Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass -Bad Luck / Don’t Leave Me This Way (Tom Moulton Mixes) (Philadelphia International Records) 12″

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes were one of the most popular groups on Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International label, clocking up a number of hits in the mid 70’s.

This release featuring two of their recordings, typify the cream of Philadelphia International and Sigma Sound studios dominance of the mid 1970s dance-floor at the absolute height of their creativity and power.

“Bad Luck” spent an unprecedented 11 weeks on the No.1 slot on Billboard’s U.S. Dance chart in 1975 and has since become one of the biggest dance-floor staples ever recorded.

On the flip we have the original full version of the classic “Don’t Leave Me This Way”.

Both songs are mixed to perfection by Tom Moulton and both are state-of-the-art lessons in what exhilarating Dance Music is all about.