روح وأغاني كيرتس مايفيلد الشاب: روح شيكاغو

The vinyl's warmth really brings out the organ work on those early Impressions tracks. It's like hearing a young genius find his voice in real time.

The tracklist here is a real journey through his early Impressions years, and the vinyl itself is dead quiet between songs, letting the harmonies breathe. I put it on Sunday morning and didn't get up until the side finished—pure Chicago soul, exactly what I hoped for.

This pressing captures the full warmth of the Impressions’ harmonies, especially the separation of Curtis’s falsetto on those early tracks. The vinyl feels heavy and quiet, with no surface noise, so every detail of that Chicago soul comes through. Absolutely glad I snagged this to hear his roots bef