Oct 07,  · Check Out Your Mind was twelfth studio and last Impressions’ album on which Curtis Mayfield would be singing as a member of the Chicago based blues and rhythm group, where the title track opened the adventure with a blistering bit of psychedelic soul, filled material that epitomized the essences of being black in the ’s all before Mayfield set out on his own and created his /5(40).

Mar 07,  · This is the most laidback live album I've ever heard. The absolute acme of understated super soulful funk. The sound is minimal with delicate percussion from the congas plus washes of rhythm guitar from Curtis/5().

If you do not even know who Curtis Mayfield was, prepare for perhaps the best live album by any artist. No matter what your musical taste, from Blues to Emo to Nu-Metal, this is one to own. The atmosphere is an intimate New York club. The set is sparse, the timing impeccable. "Mighty Mighty" is a kick-start into a wonderful sonic experience/5().

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Issued as Curtis/Live!, Curtom/Buddah #CRS (5/71) Recorded at Paul Colby's Bitter End, New York City, during January Engineered at Electric Lady Studios, NY. Mixed at Record Plant, NY. Track Issued on Curtis In Chicago, Curtom/Buddah #CRS (10/73) Recorded live by WTTW-TV, Chicago, during September Track /5(35).

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 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.

Curtis/Live! is Curtis Mayfield’s first live album, after leaving The progteochildrorete.tiosundntenirelafenunanuninhou.coally released in May as a double LP on Mayfield's Curtom label (distributed through Neil Bogart's Buddah Records), the album's 16 tracks — along with Mayfield's interstitial raps on the politics of the day — were recorded at Paul Colby's seater Bitter End nightclub in New York City.

Check Out Your Mind! — 22 Solo albums. Year Album US R&B UK Certification Note; Curtis: 19 1 30 US: Gold; Curtis/Live! 21 3 - Live Roots: 40 6 - Super Fly: 1 1 26 US: Gold; Soundtrack Back to the World: 16 The Essential Curtis Mayfield () Soul Legacy () Greatest Hits.