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Blues & Ballads

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This is by and far one of the best CD's I own, and I own over 400 CD's!

I've purchased the "Greatest Hit's Vol.1" some years ago after having heard some of his Malaco stuff but I wasn't too taken with it.
Sure the voice was there, but the songs didn't, and still don't, really catch my attention too much.

Anyhow, I sort of stumbled upon this CD while browsing Amazon for some Soul music and I was intrigued by the reviews and the idea of an entire CD of blues ballads by Bobby Bland, so I ordered it.

Am I ever glad I did. From the first to the last song, this CD is not so much Blues, but supper club SOUL at it's best!
The power and unadulterated passion in Bobby's voice incredible, as is his interpretation of the material.

Take his reading of the classic "If Loving You Is Wrong". While not as finessed and "pretty" as the original Luther Ingram version, Bobby infuses a sense of reality and urgency into the song that can not be found in the original.
The same goes for the old Country ballad "Share your love with me". There's is nothing Country per se about Bobby's take on the song; however, what we get is the Blues refined to it's most elegant, fagile, and tender in it's essence.

Bobby has often been called the "Sinatra of the Blues" and if ever an album was made that marries the late night sophisitcation of Sinatra with the controlled Soul of Sam Cooke, then this is it.

a compilation of blues and ballads recorded between 1960 and 1983. nobody does this type of material any better than mr bland. his wonderful, sonorous voice is on heavenly display throughout this collection of elegant urban r & b. if you have no bobby bland recordings, you couldn't go wrong to start here. a fine and rewarding compilation, indeed.

I love Bobby Bland! His music brings back memories and I always remember my first B. Bland concert, it's like going back home. Bobby is the "blues," his sound transcends time.

I bought this recording on a whim. I didn't have any of Bobby Bland's recordings in my collection, and this looked like a good one to try. I was not disappointed, you won't be either!

THIS IS A GREAT COMPULATION OF BOBBY BLANDS SONGS. I LOVE IT AND AM SO HAPPY I DISCOVERED AMAZON.COM!!!!

I received the wrong cd never got the one i ordered from the web site.

Addition to the BB Bland Library
BJ

The wrong item was shipped and while the company credited my account quickly, I was not reimbursed for the return postage (Why did I have to pay? It was their mistake!) So, I'm out money and still don't have the album I wanted.