Emerging Nashville Record Label Cool Pepper Disc’s Debut Release Provides Stirring Soundtrack for Black History Month

Cool Pepper Disc’s debut label
release “The Impressions 50th Anniversary Salute to Curtis Mayfield”,
contains a multitude of tracks inspired from, and written in the midst
of the civil rights movement. Mayfield and The Impressions were among
the most influential champions of the civil rights cause, and this album
serves as a sincere reminder of that fact, and that time period.

Nashville, TN (Vocus/PRWE February 16, 2011

Cool Pepper Disc’s debut release, “The Impression’s 50th Anniversary
Salute to Curtis Mayfield”, serves as an emotive and poignant soundtrack
for Black History Month, offering a vivid sonic recollection of the
divisive 1960s civil rights movement.

“Drawing inspiration from church, The Impressions songs reflected the
country’s social and political concerns of the time, capturing the mood
and aspirations of America like no other during the 1960s,” said
prominent songwriter/producer/publisher and Cool Pepper Disc founder
Jerry Michael, “These legends of soul were the first group to bring
inspirational messages into the pop market. They helped pioneer the
genre.”

The Chicago-based Impressions exploded onto the music scene with the
1958 national hit “For Your Precious Love.” The song became a top five
hit, and is widely accepted today as the catalyst for the emergence of
Chicago Soul. The Impressions went on to become a powerhouse group of
the “Soulful Sixties”, providing a perpetual series of chart hits that
served as the score for the civil rights movement. The group’s success
was so prolific, The Impressions even managed to take a stand against
the arrival of The Beatles, charting no less than five Top 20 hits in
1964, all crafted and tailored by Mayfield.

Cool Pepper’s first release features previously unreleased recordings
of 17 Mayfield-penned hits, including “Keep on Pushin'”, “Amen”,
“People Get Ready”, “It’s All Right”, “Woman’s Got Soul”, “Talking About
My Baby” and a never- before-heard extended version of the 1960s smash
“Gypsy Woman” which has sat in a music vault since 1961. It is available
by digital download only at http://www.coolpepperdisc.com

“When ‘Gypsy Woman’ was originally recorded, it was too long for
radio, so they cut the last verse for airplay,” Michael stated. “The
rest is history. It was a huge hit. Now fans will be able to hear the
unreleased version for the very first time.”

All the tracks on the Mayfield tribute album have been digitally
re-mastered by Michael whose career has spanned more than 40 years.
Michael initially achieved success as a recording artist for Capitol and
Mercury/Smash Records, and went on to become an established music
publisher, songwriter, studio owner, and record producer at Suite 900 in
the United Artists Tower on Nashville’s Music Row. His songs have been
featured on gold, platinum and/or multi-platinum albums by top recording
acts in pop, rock, R&B, country, adult contemporary and gospel,
including Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops, Kansas, Pure Prarie League,
Paul Overstreet, The Oak Ridge Boys, Rita Coolidge, Dobie Gray, Exile
and Shirley Ceasar.

For more information about the “The Impressions’ 50th Anniversary
Salute to Curtis Mayfield” the extended version of “Gypsy Woman”, or
Cool Pepper Disc visit http://www.coolpepperdisc.com,