THE IMPRESSIONS – THREE THE HARD WAY Soundtrack LP – Nr MINT 1974 CURTIS MAYFIELD SOUL

The Impressions – Three The Hard Way
(Curtom Records  1974  CRS8602ST)

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges and a little rubbing, import cut top right – back cover has wear along opening edge with a tiny tear
Original Buddha Inner Sleeve with split in bottom

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

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 Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed, and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and returning original Impressions’ member Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul act. Mayfield left the group for a solo career in 1970; Leroy Hutson, Ralph Johnson, Reggie Torian (born Reginald Torian), and Nate Evans (Twinight Records) were among the replacements who joined Gooden and Cash.

Three the Hard Way is a 1974 action film directed by Gordon Parks Jr., written by Eric Bercovici and Jerrold L. Ludwig, and starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly. The soundtrack was performed by Curtis Mayfield’s former group The Impressions, the soundtrack featured the songs “That’s What Love Can Do” and “Three the Hard Way” plus “Make a Resolution”.

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