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Check Out Your Mind!

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Written entirely by lead singer and Chicago musical legend Curtis Mayfield, his socially conscious, sometimes angry lyrics delivered in the sweetest falsetto, Check Out Your Mind was the final Impressions album before Mayfield went solo. The addition of ‘Master’ Henry Gibson on percussion added some serious funk to the proceedings and there are many great moments of psychedelic soul and hippie funk on here. Mayfield was one of soul music’s most romantic songwriters too though and the gorgeous strings of ‘I Can’t See You’ could be from a 1950s doo-wop ballad. High-end, top quality soul and funk.

Harold Heath

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