The Impressions

The Complete A & B Sides 1961 - 1968

Release Date: 6th July 2009

Label: Eclipse / Universal Music

Format: 2CD and Digital download

Catalogue  Number:    5312379

Many use the word genius with a wild abandon, yet surely if there is one who deserves to be labelled as such, and who rarely is, it is Curtis Mayfield, a unique man in music.

Mayfield was gifted with the pipes of an angel and took the rafter-raising spirit of the church, with its uplifting & hopeful message, and combined it with an indelible songwriting craft to create sublime spiritual soul music that carried his sermons of civil rights and equality to the masses.

Listening to his group, The Impressions, on this selection is a truly spiritual experience: it’s like witnessing the birth of soul over and over again.

COMPLETE As AND Bs collects, chronologically, one of the best runs of any 60s group, soul or otherwise. From the eerie, atmospheric Gypsy Woman in 1962, Curtis Mayfield's gorgeous falsetto floats over a collection of all-time soulful greats, including US no.4 hit It's All Right, the civil rights anthem People Get Ready, and northern soul stomper Can't Satisfy.

CD1

1. Gypsy Woman - Single Version
2. Grow Closer Together - Single Version
3. Little Young Lover - Single Version
4. Minstrel And Queen - Single Version
5. I'm The One Who Loves You - Single Version
6. Sad Sad Girl And Boy - Single Version
7. It's All Right - Single Version
8. Talking About My Baby - Single Version
9. Girl You Don't Know Me - Album Version
10. I'm So Proud - Single Version
11. Keep On Pushing - Single Version
12. You Must Believe Me - Single Version
13. Amen - Album Version
14. People Get Ready - Single Version
15. Woman's Got Soul
16. Meeting Over Yonder - Single Version
17. I Need You - Single Version
18. Just One Kiss From You - Single Version
19. You've Been Cheatin' - Single Version
20. Since I Lost The One I Love - Single Version
21. Too Slow - Single Version
22. Can't Satisfy - Single Version
23. Love's A Comin'
24. You Always Hurt Me
25. It's Hard To Believe - Album Version
26. I Can't Stay Away From You - Single Version
27. We're A Winner - Single Version
28. We're Rolling On (Part One) - Single Version
29. I Loved And I Lost - Album Version
30. Don't Cry My Love - Single Version
CD2

1. As Long As You Love Me
2. Can't You See - Single Version
3. Never Let Me Go - Single Version
4. You've Come Home
5. I Need Your Love - Single Version
6. Twist And Limbo
7. You'll Want Me Back
8. Never Too Much Love
9. A Woman Who Loves Me
10. I Made A Mistake
11. I Love You (Yeah)
12. See The Real Me - Single Version
13. Long Long Winter - Album Version
14. I've Been Trying - Album Version
15. Get Up And Move
16. I've Found That I've Lost - Single Version
17. Never Could You Be - Single Version
18. Twilight Time
19. Man Oh Man - Single Version
20. Falling In Love With You
21. No One Else
22. This Must End
23. Wade In The Water
24. Little Girl
25. You've Got Me Runnin' - Single Version
26. You Ought To Be In Heaven
27. It's All Over
28. We're Rolling On (Part Two)
29. Up Up And Away
30. Sometimes I Wonder