Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970 Expanded) & New World Order (1996) mp3@320 {1337x}-kawli

Curtis (1970)
New World Order (1996)

Curtis’ First… And Heartbreaking Last

Two beautiful examples of the greatness, compassion and enduring spirit of the great Curtis Mayfield. After a career of hit making with The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield’s debut solo album was the culmination of an ever-blossoming talent, laced with social activism.

A year before Marvin Gaye’s seminal What’s Going On and two years before Stevie Wonder’s Music Of My Mind & Talking Book, Curtis Mayfield began using his music to spotlight the cultural issues of the late 60s and early 70s, with a melodic invention and majestic flair equaled by no one. The All Music Guide calls this 1970 debut, Curtis, the “Sgt. Pepper’s of ’70s soul,” and the album’s blunt lyrical assessments still ring loud on tracks like “(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Going To Go,” “We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue” and “Move On Up.” While Mayfield condemns the still segregated 60s and the cultural clashes that would continue for years afterwards, his music still embraced an undying optimism (a Mayfield trademark) that has helped to ensure his work will always remain timeless and uplifting. This 2000 expanded edition also includes a generous helping of early demos and backing tracks.

But… if optimism and redemption has long been the cornerstone of Mayfield’s messages and themes, it was Curtis’ last album, New World Order, that put his words and attitude to a real world test. Recorded six years after an on-stage accident that paralyzed him from the neck down, New World Order is a breathtaking example of one man championing his adversity. Legendarily, Mayfield’s vocals were recorded almost line-by-line (while lying on his back), but you’d never hear that in the unending beauty of his voice or his still, inexplicably optimistic world view. Most of the material was co-written by Mayfield, while – in full-circle fashion – he also revisits Curtis‘ “We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue.” New World Order is an album that proves, despite everything in his life, that Mayfield’s golden soul soared until the very end.

Curtis - Tracklist:
1. (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Going To Go (7:51)
2. Other Side Of Town (4:02)
3. The Makings Of You (3:44)
4. We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue (6:06)
5. Move On Up (8:54)
6. Miss Black America (2:59)
7. Wild And Free (3:17)
8. Give It Up (3:49)
9. Power To The People (Demo) (2:47)
10. Underground (Demo) (3:12)
11. Ghetto Child (Demo) (5:10)
12. Readings In Astrology (Demo) (3:31)
13. Suffer (Demo) (2:32)
14. Miss Black America (Demo) (2:23)
15. The Makings Of You (Backing Tracks, Take 32) (4:35)
16. (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Going To Go (Backing Tracks, Takes 1 & 2) (9:35)
17. (Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Going To Go (Edited Single Version) (3:27)

New World Order Tracklist:
1. New World Order (5:37)
2. Ms. Martha (4:24)
3. Back To Living Again (5:11)
4. No One Knows About A Good Thing (You Don’t Have To Cry) (5:20)
5. Just A Little Bit Of Love (5:27)
6. We People Who Are Darker Than Blue (5:03)
7. I Believe In You (4:58)
8. Here But I’m Gone (5:22)
9. It Was Love That We Needed (4:16)
10. The Got Dang Song (5:17)
11. The Girl I Find Stays On My Mind (3:59)
12. Let’s Not Forget (3:43)
13. Oh So Beautiful (4:38)

Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: FhG
MPEG-1 layer 3

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