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Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Greatest Hits

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What a super deal - so many hits on one disc and at such a great price. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes were pumping - beautiful ballads and hot dance hits. Loved them all...but my personal favorites are "Yesterday I Had the Blues", "If you Don't Know me by now", and "Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby". Teddy Pendergrass truly put his mark on those tunes. I'm prone to playing only my favorite tracks on a disc - but you can play this cd all the way through! Mercy!

I used to have a different Harold Melvin collection, but listening to them sing "Sorry I lost it" for about 5 minutes on "The Love I Lost" just got to me. I know some people need that, but I'm fine with these radio edits. Heck, I grew up listening to those versions, so I've always been used to them.
Anyway, no one makes music like this anymore. No one. Ah, back then they used real orchestras for strings. And Teddy's just working it to death! My fave vocal of his is on "Bad Luck", social commentary with a beat! Great dance music, not disco, but dance music (yeah, there's a difference!).

No doubt, these lyrics and music are superb; after all, this is why I purchased this CD. What wonderful memories! But, this particular CD's sound quality is lifeless and dimensionless. I didn't intend for this CD to be simply background music, as I like to become "drawn into" the recording, but that's all I can do. What a disappointment!

I have ordered many wonderful CD's from Amazon that sound great, but felt compelled to write and warn others.

I give this CD at 5-star rating for its lyrics and music, but only a 1-star for it's sound quality. With engineering like this, its no wonder so many would rather use free music-sharing services on the Internet rather than make a purchase.

only ten songs, so only a 30 min or so run time; and of the ten songs selected, i would say that half were great, the other half were mediacore background music with no oomph..

Even after Teddy Pendergrass, the most famous member left the Bluenotes the group led by Harold Melvin was still successful. My favourites include "Bad Luck Pt l, Wake up Everybody Pt l" and that ol' couples roller skating classic "If You Don't Know me by Now". Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes may not had as many hits nor lasted as long on the music scene as their contempories but the music was special and still endures. Rest in Peace, Harold.

Thankyou for my order of this cd. Brings back great memories of good times and good music, that will always be in style. DEG

Was pleased with my purchase and the promptness of receiving it. I am really enjoying this item tremendously. Amazon has never let me down.

great service by the seller. but the u.s post office lost it or the postman put it in the wrong mail box. but i am very happy with the prompt time the seller mail it to me

Its Ok and i mistakenly ordered 2 . I like 3 of the songs so it fine.

Classic music...some of the best of the era! The compositions, arrangements, and performances are extraordinary. But, as is typical of '80s mastered CDs, this one, too, is very low in levels (loudness) compared to today's CDs, and anything below about 200Hz is rolled off severely (lacking in bass). Total time: 35 minutes.