Mayfield, Curtis - Roots (Orange Vinyl) FOUR1543.1

Mayfield, Curtis - Roots (Orange Vinyl) FOUR1543.1Roots is Curtis Mayfield's visionary album, a landmark creation every bit as compelling and far reaching in it's musical and extra musical goals as Marvin Gaye's contemporary What's Goin' On. Opening on the hit "Get Down," the album soars on some of the sweetest and most eloquent yet driving soul sounds heard up to that time. Curtis Mayfield was an American soul, rhythm and blues and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is highly regarded

largely instrumental with vocals as an instrument rather than a voice

Side B “Rock And Roll Children” LIVE from Donington 1987

building a sense of technology

Love Woke Me Up This Morning 2

It is a dark

and “Belieber”

" On "Swanee River" Dave is playfully polyrhythmic

his third album Stoned Soul Picnic is a masterful showcase of soul-jazz grooves

a quiet walk down a too-familiar road

it’s got a lot of pep in its step

Kaleidoscope World is not just the starting point for The Chills

known as a place visited in order to "commune with the dead"