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For the Girl's Day EP, see I Miss You (EP). 1972 studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

I Miss You

Released

August 25, 1972

Recorded

1971–1972

Studio

Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Length

36:43

I Miss You
(1972)

Black & Blue
(1973)

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Reissue title and cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B
Mojo	(favorable)
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
Pitchfork	8.0/10

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.

The album title was changed from I Miss You to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and given a new cover after the success of the single "If You Don't Know Me by Now". The group's roster for this album is Lloyd Parks, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin, Lawrence Brown and Bernie Wilson. The album was arranged by Bobby Martin, Norman Harris and Thom Bell.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Miss You"		8:31
2.	"Ebony Woman"	Morris Bailey	3:37
3.	"Yesterday I Had the Blues"		7:25

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"If You Don't Know Me by Now"		3:27
5.	"Be for Real"	Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert, Kenneth Gamble	7:31
6.	"Let Me into Your World"	Kenneth Gamble, Norman Harris, Allan Felder	2:40
7.	"Let It Be You"		3:32

2010 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
8.	"I Miss You" (part I – single version)	3:20
9.	"Yesterday I Had the Blues" (single version)	3:54
10.	"Be for Real" (single version)	3:24
11.	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" (live in San Francisco, 1973)	4:08

Chart performance for *I Miss You*
Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs	53
US Billboard Top Soul LPs	4

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v t e Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin Bernard Williams Roosevelt Brodie Jesse Gillis, Jr. Franklin Peaker John Atkins Teddy Pendergrass Lawrence Brown Bernard Wilson Lloyd Parks Jerry Cummings Sharon Paige David Ebo Dwight Johnson William Spratelly Gil Saunders
Studio albums	I Miss You Black & Blue To Be True Wake Up Everybody Reaching for the World
Compilation albums	Collectors' Item: All Their Greatest Hits!
Singles	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" "The Love I Lost" "Bad Luck" "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" "Wake Up Everybody" "Don't Leave Me This Way"
Related articles	Discography Philadelphia International Records