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Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps From The Blues - Import 180g Vinyl LP Record Limited Edition
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps From The Blues - Import 180g Vinyl LP Record Limited Edition
Vinyl Record
Blues
July 26, 2024
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Catalog No.: CLE60381
JAN/ISBN: 8436563185700
Number of Discs: 1
Record Size: 12”
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Description:
Without a doubt, Two Steps from the Blues is the definitive Bobby Blue Bland album and one of the great records in electric blues and soul-blues. In fact, its one of the key albums in modern blues, marking a turning point when juke joint blues were seamlessly blended with gospel and Southern soul, creating a distinctly Southern sound where all of these styles blended so thoroughly it was impossible to tell where one began and one ended. Given his Memphis background, Bobby Blue Bland was perfectly suited for this kind of amalgam as envisioned by producer/arranger Joe Scott, who crafted these wailing horn arrangements that sounded as impassioned as Blands full-throated, anguished vocals. It helped, of course, that the songs were uniformly brilliant. Primarily from the pen of Deadric Malone, along with fellow Duke head Scott (among others), these are the tunes that form the core of Bobby Blue Blands legend and the foundation of soul-blues: Two Steps from the Blues, I Dont Want No Woman, Cry, Cry, Cry, Im Not Ashamed, Lead Me On, Little Boy Blue -- songs so good they overshadow standards like St. James Infirmary. These are songs that blur the division between Ray Charles soul and Chess blues, opening the doors for numerous soul and blues sounds, from Muscle Shoals and Stax through the modern-day soul-bluesman. Its possible to find key tracks, even the entire album, on the numerous Bobby Blue Bland collections released over the years, but this remains an excellent, essential blues album on its own terms -- one of the greatest ever released. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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