Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill/MCA Recordings

by Bobby "Blue" Bland

Overview

Subtitled The ABC-Dunhill/MCA Recordings, this picks up the last tenure of Bobby "Blue" Bland working under the corporate MCA umbrella. With tunes aboard from various albums and singles, this 16-track collection covers the highlights from his 1970s period, with only 1982's "Recess in Heaven" falling outside the time frame. Bland was a much different vocalist by now, and if anything, these tracks, some of them flirting outright with disco, spearheaded the easy listening-blues style that he continued with in later years. Highlights include "This Time I'm Gone for Good," an uncharacteristically funky "Goin' Down Slow," "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)," "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City," "Yolanda," and Bland's own "The Soul of a Man." Experiments with country show up on "Today I Started Loving You Again" and "I Hate You," and yet Bland's duet with B.B. King on Louis Jordan's "Let the Good Times Roll" shows that his blues roots were still always close at hand. Not the place to start, but his last hurrah before going over to Malaco, and a solid collection to investigate nonetheless. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	07/14/1998
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0008811180928
Rank:	63353

Tracks

1. This Time I'm Gone for Good
2. Goin' Down Slow
3. I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
4. Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
5. Yolanda
6. I Ain't Gonna Be the First to Cry
7. Today I Started Loving You Again
8. I Hate You
9. The Soul of a Man
10. It Ain't the Real Thing
11. Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
12. Let the Good Times Roll
13. You'd Be a Millionaire
14. Love to See You Smile
15. Recess in Heaven
16. Soon as the Weather Breaks

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bobby "Blue" Bland   Primary Artist
B.B. King   Primary Artist,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Erick Labson   Digital Remastering
Deadric Malone   Composer
Sam Theard   Composer
Ron Chancey   Producer
Ron Hiller   Composer
Rich Wamil   Composer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Oscar Perry   Composer
Mitch Bottler   Composer
Monk Higgins   Producer
Al Bell   Producer
Dan Penn   Composer
Dan Walsh   Composer
Margie Evans   Composer
Michael Ochs   Inlay Design
Mitchell Bottler   Composer
James B. Oden   Composer
Michael Price   Composer
Daniel Moore   Composer
Steve Barri   Composer,Producer
Pea Vee   Composer
Andy McKaie   Producer
B.B. King   Performer
Bill Dahl   Liner Notes
Bobby "Blue" Bland   Composer
Bonnie Owens   Composer
Frank Driggs   Photography
Fleecy Moore   Composer
Fleecie Moore   Composer
Don Gant   Producer
Esmond Edwards   Producer
James Oden   Composer
Pea Vee Smith   Composer
Michael Omartian   Composer
Aretha Franklin   Composer
Al Braggs   Composer
Buck Owens   Composer
David Ervin   Composer
Bill Mononen   Composer
Mike Fink   Design
Kenny Pierce   Composer
Jayne Simon   Art Direction
Alfred Braggs   Composer
James Burke Oden   Composer
Leroy Daniels   Composer
Bill Mononem   Composer
Joyce Stiger   Composer
Dan Welsh   Composer