''The Young Mods' Forgotten Story'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by the American

soul music Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American culture, African-American African-American neighborhood, communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps ...

group

the Impressions The Impressions were an American music group originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes gospel, R&B, doo-wop, and soul. The group was founded as the Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks and Arthu ...

. It was released in 1969 via

Curtom Records Curtom Records was a record label founded by Curtis Mayfield and Eddie Thomas in March 1968 as an independently distributed music label. It was located at 8541 South Stony Island Boulevard. The name of the label came from a hybrid of the names "C ...

Production

Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include " The Ghetto" ...

worked as an arranger on the album.

Critical reception

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'' deemed ''The Young Mods' Forgotten Story'' a "smooth soul sampler of choice tunes."

Colin Larkin Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book ''All Time Top 1000 Albums'', and edited th ...

called it "quintessential," writing that it "set the framework for urtis Mayfield'ssolo work." The ''

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'', reviewing a reissue, wrote that "the music, save for touches of wah-wah and (prescient) proto-funk on 'Mighty Mighty', was in many ways a step behind similar groups of the time."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield # "The Young Mods' Forgotten Story" – 2:00 # " Choice of Colors" – 3:15 # "The Girl I Find" – 2:37 # "Wherever You Leadeth Me" – 2:32 # "My Deceiving Heart" – 2:49 # "Seven Years" – 2:21 # "Love's Miracle" – 2:24 # "Jealous Man" – 2:34 # "Soulful Love" – 2:30 # "Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)" – 2:21

Personnel

Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the " Gentle Genius", he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious Afric ...

– lead vocals, guitar, producer *

Fred Cash Fred Cash (born October 8, 1940) is an American soul singer. He was a member of The Impressions, a group in which he replaced Jerry Butler in 1960. As one of the group's longest-serving members, he is also a 1991 inductee into the Rock and Roll ...

and

Sam Gooden Samuel Gooden (September 2, 1934 – August 4, 2022) was an American soul music, soul singer. He was best known for being an original member of the successful 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted R&B group The Impressions (American band), ...

– backing vocals *

The Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Its members are considered among the most successful groups of stud ...

– instrumentation *

and

Johnny Pate John William Pate (born December 5, 1923) is an American former musician, a jazz bassist who became a producer, arranger, and leading figure in Chicago soul, pop, and rhythm and blues. He learned piano and tuba as a child and later picked up th ...

– arranger

Charts

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young Mods' Forgotten Story 1969 albums The Impressions albums Albums arranged by Johnny Pate Albums produced by Curtis Mayfield Curtom Records albums