Curtis Live [Expanded Edition]

by Curtis Mayfield

Overview

Curtis/Live! is, simply, one of the greatest concert albums ever cut on a soul artist, and one of the legendary live albums of all time. Cut in January of 1971 during four nights at The Bitter End (then Greenwich Village's leading music venue) in New York, the resulting double LP transcended any expectations in both its programming and execution -- Mayfield performed numbers off of the Curtis album ("[Don't Worry] If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go"), as well as exciting and urgent new versions of songs originally performed by the Impressions ("We're a Winner," "People Get Ready," "Gypsy Woman"), plus a very moving R&B version of "We've Only Just Begun." This is all beautifully stripped-down work by a quintet consisting of Mayfield (vocals, guitar), Craig McMullen (guitar), Tyrone McCullen (drums), "Master" Henry Gibson (percussion), and Joseph "Lucky" Scott (bass) -- a solid, intense performance, with quietly elegant guitar playing against a rock-solid rhythm section, as Impressions hits are rethought and reconfigured in a new context, and Mayfield's early solo repertory comes to life in newer, longer live versions. [The British import from Sequel adds the complete contents of 1973's live Curtis in Chicago.] ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	02/10/2015
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8718469537846
Rank:	50616

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Curtis Mayfield   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Joseph Scott   Bass
Craig McMullen   Guitar
Tyrone McCullen   Drums
Henry Gibson   Congas

Technical Credits

Steven Chean   Editorial Supervision
Riley Hampton   Arranger
Eddie Kramer   Engineer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer
Johnny Pate   Arranger
Hugh Brown   Art Direction
Daniel Goldmark   Editorial Research
Tom Flye   Engineer
Paul Williams   Composer
Roger Nichols   Composer
Rich Tufo   Producer
Gary Slabo   Arranger
Michael Wesley Johnson   Reissue Producer
Daniel Hersch   Remastering
Irv Stimler   Associate Producer