Thirteen Blue Magic Lane

Thirteen Blue Magic Lane is the third album by American soul group Blue Magic, produced by Norman Harris and Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey and released in 1975 on the Atco label.

History

The album was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia and features Sigma's famous house band MFSB. Thirteen Blue Magic Lane is the third of Blue Magic's highly regarded triumvirate of classic Philadelphia soul albums of 1974-1975, admired for its mixture of equally strong ballads and uptempo tracks. "Chasing Rainbows" and "The Loneliest House on the Block" are ballads in the style for which the group had become known, while tracks such as "We're on the Right Track" are seen as being at what was at the time the cutting edge in the development of disco music out of established soul music forms. "What's Come Over Me" is a remake of a track from the group's first album Blue Magic, featuring vocalist Margie Joseph.

Track listing

Personnel

Blue Magic

Vernon Sawyer, Wendell Sawyer, Richard Pratt, Ted Mills, Keith Beaton – vocals

Musicians

Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Roland Chambers – guitars

Ron Kersey, Cotton Kent, Dexter Wansel, Ted Mills – keyboards

Vince Montana – vibraphone

Ronald Baker, Michael Foreman, Rusty Jackmon, Larry LaBes – bass

Earl Young, Charles Collins, – drums

Larry Washington, Robert Cupit, Bunny Harris – percussion

Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns – strings & horns accompaniment

Production

Norman Harris, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey – producers, arrangement

Alan Rubens, Steven Bernstein, Bruce Gable – executive producers

Carl Paruolo, Kenny Present, Jay Mark – recording engineers

Dirk Devlin, Mike Huchinson, James Gallagher – assistant engineers

Nimitr Sarikananda, Wayne Wilfong – mastering

Richard Rome – arrangement

Ted "Wizard" Mills – rhythm arrangement

Charts

Singles

References

External links

1975 albums

Blue Magic (band) albums

Albums produced by Norman Harris

Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios

Atco Records albums