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Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Curtis’ 55th Anniversary Vinyl
Cut from The Original Tapes by Chris Bellman.
Legendary Curtis Mayfield‘s “Curtis” will be released on vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 on November 28th.
Celebrate the 55th Anniversary of this instant classic: Curtis Mayfield‘s 1970 self-titled debut album.
Released on the artist’s own imprint, Curtom Records, the album spent five consecutive weeks atop Billboard Soul Charts on the strength of soaring anthems like “Move On Up” and sultry ballads like “The Makings Of You.”
Newly repackaged for RSD Black Friday, it’s been cut from the original tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and is pressed locally on 180 gram premium-quality vinyl.
Curtis Mayfield was an American soul, rhythm and blues and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious Black music.
He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums.
Side A
01 (Don’t Worry) If There Is a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
02 The Other Side of Town
03 The Makings of You
04 We the People Who Are Darker Than BlueSide B
01 Move on Up (Extended Version)
02 Miss Black America
03 Wild and Free
04 Give It Up
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