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| | Superfly (soundtrack) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Superfly, along with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, was one of the pioneering soul concept albums, with its then-unique socially aware lyrics about poverty and drug abuse making the album stand out. | | | Widely considered a classic of early-1970s soul and released in July of 1972, Superfly was a nearly immediate hit. | | | In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Superfly the 63rd greatest album of all time. |
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| | Curtis Mayfield - Superfly |
| | The soundtrack release became, basically, his fourth solo album. | | | The moral is that ol' Superfly is still badass stuff even if the cops are behind it, and also that this record is currently selling as well as good coke and deserves to do so. | | | is not only a superior, imaginative soundtrack, but fine funky music as well and the best of Curtis Mayfield's four albums made since he left the Impressions since the "Gypsy Woman" days. |
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| | Superfly-Short Eyes - UK Prices and Reviews |
| | These aren't soundtracks they are classic albums disguised as albums. | | | Superfly might just be the greatest album of the '70s. | | | Shaft and Black Caesar were soundtrack albums, Curtis's songs were so vivid the films could only aspire and dream to be the visual realisation of the great man's ideas. |
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http://www.georeviews.co.uk/Superfly-Short-Eyes_L308387
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| | Curtis Mayfield |
| | The commercial and critical peak of his solo career came with his 1972 album Superfly, the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film of the same name, and one of the most influential albums in history. | | | Gladys Knight and the Pips recorded Mayfield's soundtrack for Claudine in 1974, while Aretha Franklin recorded the soundtrack for Sparkle in 1976. | | | Superfly's success lead to Mayfield being tapped for two more blaxploitation soundtracks, which he wrote and produced while having others perform the vocals. |
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http://www.punweb.com/article/Curtis_Mayfield
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| | superfly vinyl records, rare cds, used music albums |
| | superfly vinyl records, rare cds, used music albums | | | Popular Superfly cds, vinyl records and music albums: | | | Used, hard to find, out of print Superfly albums and LPs. |
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| | Curtis Mayfield Album Reviews |
| | These gritty songs are what most people remember about Superfly, and thirty years later this influential soundtrack album is still more lyrically real and prescient, not to mention more musically inventive and moving, than any gangta rap album. | | | That said, like most soundtracks this is primarily mood music, albeit of an often brilliant kind, as Mayfield again crosses smoothly sensuous yet funky music with dark, despairing lyrics about ghetto life. | | | The fact is that all of Superfly's best attributes were already on ample display on Curtis, Mayfield’s solo debut, which was released on his own Curtdom label, a groundbreaking move at the time for a black artist. |
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| | blaxploitation.com's Introduction To Blaxploitation Soundtracks |
| | Most of the soundtrack albums that followed, in the same way as 'Shaft', provided a number of hit singles in their own right. | | | The recent revival of interest in cinema and 1970s culture has lead to a corresponding desire to explore the music of the blaxploitation genre, and with it the long-overdue acknowledgement of the huge influence of its artists on modern music. | | | Many of the best blaxploitation soundtracks were issued on major record labels, for which the collector should be thankful. |
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| | Curtis Mayfield: Superfly:: Pitchfork Review |
| | As most folks with clues realize, Superfly is one of the most influential R&B recordings of the 1970s (the majority of Seattle Grunge Rockers cite this album as an inspiration), and while some of the slang terms are less effective adjectives than flashbacks to yesteryear, they're true to their time. | | | Mayfield's Superfly was probably the most important record for shaping the future of black music. | | | This is one of the first releases to include to the trademark blaxploitation smooth-funk sound. |
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mayfield_curtis/superfly.shtml
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| | Monstervision Movie Description of Superfly |
| | Mayfield's soundtrack for Superfly proved an enormous success, spending an amazing 46 weeks on the Billboard album charts. | | | In fact, he was not only responsible for the soundtrack (which featured two million-selling singles, "Superfly" and "Freddie's Dead"), but his band, the Curtis Mayfield Experience, also appears in the film, singing the tune "Pusherman" in a nightclub scene. | | | These lyrics, from Curtis Mayfield's chart-topping 1972 single "Superfly", pretty much sum up the life of Priest (Ron O'Neal), a Harlem dope dealer, and his daily struggles to make it on the tough streets of his gritty neighborhood. |
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| | Superfly by Curtis Mayfield Songfacts |
| | This was originally an instrumental passage in the movie Superfly, but it ended up having a huge role in the movie. | | | You can leave comments about the song at the bottom of the page. | | | , New York, NY Platinum-selling "Superfly" was recorded in 1972. |
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http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=2281
