Melvin, Harold & The Blue Notes - I Miss You / Black & Blue / To Be True -/Wake Up Everybody 2CD

Harold Melvin’s four albums for Philly International Records, dating from 1972, ’73 and ’75. All four albums were Billboard Top 100 with ‘To Be True’ and ‘Wake Up Everybody’ No. 1 RnB albums. These recordings produced the huge hits of ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’, ‘Bad Luck’, ‘The Love I Lost’, ‘Wake Up Everybody’ and ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’. When Melvin left Philly, and with Teddy Pendergrass also going solo, the band were unable to replicate their earlier success; however, these recordings are some of the finest black music ever. Digitally remastered and slipcased, and with extensive new notes.