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – I’ve Been Trying
16. (00:02:38) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – People Get Ready
17. (00:02:25) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – It’s Hard To Believe
18. (00:02:18) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Woman’s Got Soul
19. (00:02:20) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Meeting Over Yonder
20. (00:02:48) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – I Need You
21. (00:02:36) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – You’ve Been Cheatin’
22. (00:03:06) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Man Oh Man
23. (00:02:38) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Can’t Satisfy
24. (00:02:25) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – We’re A Winner
25. (00:03:15) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – I Loved And I Lost
26. (00:02:18) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – We’re Rolling On (Part One)

Playing Time………: 01:40:00
Total Size………..: 356.19 MB

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Tracklisting Disk Two
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1. (00:02:55) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Fool For You
2. (00:02:48) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – This Is My Country
3. (00:03:18) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Choice Of Colors
4. (00:03:29) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Check Out Your Mind
5. (00:08:55) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Move On Up
6. (00:07:53) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below, We’re All Going To Go
7. (00:03:45) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – The Makings Of You
8. (00:07:27) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Beautiful Brother Of Mine
9. (00:05:27) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Freddie’s Dead
10. (00:03:53) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Superfly
11. (00:05:04) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Pusherman
12. (00:05:13) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – So In Love
13. (00:03:32) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Only You Babe (single edit)
14. (00:03:29) Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions – Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here (single edit)

Playing Time………: 02:08:33
Total Size………..: 389.94 MB

NFO generated on…..: 8/31/2011 11:35:49 PM

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By AvidOldiesCollector Amazon.com

When I purchased this compilation, my “want list” included six Top 40 hits by
The Impressions and, according to the list of contents on the reverse, all six
were included.

Only when I got home, opened it, and read the liner notes did I realize that I
STILL have to obtain three of those hits: Amen [Disc 1 -track 14 – “is the
extended version from ABC-Paramount LP 493 Keep On Pushing”; Woman’s
Got Soul – Disc 1 – track 18 “is remix for ABC-Paramount LP 505”; I Loved And
I Lost – Disc 1 – track 25 is an “extended version from ABC LP 654 “The Best
Of The Impressions.”

The same applies to Curtis Mayfield’s solo hits. Track 6 on Disc 2 is an
“extended version from Curtom LP 8005”; and Track 12 is “an extended
version from Curtom LP 5001 “There’s No Place Like America Today [I already
had the single version thankfully].

It would have been nice had they indicated this on the reverse package in
some fashion. To fail to do so amounts to misleading advertising. Hence my
deduction of 2 stars.

However, if you are not as picky as me when it comes to such things, this is
indeed a fine set covering the highlights of one of the most identifiable group
sounds of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as some of the best solo efforts of
one of the most prolific writer of hits in the history of pop/soul music [Gene
Chandler, Major Lance were just two who benefited from his genius].

Details of their careers are contained in eight pages of liner notes by Robert
Pruter, R&B Editor of Goldmine and the author of Chicago Soul, and the
contents in the liner notes show label information but not chart
performances. There are also several nice shots of the group and Curtis
alone, including a spread in the centre showing them on-stage in the late
1960s with Patti LaBell & The Blue Belles.

After their first two hits for the Abner label way back in 1958 when Jerry
Butler was part of the group [For Your Precious Love (# 3 R&B/# 11 Billboard
Pop Top 100) and Come Back My Love (# 29 R&B), they went on to post 43
more hits for ABC-Paramount and Curtom to 1976, had three more for
Cotillion in 1976/77, one for Chi-Sound in 1981 [a remake of For Your
Precious Love] and, in 1987, their last charter, Can’t Wait ‘Til Tomorrow for
MCA.

Curtis, meanwhile, chalked up 32 on his own from 1970 to 1997, including a
couple of duets with Linda Clifford, for Curtom [19], RSO/Curtom [6],
Boardwalk [3], CRC [1] and Warner [3].

There were, of course, personnel changes over the years where The
Impressions were concerned, but only some of these are explained in the
liner notes. For example, they don’t mention that when Curtis left, original
members Sam Gooden and Fred Cash brought in Leroy Hutson as their new
lead, and when HE left to go solo [turning out 12 hits of his own for Curtom],
they latched onto Reggie Torian and Ralph Johnson. It was as a quartet that
they recorded the Three The Hard Way soundtrack and, by 1974, hit the # 1
R&B spot for the first time since 1969 with Finally Got Myself Together,
written and produced by Ed Townsend.

A marvelous group and one of the leading lights in popular music from that
era all rolled up into a nice 40-selection package. Just be aware if you are
looking for the singles versions of those mentioned above.
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