Curtis Mayfield – Superfly (Unoff.)

Unoff. release.

Title: Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Soul, Funk, Chicago, Illinois 11/26
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: New (LM) | Members: Curtis M (42' - 99') | Producer: Curtis Mayfield
Cultural Facts:

1. Cabrini-Green Childhood: Curtis Mayfield grew up poor in Chicago, partly in the Cabrini-Green projects, and taught himself guitar in an open tuning of his own.
2. Teenage Impressions: He joined the Impressions as a teenager and wrote soul and civil rights anthems like People Get Ready before going solo.
3. Bigger Than the Movie: The Superfly soundtrack went to number one on the Billboard 200 and is often said to have outsold the movie it was written for.