Bobby "Blue" BLAND - First Class Blues 1987

Bobby "Blue" BLAND - First Class Blues 1987
Label: Malaco
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama; Malaco Studios, Jackson, Mississippi.

Blues

Although it isn't billed as such, this is a compilation of some of the best tracks from Bland's first two '80s albums for Malaco fleshed out with remakes of some of his most famous late-'50s and early-'60s hits. Of the latter, the standouts are probably "Two Steps From the Blues" and "St. James Infirmary." Bland can't quite hit the high notes the way he once did, but his voice is still attractive and his phrasing is, if anything, even better. The more recent material ranges from "Members Only," with its great retro-60s soul groove, to the straight-ahead blues of "Straight From the Shoulder."
From CD Universe.
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Bobby "Blue" Bland- (Vocals),
Thomisene Anderson- (Vocals Background),
Vince Barranco- (Percussion),
Jewel Bass- (Vocals Background),
Wayne Bennett- (Guitar),
Larry Byrom- (Guitar),
Harrison Calloway- (Horn),
Ben Cauley- (Horn),
Mickey Davis- (Strings),
Janet Dressler- (Strings),
Steve Dressler- (Strings),
Ronnie Eades- (Horn),
Carmelo Garcia- (Percussion),
Ray Griffin- (Guitar Bass),
Claudette Hampton- (Strings),
Roderick Harvey- (Guitar),
Mark Hatch- (Strings),
Catherine Henderson- (Vocals Background),
Jim Horn- (Flute), (Horn),
Wayne Jackson- (Horn),
Jimmy Johnson- (Guitar),
Tim Mika- (Strings),
Peggy Plucker- (Strings),
Jerry Puckett- (Guitar),
James Robertson- (Drums),
Charles Rose- (Guitar), (Horn),
George Soulé- (Vocals Background),
Harvey Thompson- (Horn),
Carson Whitsett- (Keyboards),
Dino Zimmerman- (Guitar),
Bob McNally- (Strings),
Linda Geidel- (Strings),
John Frantz- (Strings),
Brian Gum- (Strings),
Bernard Jenkins- (Overdubs),
Sybil Cheesman- (Flute),
Jessie Mae Robinson- (Guitar),
Rick Harvey- (Overdubs).
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01. Two Steps From The Blues 3:20
02. St. James Infirmary 2:28
03. Members Only 4:08
04. Sunday Morning Love 5:44
05. In The Ghetto 3:54
06. Sweet Woman's Love 3:43
07. Angel 4:46
08. I've Just Got To Know 4:29
09. Can We Make Love Tonight 3:33
10. After All 3:22
11. I Hear You Thinkin' 4:38
12. Straight From The Shoulder 3:56
13. Love Me Or Leave Me 3:40
14. Second Hand Heart 3:47
15. Walkin' & Talkin' & Singin' The Blues 3:55
16. Heart, Open Up Again 3:29
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