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| | Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Curtis Mayfield |
| | He left behind a legacy of musical contributions in solo albums, soundtrack production work, songwriting, and performing. | | | The same year the producer and songwriter of “Superfly” chose Mayfield for the soundtrack work. | | | Superfly: Deluxe 25th Edition Box Set CD Collection at Amazon.com |
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| | REVIEW |
| | Generally half of the songs aren't even in the film (they're somehow "inspired by" the movie) and they rarely serve as anything more than a sampler for a record label's latest band line-up. | | | Also, the producers have managed to dish up some rump-shaking songs while avoiding a soundtrack full of chaff. | | | However, ignoring those two transgressions, let's take a look at the motion picture soundtrack landscape and review this disc on its own terms. |
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http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1999/04.05/revmodsq.html
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| | Amazon.com: Scary Movie: Music That Inspired The Soundtrack? [SOUNDTRACK]: Music |
| | I have listened to this recording, and I want to review it. | | | Hey, you guys obvoiusly got ahold of the screener version of this movie, which was released before all the soundtrack and score could be finalized. | | | The top 10 Greatest soundtracks: A list by Darrin Bradley, Listens to A LOT of music |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004TVAQ?v=glance
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| | Amazon.com: Superfly (1972 Film) [SOUNDTRACK]: Music |
| | Considering that this soundtrack is some 30+ years old, its still remains not only one of Curtis' greatest musical achievements, but also still arguably one of the greatest movie soundtrack albums ever made. | | | But in agreeing to soundtrack the Soundtrack for the movie "Superfly", Curtis was far too shrewd to simply just deliver a wonderfully musical soundtrack, and what he did was to, actually take the opportunity to produce a soundtrack with a underlying message. | | | What I love about this album is that it manages to clearly capture the true essence of street life without the bragdaccio of Gangster Rap nor the preachiness of Afrocentric Rap of the late 80's and early 90's. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JFV9
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| | Soundtrack Music |
| | Soundtrack Discography and Songs at CD Universe 1bf Low prices on Soundtrack music at CD Universe, the Internet's best music CD store, with top rated service, Soundtrack cover art pictures, sound samples, etc.... | | | Movie Soundtrack at Music-Royalty-Free.Net Menu royalty free music royalty free sound effects production music sound effects royalty free cd royalty free world music film music music library royalty... | | | Soundtrack Music CDs at Songsearch Internet CD Store |
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| | Gladys Knight & The Pips CD Review |
| | This reissue of the soundtrack on CD was produced by Tom Cartwright, and features soul dripping melodies such as, "Mr. | | | Curtis Mayfield, a prolific songwriter and mastermind for the movie soundtrack, "Superfly," as well as the legendary Diva of Soul, Gladys Knight & The Pips, assimilated their talent, creativity, and muses to originate the musical element required for this 20th Century Fox movie. | | | Also on this CD is, "On and On," which became number two on the R&B charts, and number five on the hot 100's chart, the summer of 1974. |
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| | Buy.com - Superfly - Soundtrack - CD |
| | That SUPERFLY resulted not only in an excellent soundtrack for the film, but in one of Mayfield's best albums, is all the more surprising. | | | Along with Isaac Hayes's SHAFT, SUPERFLY wrote the book on blaxploitation music, pioneering sounds, themes, and moods that would be indelibly associated--thanks in part to the films they accompanied--with black inner-city life in the '70s. |
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http://www.buy.com/prod/Superfly/q/loc/109/60316666.html
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| | Superfly |
| | Curtis Mayfield - Superfly: Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition - at... | | | However, the sound quality on the DVD is quite poor, which is an absolute shame in light of the music that is a genuine reflection of its place and era. | | | Fantasic flick, but atrocious audio: I write this review in regard to the DVD version of this movie in particular. |
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http://www.elipsiselectronics.com/B0000TWMT8/Superfly.html
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| | Curtis Mayfield |
| | After penning the soundtrack for the 1989 blaxploitation parody I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Mayfield was tragically injured in an August 1990 concert accident while performing in New York -- a broken lighting rig fell on his back, leaving him a quadriplegic. | | | With lyrics that had a political and social message, hard, funky riffs and soulful vocals, Mayfield's albums became classics of 1970s urban music. | | | His '60s recordings with the Impressions and solo work in the '70s – rumbling funk jams, incisive songs of protest, divinely inspired ballads, the landmark Superfly soundtrack – prefigure everything from rap to the lush RandB of Babyface. |
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http://www.paralinks.net/musicians/CURTISMAYFIELD.HTML
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| | Amazon.ca: Music: Superfly [Soundtrack] |
