I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, released on Philadelphia International in August 25, 1972. Produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, the album was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.

Review by Andrew Hamilton

... "Be For Real" is one of the finest recorded pieces in R&B history; it's not a song, it's a pleader where a guy admonishes his woman for looking down on people. They dusted off "Let Me Into Your World" for the Blue Notes; this one was not written for the Dells, as Gamble & Huff had recorded it a few years earlier with the O'Jays for Neptune Records. A hard-hitting package that established Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes as a force to be reckoned with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBM6bg_RyCg&list=RDuBM6bg_RyCg&start_radio=1

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Feelin' Good at the Cadillac Club is the debut album by soul singer Billy Paul. The album was produced by Billy Paul and released by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's Gamble Records in 1968...

Despite its title, the album is not a live recording but a studio creation based on Paul's live act, which he regularly performed at Philadelphia's Cadillac and other clubs..

On the album's 2014 reissue, Joe Marchese of The Second Disc noted: "Though it’s far from a typical 'soul' album, one listen reveals just how much soul always resided within Billy Paul." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7W3GxlxTn0&list=PLJNyUTPgRGCjaaTjCGO5QnAdrbqp5sOLq&index=9

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