Curtis (Vinyl LP) Rhythm & Blues

Curtis (Vinyl LP) Rhythm & BluesReleased in 1970 'Curtis' is the debut album by American soul funk artist, and former lead singer of The Impressions, Curtis Mayfield. Released on his own label Curtom Records and also self produced this debut was very much a solo project building on Mayfield's personal experiences. It moved away from the pop soul sounds of The Impressions and featured much more of a funk and psychedelic inspired sound. It was a powerful musical statement which

but added to the mix are synths

2LP set featuring 15 of the finest Beastie Boys tracks from throughout an incredible career

Cave's singing began to develop here

pleading for people to unite and create a better place

The rest is

The record is called Sympathetic Magic and it's a great joy to share it with you

The natural chemistry between Brian (Danger Mouse) and Tariq (Black Thought) comes through in the ease with which the artist and listener move through this album

The Raincoats have included this in their set occasionally to much uproar and excitement and Ana da Silva plays monotron on the recording

and the energy pivots nimbly across these seven tracks to make for a varied but cohesive listen

via Daptone Records

too melodic

It was the first album on which Fela deliberately and explicitly challenged the authority of the Nigerian regime and the actions of its enforcers