The band's second album, simply called "Blood, Sweat & Tears," was released in 1969. The first three singles from it "You've Made Me So Very Happy," "Spinning Wheel" and "And When I Die" each reached # 2 on the Hot 100 charts. Each single also sold more than one million copies to earn a Gold Record Award (at the time, a single had to sell one million units to earn the award, while an album only had to sell a half-million copies for the same award). The album itself went straight to # 1 on the Top 200 Albums chart. It spent seven weeks at # 1 during a stunning 109-week stay on the chart (more than two years, folks).
Not bad for a band with an experimental jazz-rock-blues sound mixed with a bit of Big Band orchestration and an incredible pop vocalist.
To call this album a classic would be an understatement. Although the band would score 10 Hot 100 singles from various albums by 1975, the group's only Top 10 hits, all three of them, appear on this single CD.
The original 10 tracks appear here. Two "bonus" tracks, both live performances and both previously unreleased, are also included.
All tracks were produced by James Guerico (producer of Chicago, among other acts). This is part of the Columbia "Legacy Recordings" series which is bringing new life to older titles in the label's archives. The sound is crisp and clear - A Joy to Listen to.
by Don Krider
Tracks
1. Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie (2:30)
(1st and 2nd Movements, Adapted from "Trois Gymnopedies")
2. Smiling Phases (5:10)
3. Sometimes In Winter (3:08)
4. More and More (3:04)
5. And When I Die (4:05)
6. God Bless The Child (5:56)
7. Spinning Wheel (4:07)
8. You've Made Me So Very Happy (4:19)
9. Blues-Part II (11:45)
10.Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie (1:37)
(1st Movement, Adapted from "Trois Gymnopedies")
11.More and More (Bonus Track, recorded at The Cafe au Go-Go, New York, August 2, 1968)
12.Smiling Phases (Bonus Track, recorded at The Cafe au Go-Go, New York, August 2, 1968)
Blood Sweat and Tears
*David Clayton-Thomas: Vocals (Except "Sometimes in Winter")
*Steve Katz: Guitar, Hamonica, Vocals (Lead on "Sometimes in Winter")
*Bobby Colomby: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
*Jim Fielder: Bass
*Fred Lipsius: Alto Saxaphone, Piano
*Lew Soloff: Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
*Chuck Winfield: Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
*Jerry Hyman: Trombone
*Dick Halligan: Organ, Piano, Flute, Trombone, Vocals
*BS&T Soul Chorus: Dick Halligan, Bobby Colomby
*Alan Rubin: Trumpet on "Spinning Wheel."
*Lucy Angle: Footsteps
Other B.S. & T. releases posted on PHROCKBlog
1968 Child Is Father To The Man
[ Rip and Scans by MARIOS ]
originally published in PHROCK blog July 2009
CODE: 49368
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