| | A melange of deep, dark grooves, trademarked wah-wah guitar, and stinging brass, Superfly ignited an entire genre of music, the blaxploitation soundtrack, and influenced everyone from soul singers to television-music composers for decades to come. | | | Ironically, the sound of Superfly positively overwhelmed its lyrical finesse. | | | I guess the only thing to argue is whether Superfly or Shaft was the better album soundtrack from the era of blaxploitation films. |
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| | Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions |
| | Mayfield hit the top of the pop charts with his fourth solo release, this soundtrack to the landmark blaxploitation film; musically it follows in the wake of Shaft, with wah-wah guitar, Latin percussion and hip horns providing a streetwise vibe, softened by occasional strings. | | | Worth hearing if you liked Superfly: though some tunes like the title track lack energy, and no song is as memorable as the previous record's hits, the lyrics are more abstract and thoughtful. | | | Though this is titled like a from-the-vaults release, it's actually an album of new material, mostly written and produced by Townsend and arranged by Tufo. |
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| | 12/12/97: This News Friday |
| | Last week, "Superfly" turned 25 years old (it was originally released on Nov. 28, 1972), so I did a show focusing on the "Superfly" soundtrack, and the recent Rhino CD rerelease (I also played a bit of Curtis Mayfield's music from the 1990 sequel, "The Return of Superfly"). | | | It is a look at the original soundtracks, Arnold's cover album (sorry Pete!) and his work on the new film. | | | It's called "A Fistful of Soundtracks" - I named it after "A Fistful of Dollars," a favorite score of mine from my favorite composer, Morricone, and I use that film's opening title music for my show's opening music. |
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http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/1997/12_Dec---This_News_Friday.asp
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| | Superfly - Curtis Mayfield |
| | Parts of this album provide the soundtrack for Spike Lee's new movie Get on the Bus, which is about a group of black men who catch a bus across America to go to the Million Man March. | | | But despite this accident, he has managed a comeback, with a new album out called New World Order. | | | Curtis continued making good music into the '80's, but an accident at a benefit gig he was doing in New York has left him a quadriplegic. |
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| | Willamette Week Recorded Music |
| | This would be well and good if this album were a true soundtrack capturing the spirit of Goines' novel. | | | These are just a bunch of songs thrown on to a disc. | | | The magic of a perfect fusion of music and film--think of the water-tight cohesion of Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack--is missing. |
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| | RollingStone.com: Mayfield: Remixed - The Curtis... : Curtis Mayfield : Review |
| | Louie Vega bumps up the tempo and beats of "Superfly" via newly recorded guitar, bass, brass, flute and percussion parts that take the 1972 anthem on a jazzy club excursion. | | | But the late Chicago soul pioneer's relevance extends far beyond hip-hop, as this atypically reverent remix album reminds. | | | Grandmaster Flash misfires with his remix of "We're a Winner," cheapening the Impressions' 1968 black-pride epic with tinny Eighties rhythms. |
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http://rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6848032/curtismayfield?...
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| | MovieBud.com Archive - Favorite movie soundtracks? |
| | I bought the Terminator soundtrack for the love theme, a beautiful piece of piano music. | | | Most of the time, I'd rather listen to the soundtrack than watch the movie. | | | because the matrix Reloaded soundtrack rocked, one CD of the orchestral stuff and the other CD with the more rocky/fast moving tracks! |
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http://www.moviebud.com/showthread/t-139.html
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| | Various Superfly Soul CD |
| | His punchy take on ‘Superfly’ was one of a number of soul covers to be found on the second album, titled after the War hit ‘Cisco Kid’. | | | Another signature Mayfield piece from the immortal Superfly soundtrack. | | | Within two years he was recording for Blue Note, where he made 5 albums before signing with Groove Merchant and getting funky on two more. |
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| | Curtis Mayfield MP3 Downloads - Curtis Mayfield Music Downloads - Curtis Mayfield Music Videos |
| | The new Mayfield material, which includes "Superfly 1990" (a duet with Ice-T) and "Showdown," isn't in a class with "Pusherman" and other gems he recorded in the 1970s, but they demonstrated that the singer could still be enjoyable. | | | No less than 18 years passed between the release of Curtis Mayfield's original Superfly soundtrack in 1972 and the release of The Return of Superfly: Original Soundtrack in 1990. | | | So this CD emphasized rap, but it also acknowledged 1970s Black culture by offering five new tunes by Mayfield, one of the era's icons. |
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| | As 'Superfly,' Ron O'Neal Played All Too Well (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Still, I listen to the wondrous "Superfly" soundtrack now and then and become alternately jumpy and melancholy. | | | And may Ron O'Neal be remembered for the way he pleaded with anyone listening not to follow in the twisting unpredictable road of his Superfly. | | | The plot consisted of Priest, a celebrated drug dealer, trying to leave the business, but not before a final deal must be executed. |
