This is a very underrated album - FACT. It's a recording of Curtis playing live in 1972 (or earlier) at "The Bitter End", a well known club in New York. What I like best about the album is the dialogue with Curtis to the audience. It makes you feel as if you are actually there! He really does have a clear head with how the world should be, and how people could be if they tried. He does a great version of the Carpenter's song "we've only just begun". He shows his true colours (black) through the song "move 'em on up". I still find Curtis's accident to be one of the most tragic things that has ever happened. Ironically, I believe that he is and always was one of those people who appreciated every sun-rise & sun-set, and who felt as if he had to write songs about how beautiful life really is if you see it in the right light. After every time I listen to this album I feel cleansed. (comments from a non-religious person)