IMPRESSIONS People Get Ready LP ABC PARAMOUNT 1965 US orig+mono CURTIS MAYFIELD
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THE IMPRESSIONS
The quintessential Chicago soul group, the Impressions' place in R&B history would be secure if they'd done nothing but launch the careers of soul legends Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield. But far more than that, the Impressions recorded some of the most distinctive vocal-group R&B of the '60s under Mayfield's guidance. Their style was marked by airy, feather-light harmonies and Mayfield's influentially sparse guitar work, plus, at times, understated Latin rhythms. If their sound was sweet and lilting, it remained richly soulful thanks to the group's firm grounding in gospel tradition; they popularized the three-part vocal trade-offs common in gospel but rare in R&B at the time, and recorded their fair share of songs with spiritual themes, both subtle and overt. Furthermore, Mayfield's interest in the civil rights movement led to some of the first socially conscious R&B songs ever recorded, and his messages grew more explicit as the '60s wore on, culminating in the streak of brilliance that was his early-'70s solo work
"PEOPLE GET READY"
1965 LP ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS ABC 505 MONO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
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LABEL: ABC-PARAMOUNT - BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT (White/rim)
Catalog on cover: (front & spine) ABC 505 (rear) MONO-ABC-505 STEREO-ABCS-505
Catalog on labels: ABC-505
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ABC-505 A -3 LW Sf (Stamped): 1... Bell Sound
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ABC-505 B LW Sf (Stamped): 1... Bell Sound
On labels: rim text reads "A Product of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Full Color Fidelity
On back cover: Notes by Rick Ward
Arranged and Produced by Johnny PateA Product of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. Made in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: WOMAN'S GOT SOUL - EMOTIONS - SOMETIMES I WONDER
WE'RE IN LOVE - JUST ANOTHER DANCE - CAN'T WORK NO LONGERSide B: PEOPLE GET READY - I'VE FOUND THAT I'VE LOST - HARD TO BELIEVE
SEE THE REAL ME - GET UP AND MOVE - YOU MUST BELIEVE MEgrading
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As with the previous year's Keep on Pushing, People Get Ready featured another big Curtis Mayfield hit, one that made as strong an impact on the civil-rights movement as on the charts. One of the most beautiful songs of the '60s, "People Get Ready" set the oft-used "gospel train" as its theme, with Mayfield speaking of faith for the present and deliverance in the future, while Sam Gooden and Fred Cash contributed beautiful harmony vocals (and a few lines of their own). That career touchstone aside, the rest of the material on the LP wasn't as strong as Keep on Pushing or the Impressions' marvelous debut. The two winners were "Woman's Got Soul" and "You Must Believe Me," both in a similar brassy, uptown mode as expected from the Chicago soul kingpins. A few of the songs were hauled out from as long as three years ago, like Mayfield's own version of "Can't Work No Longer," a Billy Butler hit he'd produced (also in 1965). The exceptional harmonies and arrangements were still in place, but for a few songs it was clear that Mayfield had tired of concocting novelties that looked back to the age of doo wop...(AllMusic)
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