℗ 1958 Atlantic Records
| Released | August 9, 2014 |
| Duration | 33m 50s |
| Record Label | Rhino Atlantic |
| Genre | Rock (R&B) |
Love Ballads
Clyde McPhatter
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Heartaches
Clyde McPhatter |
2:17 | |||
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1.2
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Come What May
Clyde McPhatter; Budd Johnson; Howard Biggs Orchestra |
1:42 | |||
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1.3
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Rock and Cry
Clyde McPhatter; Ray Ellis |
2:14 | |||
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1.4
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That's Enough for Me
Clyde McPhatter |
2:04 | |||
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1.5
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I Gotta Have You
Clyde McPhatter; Ruth Brown |
2:16 | |||
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1.6
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Bip Bam
The Drifters; Clyde McPhatter |
2:45 | |||
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1.7
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Just to Hold My Hand
Clyde McPhatter; Ray Ellis |
2:21 | |||
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1.8
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Lucille
The Drifters; Clyde McPhatter |
2:59 | |||
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1.9
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Long Lonely Nights
Clyde McPhatter |
2:24 | |||
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1.10
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When You're Sincere
Clyde McPhatter |
2:46 | |||
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1.11
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No Matter What
Clyde McPhatter; Ray Ellis |
2:03 | |||
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1.12
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No Love Like Her Love
Clyde McPhatter |
2:42 | |||
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1.13
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You'll Be There
Clyde McPhatter |
2:23 | |||
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1.14
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Love Has Joined Us Together
Clyde McPhatter |
2:54 |
Love Ballads is an album by legendary rhythm and blues/soul singer, Clyde Lensley McPhatter.
McPhatter's high-pitched tenor voice was steeped in the gospel music he sang in much of his early life. He was the lead tenor of the Mount Lebanon Singers, a gospel group he formed as a teenager. He was later the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes and was largely responsible for the initial success of the group. After his tenure with the Dominoes, McPhatter formed his own group, the Drifters, and later worked as a solo performer. Only 39 at the time of his death, he had struggled for years with alcoholism and depression and was, according to Jay Warner’s On This Day in Music History, "broke and despondent over a mismanaged career that made him a legend but hardly a success."
McPhatter left a legacy of over 22 years of recording history. He was the first artist to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first as a solo artist and later as a member of the Drifters.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino Atlantic Studio Masters
Tracks 1-14 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-14 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.71 -3.46 to -0.09 | -18.26 -20.54 to -15.91 | -15.10 -17.50 to -12.70 | 11 10 to 12 | |
| 1 | Heartaches | -2.14 | -17.23 | -14.3 | 10 |
| 2 | Come What May | -1.50 | -15.91 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 3 | Rock and Cry | -0.63 | -16.39 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 4 | That's Enough for Me | -1.06 | -17.79 | -15.3 | 12 |
| 5 | I Gotta Have You | -0.53 | -17.77 | -13.8 | 11 |
| 6 | Bip Bam | -2.55 | -20.54 | -16.8 | 12 |
| 7 | Just to Hold My Hand | -1.53 | -18.81 | -14.9 | 12 |
| 8 | Lucille | -3.46 | -19.15 | -16.1 | 10 |
| 9 | Long Lonely Nights | -1.96 | -17.39 | -15.0 | 10 |
| 10 | When You're Sincere | -2.02 | -19.83 | -16.5 | 12 |
| 11 | No Matter What | -2.11 | -18.41 | -15.5 | 10 |
| 12 | No Love Like Her Love | -1.02 | -18.93 | -15.9 | 11 |
| 13 | You'll Be There | -3.37 | -20.50 | -17.5 | 11 |
| 14 | Love Has Joined Us Together | -0.09 | -17.02 | -13.9 | 12 |