Curtis Mayfield - Curtis Live (Dlx)
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Artist: Curtis MayfieldBrand: MAYFIELD,CURTIS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Live, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-08-15
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey)
- Rap
- I Plan To Stay A Believer
- We're A Winner
- Rap
- We've Only Just Begun
- People Get Ready
- Rap
- Stare And Stare
- Check Out Your Mind
- Gypsy Woman
- The Makings Of You
- Rap
- We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
- (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
- Stone Junkie
- Superfly
- Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey)(Single Version)
Free Music Notes for Curtis Live (Dlx)
Free Music Review: Curtis Has Just Began!
Hit: 5 Stars
It's recordings like this that make me wonder why I went out of my way to avoid live albums over the years. Released later in the same year as his debut solo album Curtis this album is no mere time filler by any means. One thing that I will say,and a lot of other reviewers have made this point to a huge degree already is that this represents an entirely different musical setting for these songs. Obviously due to the setting,at the Bitter End Club in NYC and being backed only by his basic quartet this album finds Mayfield's music presented only in the context of rhythm as opposed to production: there are no orchestrations or such here to take any attention away from the grooves,melodies and messages presented. Because of his reputation as a consciencious,mild mannered and witty street philospher personality wise some of the best moments of this album comes not only from the music,which is presented wonderfully throughout but also in the way Curtis "works" his audience. All of the songs here tell a particular story,some as always more of a whole than not but the little spoken vignette "raps" between many of them showcase this quality of Mayfields. For example: before launching into "We're A Winner" Curtis explains how the song wasn't played on a lot of radio stations and colorfully illustrated how that didn't matter in the long and short of things. Same goes for a cover of The Carptenters "We've Only Just Begun" where he states that a lot of people might not want to hear him performing it but when you hear it here you see why he did;the harmonic and rhythmic approch he takes to it may keep it somewhat musically recognizable but totally alters the nature of it's sentiments-one of the best ways one can interpret the song of another. Same goes for "Stop And Stare" and "Stone Junkie" where Curtis finds himself helping his audience realize they may themselves have been on either side of the situations presented in those songs. This adds weight to his quaote that "we all have similar fears and shed similar tears". There's also another important thing to understand about this album. By presenting Impressions hits such as "Check Out Your Mind","People Get Ready","Gypsy Woman" and "Mighty Mighty Spade And Whitey" along with numbers from his debut solo recording like "The Makings Of You" and "(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go" it all gives a very strong continuity and progression message wise to his music;from the confidant and melodically optimistic flavors of his 60's era music to the wittier,direct and hard hitting musical and lyrical tone of his then newer music,even some of the latter day Impressions songs. As a live album this not only gives us a chance to interact to a degree with Curtis outside the musical context alone but also see him present his music from both a group and an individual persective on his own and in one setting. And that is what makes this album so vital (especially to the early part) within his solo legacy.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: MAYFIELD,CURTIS
Title: LIVE!
Street Release Date: 08/15/2000
Genre: SOUL/R & B
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