Superfly - Deluxe 2CD Expanded Edition (1972)

"The first disc of this 2CD set presents the entire album as it was originally sequenced. It's disc two that's really of interest, assembling about 40 minutes of different material from the same era, all but two tracks previously unissued. In some cases this is fairly extraneous, as in the alternate mix of "Pusherman," but there's some interesting, even gripping stuff as well. Especially good is "Ghetto Child," which served as the harder, sparser demo of the song that eventually became "Little Child Runnin' Wild," and the 1970 demo "The Underground," whose hard-hitting lyrics and heavy guitar riffs are obvious prototypes for the Superfly approach. The full-length take of the instrumental "Junkie Chase," as well as instrumental versions of a couple of songs that had vocals on the original album, are atmospheric if not as essential; there are also a couple of radio spots and a seven-minute 1995 interview with Curtis Mayfield about the record." (Richie Unterberger, Allmusic)

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