The Best of Curtis Mayfield

~ Release by Curtis Mayfield (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Move On Up
recording of:
Move On Up
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Camad Music Company (ended), Curtom Publishing Co Inc (ended), EMI Tunes Ltd, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:46
2(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Down Below We're All Going To Go
assistant engineer:
Danny Turbeville
engineer:
Tom Flye and Roger Anfinson
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
baritone saxophone:
Ron Kolber (Saxophone)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Robert Sims (drummer) and Donald Simmons
guitar:
Patrick Ferreri and Phil Upchurch
horn:
Robert Lewis (horn)
instruments:
Sam Heiman, Harold Lepp, Richard Single and Gary Slabo
keyboard [keyboards]:
John Ross (keyboards)
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis) and Robert Sims (drummer)
saxophone:
Clifford Davis and Leonard Druss
trombone:
Lorin Binford
trumpet:
John Howell (trumpet) and Rudolph Stauber
viola:
Harold Klatz
violin:
Sol Bobrob and Elloit Golub
woodwind [woodwinds]:
Harold Dessent
vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
Riley Hampton and Gary Slabo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1970)
recording of:
(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1970 to ????)
4.57:54
3Get Down
recording of:
Get Down
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1971 to ????)
5:50
4Give It Up
assistant engineer:
Danny Turbeville
engineer:
Tom Flye and R.J. Anfinson
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
Riley Hampton and Gary Slabo
recording of:
Give It Up
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1971 to ????)
3:48
5Beautiful Brother Of Mine
recording of:
Beautiful Brother of Mine
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Camad Music Company (from 1971 to ????)
7:30
6Superfly
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Morris Jennings
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Superfly
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
4.653:57
7Freddie's Dead
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Morris Jennings
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead (William Parker arrangement)
composer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
William Parker (US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer)
publisher:
Centering Music (publisher for William Parker)
arrangement of:
Freddie’s Dead
55:30
8Future Shock
edit of:
Future Shock by Curtis Mayfield
recording of:
Future Shock
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1973 to ????)
3:40
9If I Were Only A Child Again
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
Richard Tufo
recorded at:
Curtom Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States
recording of:
If I Were Only a Child Again
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1973 to ????)
2:57
10Kung Fu
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
edit of:
Kung Fu by Curtis Mayfield
recording of:
Kung Fu
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Camad Music Company (from 1974 to ????)
3:52
11Sweet Exorcist
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen and John Janus (engineer)
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
Richard Tufo
recorded at:
Curtom Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States
recording of:
Sweet Exorcist
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1974 to ????)
3:53
12Billy Jack
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Phil Upchurch
membranophone:
Quinton Joseph
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
Richard Tufo
recording of:
Billy Jack
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Mayfield Music (BMI), Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
6:11
13So In Love
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Phil Upchurch
membranophone:
Quinton Joseph
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
Richard Tufo
recording of:
So in Love
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Mayfield Music (BMI) and Todd Mayfield Publishing
5:14
14Mother's Son
recording of:
Mother’s Son
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
6:03
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