Blood, Sweat & Tears [Remaster]

Performer: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Engineer: Roy Halee; Fred Catero
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Blood Sweat & Tears: David Clayton-Thomas (vocals); Steve Katz (guitar, harmonica, background vocals); Dick Halligan (flute, trombone, piano, organ, background vocals); Fred Lipsius (alto saxophone, piano); Chuck Winfield, Lew Soloff (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jerry Hyman (trombone); Jim Fielder (bass); Bobby Colomby (drums, percussion, background vocals). Producer: James William Guerico. Reissue producer: Bob Irwin. Recorded between August 2, 1968 and October 22, 1968. Originally released on Columbia (KCS 9720). Includes liner notes by Hank Borowitz. Blood, Sweat & Tears: David Clayton-Thomas (vocals), Steve Katz (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Jerry Hyman (recorder, trombone), Fred Lipsius (alto saxophone, piano), Chuck Winfield, Lew Soloff (trumpets, flugelhorns), Dick Halligan (organ, piano, flute, trombone, vocals), Jim Fielder (bass), Bobby Colomby (drums, percussion, vocals). This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. Blood Sweat & Tears: Steve Katz (vocals, guitar, harmonica); David Clayton-Thomas (vocals); Dick Halligan (flute, trombone, piano, organ, background vocals); Fred Lipsius (alto saxophone, piano); Chuck Winfield, Lew Soloff (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jerry Hyman (trombone, recorder); Jim Fielder (bass); Bobby Colomby (drums, percussion, background vocals). Includes liner notes by Hank Borowitz. This was Blood, Sweat & Tears' apex, and a testimony to the best of the jazz/rock movement. Created by the legendary Al Kooper, the band was one of the major movers in the late-1960s rock scene. Though Kooper had departed after the debut album, this follow-up is bold, brassy, and adventurous, and the arrival of David Clayton-Thomas gave the band a strong singer and focal point. Eclecticism abounds, as an interpretation of an Eric Satie composition is followed by a version of Traffic's "Smiling Phases." Hit singles galore were culled from this record--"Spinning Wheel," "You've Made Me So Very Happy," and "And When I Die,"--not to mention a superb rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child." Their finest moment and a testimony to the best of the jazz/rock movement. Created by the legendary Al Kooper, the band was one of the major attractions throughout 1969. The album is bold, brassy and adventurous. Interpretations of Eric Satie music are followed by Traffic's "Smiling Phases." Hit singles galore were culled from this record--"Spinning Wheel," "You've Made Me So Very Happy," and "And When I Die,"--not to forget a superb rendition of Billie Holiday's "God Bless The Child." Sadly BST and their magnificent early catalogue has fallen from favour. And where is the superb voice of David Clayton-Thomas to be found today?

Uncut (p.125) - 4 stars out of 5 - "'Spinning Wheel' became the band's most memorable hit alongside superb, intuitive covers of Laura Nyro's 'And When I Die' and Brenda Holloway's 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'." Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[E]verything BST that's worth hearing is here."

As initially conceived by Al Kooper, Blood, Sweat & Tears was the first and best of the jazz-rock horn bands. Though Kooper departed after the debut album, new singer David Clayton-Thomas led the band to huge commercial success with a more pop-oriented approach. BST--in both its Kooper and Clayton-Thomas incarnations--epitomized post-'60s eclecticism, crafting Top 40 hits out of musical influences as disparate as Billie Holiday, Tim Buckley, and Erik Satie.

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