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Track Listings
1. Ceiling Speaks
2. Deep in the Heartland
3. We Are Sane
4. Art and Illusion
5. First New Day
6. Take a Look
7. Last Song
8. Blondon Fair
9. Collector [#]
10. Love Song [#]

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Collectors Item
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Collectors' Item (All Their Greatest Hits!)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The best of their compilations!
  • Hidden Treasure
  • Watch out for Teddy's vocal vamps...
  • Don't Even Think About Calling Them A Disco Act
  • Leaves you begging for more...
 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Collectors' Item (All Their Greatest Hits!)
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000257D
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. The Love I Lost
  2. Bad Luck
  3. If You Don't Know Me By Now
  4. Be For Real
  5. Wake Up Everybody
  6. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
  7. Where Are All My Friends
  8. I Miss You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best of their compilations!.......2007-04-26

This greatest hits collection focuses more on their funk and disco period of the 1970's, which is what I personally prefer. It also contains full versions of their hits, rather than some songs which are followed by "Part 1". And when you're enjoying "The Love I Lost" and "Bad Luck", you don't want condensed versions!

4 out of 5 stars Hidden Treasure.......2005-09-22

Over a span of 1972 - 1976 comprised over these years from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes a Collectors' Item of a group with a soulful sound of deeply rooted R&B. Though I am a bit confused of the group's name, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, it should have been Teddy Pendergrass & the Blue Notes or simply Blue Notes. "The Love I Lost" is simply an upbeat tune of a love going in opposite directions. Titles such as "Bad Luck", "Be For Real" and "Where Are All My Friends" are songs with a message as the foundation, yet played a minimum role as the vocals were more relevant. They show their faults as some relationships may suffer instead of healing some surprising issues on "If You Don't Know Me By Now". Sharon Paige featured on "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" aids with a more subtle tone to give this song the needed climax. The conclusion of this eight title LP, "I Miss You" was well worth the wait as Teddy vamps under the talk session of another member.

5 out of 5 stars Watch out for Teddy's vocal vamps... .......2005-01-25

...when the TSOP/MFSB orchestrators break down the tunes and goes into extended grooving. Particularly on Bad Luck and Where are All My Friends. Some fans of HM&BNs will be slightly dismayed that Don't Leave Me This Way is not found on this collection. I however overlooked that because the compilation producers found it fit to put the dynamic Be For Real (I want folks to dig my style with a smile) here. Additionally the soulful I Hope that We Can Be Together Soon can be heard here. Teddy boy seemed to be a hard guy to replace because HM&BNs never did recapture thier success after this great Philadelphia International (with Teddy lead vocals) run. Thanks to the Recording Technology Gods we can hear how good soul music used to be...

5 out of 5 stars Don't Even Think About Calling Them A Disco Act.......2003-09-28

Their facility with the kind of danceable R and B that would soon enough be called disco (and, in their case, was spinning the disco clubs about as often as the earlier Donna Summer and the Trammps, among others) should never obscure that, first and foremost, the lineup of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes which became stars in the early 1970s was a soul ensemble and a powerful enough one. (You can find plenty enough who mistake them for just another disco act.) Their regular albums tended a little too much toward either filler or extensions that didn't really enhance the songs, but here is where you get the absolute best of this quintet - from "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and "I Miss You" through "Bad Luck," "Where Are All My Friends," and "The Love I Lost" - without the excess and with everything that made them stars, from the effortless harmonies and rhythmic facility to the singular voice - maybe the most stentorian classic soul voice since Levi Stubbs - of Teddy Pendergrass (or, Theodore Pendergrass, as he was usually billed in the Blue Notes' heyday). Even three decades after their most successful period ended acrimoniously, this music is both the bridge between the vintage 1960s soul and what the 1970s ultimately became, for better or worse. Don't blame the Blue Notes for what was developed on the other side of the bridge; at their best. This set makes clear enough that they had the music's best interest at heart.

3 out of 5 stars Leaves you begging for more..........1998-05-30

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes are one of the great forgotten soul groups, one of those groups with a distinctive sound that the listener knows...but has no idea whose sound it is. It was, of course, the sound of Teddy Pendergrass, before the jewel-bedecked Love Man phase and before the tragic injuries...back when all the man had was a voice that wouldn't quit. Buy this CD if you must, but know that once you do you'll be back for the more inclusive If You Don't Know Me By Now package, which is far superior.
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    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0007D8XP4
    Release Date: 2001-12-15

    Product Description

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    Da Smoke Album
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      		Da Smoke Album
      Kooly-K
      Manufacturer: Certified Sound Music
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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        Ofb42
        Manufacturer: Nodrog Productions - World Replication Group
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000CADB4U
        Release Date: 2003-04-08
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          N.B.D.
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000A2GHGO
          Release Date: 2004-09-28
          Running in Circles
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            Forest Glen
            Manufacturer: Think Tank Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000BX7KXG
            Release Date: 2002-01-15

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            Industry Co-Sign II: The 14 Tracks of Power
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              L.G.
              Manufacturer: Dreamz R Real Entertainment
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B000CA7DJE
              Release Date: 2005-02-01
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                Manufacturer: Yun Stand Me? Records
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

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                ASIN: B000CAES8S
                Release Date: 2005-02-08
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                  Manufacturer: Capp (USA)
                  ProductGroup: Music
                  Binding: Audio CD

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                  ASIN: B000CAD28U
                  Release Date: 2001-01-02
                  Collectors Item
                  Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                  • Worth a listen!
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                  Twelfth Night
                  Manufacturer: Cyclops
                  ProductGroup: Music
                  Binding: Audio CD

                  GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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                  ASIN: B00005NJGA
                  Release Date: 2001-11-20

                  Tracks:

                  1. Ceiling Speaks
                  2. Deep in the Heartland
                  3. We Are Sane
                  4. Art and Illusion
                  5. First New Day
                  6. Take a Look
                  7. Last Song
                  8. Blondon Fair
                  9. Collector [#]
                  10. Love Song [#]

                  Album Description

                  UK remastered reissue of 1988 compilation for the progressive rock act now includes three tracks previously unavailable on CD, 'The Ceiling Speaks', 'Deep In The Heartland' & 'Last Song' along with a new booklet with many unpublished photos.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  4 out of 5 stars Worth a listen!.......2006-02-20

                  I found this in a discount bin for 25 cents. What an incredible find. This group was one of the father's of the progressive movement of the eighties along with Pallas, Marillion, and Pendragon. Their music is challenging with some interesting lyrics and passages. This group caught me by surprise- always check those discount bins!!!

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