Tag: The Blue Notes
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Golden Gate Groove: The Sound of Philadelphia Live in San Francisco 1973, 2021 on Philadelphia International Records
There’s a complicated set of dates here – recorded in 1973 and released originally in 2012 on CD by Philadelphia International Records and Legacy (Sony’s label for reissues), but then released for the first time on vinyl for Record Store Day 2021. The performers are MFSB, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Three Degrees,…
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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Featuring Theodore Pendergrass, To Be True, 1975 on Philadelphia International Records.
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Featuring Theodore Pendergrass, To Be True, 1975 on Philadelphia International Records. Beautiful mid-seventies Philly soul from Teddy Pendergrass backed by MFSB via Residency Records, Salem MA
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Simply Red, A New Flame, 1989 on Elektra.
Simply Red, A New Flame, 1989 on Elektra. Their third LP, with “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” (originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1982) which I think totally stands up today.