Blues & Ballads (1999) ( )

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Product Summary Label: Uni/mca UPC: 00008811197728 Release Date: 5/18/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60305854 Item#: M23P6S Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I've Been Wrong So Long ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 2. If I Hadn't Called You Back ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 3. Ain't Nothing You Can Do ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 4. Share Your Love With Me ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 5. Touch Of The Blues ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 6. Save Your Love For Me ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 7. Georgia On My Mind ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 8. If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 9. I've Got To Use My Imagination ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 10. Lovin' On Borrowed Time ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 11. You've Always Got The Blues ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 12. Night Games ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 13. This Bitter Earth ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 14. Someone To Belong To ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 15. Never Let Me Go ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland 16. It's All In The Game ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland (P) 1999 Geffen Records (C) 1999 MCA Records Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Andy McKaie, Joe Reagoso. Recorded between 1960 & 1983. Includes liner notes by Joe Reagoso. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Audio Remasterer: Erick Labson. Liner Note Author: Joe Reagoso. A 16-track collection that draws on his Duke and Dunhill recordings from the '60s, '70s, and '80s. Kicking off with the 1960 single "I've Been Wrong So Long" (featuring barn-burning guitar work from Wayne Bennett) and continuing right to the Al Bell productions from the early '80s, Bland's seamless command of the material at hand makes for a smooth listening ride all the way. A perfect companion set to any greatest-hits collection you might want to assemble. ~ Cub Koda This is a somewhat schizophrenic compilation, with a few gritty selections from the great bluesman's early-'60s catalog interspersed with blatantly pop material from the '70s. A few of the tracks are obvious period pieces (the girl chorus on "Share Your Love With Me" makes it sound almost like a parody of an early Sam Cooke record) but most everything else is spine-tingling stuff, with Bland at the height of his vocal powers. Not to be missed: an ominous remake of Gladys Knight's "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and a nearly operatic version of Tommy Edwards' 1958 hit "It's All in the Game."   Compilation Appearances Vol. 3-Blues Is Alright Vol. 1-All Time Classic Blues Vol. 9-Oldies But Goodies Z Zelebration Music Never Stopped-Roots Of T Birth Of Soul Vol. 2-Blues Is Alright Vol. 1-Blues Is Alright Last Soul Company Cheatin' Is Risky Business Blues Party Last Soul Company Vol. 3-Deep Soul Treasures Pure Blues Vol. 4-Blues Is Alright New Breed R & B Mississippi Blues 20th Century Masters Best Of 20th Century Masters Best Of Blues Story Soul Of Sue: Uk Sue Story 3 80 Let's Have A Party Gold:blues Express Yourself:soul In The 20th Cen Blowing The Fuse 30 R&b Classics 1957 20Th Century Masters: Best Of Blues 2 Simply Soul Farther On Up The Road Respect:aretha's Influences And Inspi   Associated Artists and Works Artists, Various Together Again...Live ~ King, B.B. King, B.B. Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 05/18/1999 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 11977 Label : MCA Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00008811197728    Product Image