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Cover of Curtis Live!

Album • 1971

Curtis Live!

Curtis Mayfield18 songs • 1 hour, 17 minutes

Curtis/Live! is Curtis Mayfield’s first live album, after leaving the Impressions. Originally released in May 1971 as a double LP on Mayfield's Curtom label, the album's 16 tracks — along with Mayfield's interstitial raps on the politics of the day — were recorded at Paul Colby's 230 seater Bitter End nightclub in New York City. According to John Abbey, who at the beginning of the 1970s was editor of the UK magazine Blues & Soul, Mayfield and his band's first set at a Bitter End date in January 1971 comprised the bulk of the music presented here. Mixed primarily with Eddie Kramer at Electric Lady Studios, the album features "Master" Henry Gibson playing percussion, Craig McMullen on rhythm guitar, Joseph "Lucky" Scott on bass, and Tyrone McCullen on drums. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis/...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Songs

  1. 1
    Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey) [Live at The Bitter End, NYC]
    Curtis Mayfield
  2. 2
    Rap (#1) [Live at The Bitter End, NYC]
    Curtis Mayfield
  3. 3
    I Plan to Stay a Believer (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  4. 4
    We're a Winner (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  5. 5
    Rap (#2) [Live at The Bitter End, NYC]
    Curtis Mayfield
  6. 6
    We've Only Just Begun (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  7. 7
    People Get Ready (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  8. 8
    Rap (#3) [Live at The Bitter End, NYC]
    Curtis Mayfield
  9. 9
    Stare and Stare (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  10. 10
    Check out Your Mind (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  11. 11
    Gypsy Woman (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  12. 12
    The Makings of You (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  13. 13
    Rap (#4) [Live @ Bitter End, NYC]
    Curtis Mayfield
  14. 14
    We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  15. 15
    (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go [Live at The Bitter End, NYC]
    Curtis Mayfield
  16. 16
    Stone Junkie (Live at The Bitter End, NYC)
    Curtis Mayfield
  17. 17
    Superfly (Recorded Live by WTTW-TV Chicago)
    Curtis Mayfield
  18. 18
    Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey) [Live @ Bitter End, NYC] [Single Version] (Live @ Bitter End, NYC; Single Version)
    Curtis Mayfield

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