Thirteen Blue Magic Lane

Thirteen Blue Magic Lane
Studio album by Blue Magic
Released	September 1975
Recorded	1975
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Philadelphia soul
Length	39:54
Label	Atco
Producer	Norman Harris, Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey
Blue Magic chronology

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Loneliest House on the Block"	Norman Harris, Allan Felder	5:07
2.	"Chasing Rainbows"	Ted Mills	4:11
3.	"Born on Halloween"	Nomran Harris, Allan Felder, Tanya Jones	3:17
4.	"Haunted (By Your Love)"	Ron Tyson, Allan Felder, Bruce Hawes	3:03
5.	"I Like You"	Ted Mills	3:14

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Magic of the Blue"	Ron Kersey, Norman Harris, Allan Felder	5:33
7.	"We're on the Right Track"	Norman Harris, Allan Felder	5:45
8.	"Stop and Get a Hold of Yourself"	Pat Cooper, Ron Kersey	5:18
9.	"What's Come Over Me" (with Margie Joseph)	Ted Mills	4:26

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

Chart (1975)	Peak [2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	50
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	9

Singles

Year	Single	Peak
Year	Single	US R&B [2]
1975	"Chasing Rainbows"	17
1975	"What's Come Over Me" (with Margie Joseph)	11

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References

Ankeny, Jason. Thirteen Blue Magic Lane review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
Blue Magic > US Charts at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-11.

External links

Thirteen Blue Magic Lane at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] Ankeny, Jason. Thirteen Blue Magic Lane review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-21.

[allmusic-2] Blue Magic > US Charts at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-11.