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Blue Magic (Canadian LP)

Atco (Canada) / 1974 / SD7038
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm Vinyl

Blue Magic
Vernon Sawyer,Richard Pratt,Wendell Sawyer,Keith Beaton & Ted Mills

Guitars:Bobby Eli,Norman Harris,Ted Cohen,Roland
Chambers
Pianos: Ted Mills,Ron Kersey,Cotton Kent
Basses:Ronnie Baker,Jimmy Grant,Lee Smith,Jimmy
DeJulio
Drums: earl Young,Larry James
Percussion: Larry Washington
Vibes:Vince Montana
Accompanied by Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns
Recording Engineers:Joe Tarsia,Kenny Present,Don
Murray,Jay Mark & Carl Parualo
Re-mixed by Norman Harris and W.M.O.T Productions
Produced by Norman Harris except Just Don't Want To Be Lonely produced by Alan Rubens & Steve Bernstein

Side A
Sideshow 4:06
Look Me Up 5:56
What's Come Over Me? 4:09
Just Don't Want To Be Lonely 7:00

Side B
Stop to Start 3:18
Welcome To The Club 5:05
Spell 4:15
Answer To My Prayers 3:15
Tear It Down 5:27

The Blue Magic album was a monster debut for this group in 1974. With a group of all star muscians backing them and their Delfonic/Stylistic sounding vocals they delivered their classic hit "Sideshow" superbly along with other notables such as "Welcome To The Club" and "Stop To Start" and "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely."

The Philly sound shines through on this excellent sounding album. Blue Magic went on to record other albums through the 70's and 80's, but this was their finest and should be in every serious collector's library. It reached #4 on the Billboard Black album charts that year.

Submitted by originalbigm (23)