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| | BBC - 1Xtra - Black History Month - 1972 |
| | Bobby Womack, assisted by JJ Johnson, showcased some of his finest soul tracks on Across 110th St However, the highlight of this period was undeniably Curtis Mayfield's Superfly. | | | After the success of Shaft, blaxploitation movie soundtracks reached their artistic peak. | | | Disco fever started to take prominence in clubland with the release of classic tracks such as Manu Dibango's Soul Makossa. |
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| | Browse by Artist: MAYFIELD, CURTIS |
| | 15 tracks taken from his first 3 solo studio albums: Curtis, Roots and Superfly (all released between 1970 and 1972 on the Curtom label). | | | "This album is Mayfield's soundtrack to the 1977 Robert M.Young flick Short Eyes, based on the award-winning play by Miguel Pineiro. | | | Side A of this album is a radio interview in which Mayfield talks -- 'raps' -- about several aspects of life, with the interview being backed up by excerpts of the songs that inspire the conversation while Side B is a collection of four of his biggest hits to date." |
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| | The Critics Agree: Jeune = Superstar |
| | The romanticization of the black criminal underworld, while bad for the spread of urban violence, has resulted in two great, distinct styles in pop music that virtually defined their eras: Superfly soul and G-funk. | | | Much of the credit goes to Jeune's live band, whose sinewy take on modern funk relies equally on Mayfield's stinging guitar leads, congas, that zip-zip-zip sound that the guy who played the fish in Santana made, P-Funk keyboard basslines (think "Flashlight") and Prince's boudoir funk. | | | Instead of sampling the past, Jeune opts to recreate it on his debut album Back To Reality..., one of the most authentic and funky blasts of all-live gangster funk, slippery P-Funk ("Get Your Groove On") and erogenous RandB (think Prince meets Teddy Pendergrass) we've heard in years. |
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| | VH1.com : Curtis Mayfield : News Flash: 25th Anniversary Superfly Soundtrack Coming |
| | Mayfield's evocative, textured instrumentals defined the music of the period, and have long provided fertile territory for hip-hop samplers (the Beastie Boys snatched "Superfly" for their song "Egg Man") and re-interpreters (Fishbone's reworking of "Freddie's Dead"). | | | In 1990, Mayfield was paralyzed when a lighting rig fell on him in the middle of a concert. | | | ust as hip-hop may be moving beyond the '70s blaxploitation vibe, Rhino Records will hit sampling headz with a new 25th anniversary edition of the soundtrack to the genre's seminal flick, Superfly. |
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http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1164/09101997/mayfield_curtis.jhtml
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| | Claudine a soundtrack on The Right Stuff label |
| | Excellent liner notes focusing on Mayfield and how this record was conceived are part of the package. | | | Curtis Mayfield, as you should already know, is a powerhouse when it comes to writing, producing as well as performing RandB. | | | Claudine a soundtrack on The Right Stuff label |
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http://www.ultra-kustom.com/reviews/claudine.htm
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| | ipedia.com: Timeline of trends in music (1970-1979) Article |
| | The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever (largely by the Bee Gees) is the dominant album of the year and helps cement disco as the most popular genre; Chic also releases a pivotal disco album, Risque | | | Curtis Mayfield's Superfly (soundtrack to the Blaxploitation film of the same name) and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On are popular and help redefine soul music; most influentially, they add a socially aware tone to the lyrics | | | Jimmy Cliff's soundtrack to The Harder They Come is the first commercially successful reggae music in western markets -- meanwhile, Bob Marley & the Wailers; most well-reviewed works are released, though sales are limited outside of Jamaica |
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http://www.ipedia.com/timeline_of_trends_in_music__1970_1979_.html
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| | DJ Friendly Records |
| | As our appetite for good funky music, sample sources and breaks grows, we find that it is good to diversify and movie soundtracks are a great source. | | | Lots of funky cover versions Inc. the version of 2001 that featured on the Ultimate breaks LP Clay Pitts Orch. | | | Collectable 6T's soundtrack - some writing on back cover. |
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| | BBC - Blues, Soul & Reggae Review - Curtis Mayfield, Superfly |
| | The original Superfly soundtrack was lauded as a huge step forward for black music by the white music press, as to them, it seemed to equal the maturity of rock concept albums prevalent at the time (even though Marvin Gaye's' Whats Going On? | | | This album along with the Shaft, are like a virtual soundtrack for the period. | | | Aside from the poetry and social commentary, there is obviously the music to accompany the film, one of the better-made and received 'blaxploition' movies of the time. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/bluessoulreggae/reviews/mayfield_superfly.shtml
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| | Untitled Page |
| | Favorite Soundtrack Song: The Breakfast Club soundtrack will always be the best. | | | Favorite Soundtrack Song: "Old Time Rock and Roll" - Bob Seger - Risky Business | | | Favorite Soundtrack Song: "Aquarius" - The 40 Year Old Virgin |
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