Blue Magic (1975) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely

 Today's lost 70s classic is from the Philadelphia group's third studio album, the almost concept album of 13 Blue Magic Lane, an album built on haunting ballads centering on loneliness and heartbreak. Blue Magic, are an underrated Philly vocal group, specializing in melancholic ballads, this 7 minute track is possibly their greatest moment. While the song is more famous as a cut down, more upbeat single by The Main Ingredient, it originated with Blue Magic in 1975 and features the heart aching vocals by Wendell Sawyer. practically sing the same two lines for the majority of the song to a excellent slow burning effect. The repeated lines of "I'd rather be loved, needed, depended on to give a love I can't give, when you're gone"carry different menaing in the different ways he sings it while the colourful Philly arrangement of stings, vibraphones, electric sitar etc. also swell dramatically underneath the luscious vocals as with most Philly Soul.