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Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Curtis Mayfield

Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Rhino

RHINO-081227808792

LP Black $42
  • AAA Cut from the original stereo master tapes by Kevin Gray
  • Pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl at Optimal
  • Heavyweight glossy gatefold jacket
  • Features an exclusive insert featuring liner notes by Aaron Cohen

Description

Curtis Mayfield’s SUPER FLY soundtrack pioneered socially aware soul in the early ’70s with its groundbreaking, orchestral-funk arrangements and unflinching lyrical commentary.

Released in July 1972, the soundtrack famously outperformed the film, reaching #1 on the Billboard albums chart and eventually selling over 12 million copies worldwide. While other soundtracks of the blaxploitation era glamorized street life, Mayfield provided a searing critique of systemic poverty and drug abuse. Anchored by the gold-certified, million-selling singles “Freddie’s Dead” and “Superfly,” the album was recorded during an intensive three-day session at RCA Studios in Chicago, except for “Pusherman,” captured earlier in New York City.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Little Child Runnin’ Wild

  • 2 Pusherman

  • 3 Freddie’s Dead

  • 4 Junkie Chase (instrumental)

  • 5 Give Me Your Love (Love Song)

  • 6 Eddie You Should Know Better

  • 7 No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)

  • 8 Think (Instrumental)

  • 9 Superfly