Mayfield, Curtis | Original Album Series | 5CD

Curtis Mayfield was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer, born on 3 June 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, and died on 26 December 1999 in Roswell, Georgia, aged 57. He co-founded the R&B vocal group The Impressions in the late 1950s and left them in 1970 to begin a solo career. In the mid-1960s he founded and owned the soul labels Mayfield Records and Windy C, and he co-founded the label Curtom with Eddie Thomas.

Original Album Series is a five-disc CD set released by Curtom in Europe in 2013. The set includes albums such as Curtis, Roots, Back to the World and Sweet exorcist. Curtis Mayfield is credited as producer, and arrangers include Gil Askey, Johnny Pate and Riley Hampton.

Track List

Disc 1

1. (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
2. The Other Side Of Town
3. The Makings Of You
4. We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
5. Move On Up
6. Miss Black America
7. Wild And Free
8. Give It Up

Disc 2

1. Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey)
2. Rap
3. I Plan To Stay A Believer
4. We're A Winner
5. Rap
6. We've Only Just Begun
7. People Get Ready
8. Rap
9. Stare And Stare
10. Check Out Your Mind
11. Gypsy Woman
12. The Makings Of You
13. Rap
14. We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
15. (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
16. Stone Junkie

Disc 3

1. Get Down
2. Keep On Keeping On
3. Underground
4. We Got To Have Peace
5. Beautiful Brother Of Mine
6. Now You're Gone
7. Love To Keep You In Mind

Disc 4

1. Back To The World
2. Future Shock
3. Right On For The Darkness
4. Future Song (Love A Good Woman, Love A Good Man)
5. If I Were Only A Child Again
6. Can’t Say Nothin’
7. Keep On Trippin’

Disc 5

1. Ain't Got Time
2. Sweet Exorcist
3. To Be Invisible
4. Power To The People
5. Kung Fu
6. Suffer
7. Make Me Believe In You