Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (180g Die-Cut Jacket)

1LP Vinyl - R1 524044

180 Gram, Die-Cut Jacket

As Mayfield’s third studio album as a solo artist, Super Fly perfectly encapsulates the post-Civil Rights/early Black Power feel of black America struggling to survive the social and political consequences of the nation’s conservative backlash. This is the backdrop of all of the so-called blaxploitation era of film in the early ’70s, though Super Fly (directed by Gordon Parks Jr.) is the most explicit. The 1972 film follows Youngblood Priest, disillusioned by the drug trade that brought him riches beyond his imagination, as he seeks to set up one final score before leaving the game for good. The soundtrack became the most cohesive and poignant of Mayfield’s albums because it unfolds around this story of the dispossessed, forgotten strivers. The film’s star, the classically trained Ron O’Neal, said in an interview: “Super Fly is about people who don’t believe in the American Dream at all.”

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Mint (M)

Track List: 

A1. Little Child Runnin Wild
A2. Pusherman
A3. Freddie's Dead
A4. Junkie Chase (Instrumental)
B1. Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
B2. Eddie You Should Know Better
B3. No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)
B4. Think (Instrumental)
B5. Superfly