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Twenty-six song compilation of non-LP singles, rarities that only showed up on obscure reissues and various-artists collections, and material (both released and unreleased) from their sessions for their late-'60s The Versatile Impressions album. As a listen it's a little uneven, due in large part to the over-preponderance of standards from Versatile. None of this is on level with the best '60s recordings by Mayfield and the Impressions. Much of it, though, is the fairly solid sort of stuff that fans who care enough about the act to go beyond greatest-hits compilations will like to have. Actually, some of these were not terribly obscure; "Never Could You Be" was a small R&B hit in the mid-'60s, and "We're Rolling On (Pts. 1 & 2)" was a small pop entry in 1968, as was the 1968 antiwar ballad "Don't Cry My Love" (written by Mayfield with jazz singer Oscar Brown, Jr.). Oddities from the Versatile LP include the two lushly orchestrated songs they did for the East of Java soundtrack. However, much of the Versatile period is unsuitably pop in both material and production for the Impressions, although "Sermonette" and the previously unreleased "Devil in Your Soul" eschew that approach for some pretty gutsy, bluesy soul.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Curtis Mayfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Fred Cash, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Gooden, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, Producer - Richard Brooks, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mack David, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mack David, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, Composer - Curtis Mayfield, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Impressions, MainArtist - Fred Cash, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Gooden, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - John Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Calvin Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jon Hendricks, ComposerLyricist - Cannonball Adderley, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - Johnny Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Impressions, MainArtist - John Pate, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - John Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Butler, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Thomas, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHARLES STROUSE, ComposerLyricist - LEE ADAMS, ComposerLyricist - The Impressions, MainArtist - John Pate, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Twenty-six song compilation of non-LP singles, rarities that only showed up on obscure reissues and various-artists collections, and material (both released and unreleased) from their sessions for their late-'60s The Versatile Impressions album. As a listen it's a little uneven, due in large part to the over-preponderance of standards from Versatile. None of this is on level with the best '60s recordings by Mayfield and the Impressions. Much of it, though, is the fairly solid sort of stuff that fans who care enough about the act to go beyond greatest-hits compilations will like to have. Actually, some of these were not terribly obscure; "Never Could You Be" was a small R&B hit in the mid-'60s, and "We're Rolling On (Pts. 1 & 2)" was a small pop entry in 1968, as was the 1968 antiwar ballad "Don't Cry My Love" (written by Mayfield with jazz singer Oscar Brown, Jr.). Oddities from the Versatile LP include the two lushly orchestrated songs they did for the East of Java soundtrack. However, much of the Versatile period is unsuitably pop in both material and production for the Impressions, although "Sermonette" and the previously unreleased "Devil in Your Soul" eschew that approach for some pretty gutsy, bluesy soul.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:42
- Main artists: The Impressions
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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