Blood Sweat & Tears - Blood Sweat & Tears (2LP, 45RPM)
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Lead Vocals – David Clayton-Thomas (A1-2, B1 to D2)
Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals – Steve Katz
Alto Saxophone, Piano – Fred Lipsius
Bass – Jim Fielder
Chorus [BS&T Chorus] – Bobby Colomby, Dick Halligan
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Bobby Colomby
Organ, Piano, Flute, Trombone, Vocals – Dick Halligan
Trombone, Recorder – Jerry Hyman
Trumpet, Flugelhorn [Flügelhorn] – Chuck Winfield, Lew Soloff
Arranged by Al Kooper (A2, B1, C2), Blood, Sweat And Tears, Dick Halligan (A1-3, B2-3, D2), Fred Lipsius (A2, B1, C2)
2 LPs, gatefold sleeve
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : ORG
Original Label : Columbia
Engineered & mixed by : Fred Catero, Roy Halee
Produced by James William Guercio
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 1968
Reissued in 2013
Tracks:
Side A :
- Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie
- Smiling Phases
- Sometimes in Winter
Side B:
- More and More
- And When I Die
- God Bless The Child
Side C :
- Spinning Wheel
- You've Made Me So Very Happy
Side D:
- Blues - Part II
- Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie
Awards:
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Winner of three Grammy Awards in 1970 : "Album of the Year", Best Arrangment for "Spinning Wheel" and Best Contemporary Instrumental Perfomance for "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie"
1000 Recordings you must hear before you die - Ranked 140
Reviews :
"Everyone's taken a swing at reissuing this... And in my opinion the ORG double 45 is the best sounding of the lot (and well-pressed by RTI)." - Michael Fremer, www.analogplanet.com
"ORG amazes me with its ability to capture everything from the minutest minutiae to the rich blend of brass and/or flutes. Pressed at RTI and mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes, this is the definitive version of a memorable record." - Jeff Wilson, The Absolute Sound, October 2013
"The band hit gold with this 1968 release, with three hits from the LP ruling the airwaves... great arrangements and energy hold up remarkably well [here] almost a half-century down the road. Bernie Grundman's mastering job is equally accomplished and the sound is excellent." - Hi-Fi+ Magazine
"A classical feeling is imparted by the opening and closing tracks, which are adapted from one of Erik Saties Trois Gymnopedies by arranger Dick Halligan. They bookend this albumone of the most original in pop music evermost successfully. This has always seemed to me one of the best-designed and performed of all the 60s rock efforts, and its great to have it in the ultimate fidelity of this newly-remastered 45 rpm version... In comparison with the Columbia SACD, the vinyl 45s win out. They have much more deep bass end and a warmer overall feeling than the SACD. On the 45s, there is absolutely no surface noise or distortion, except where intended on some of the instruments... ORG has established itself as the Rolls-Royce of the audiophile vinyl reissue genre." - John Henry, Audiophile Audition
"The difference between Blood, Sweat & Tears and the group's preceding long-player, Child Is Father to the Man, is the difference between a monumental seller and a record that was "merely" a huge critical success. Arguably, the Blood, Sweat & Tears that made this self-titled second album -- consisting of five of the eight original members and four newcomers, including singer David Clayton-Thomas -- was really a different group from the one that made Child Is Father to the Man, which was done largely under the direction of singer/songwriter/keyboard player/arranger Al Kooper. They had certain similarities to the original: the musical mixture of classical, jazz, and rock elements was still apparent, and the interplay between the horns and the keyboards was still occurring, even if those instruments were being played by different people. Kooper was even still present as an arranger on two tracks, notably the initial hit "You've Made Me So Very Happy." But the second BS&T, under the aegis of producer James William Guercio, was a less adventurous unit, and, as fronted by Clayton-Thomas, a far more commercial one. Not only did the album contain three songs that neared the top of the charts as singles -- "Happy," "Spinning Wheel," and "And When I Die" -- but the whole album, including an arrangement of "God Bless the Child" and the radical rewrite of Traffic's "Smiling Phases," was wonderfully accessible. It was a repertoire to build a career on, and Blood, Sweat & Tears did exactly that, although they never came close to equaling this album." AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,06 / 5 , The Absolute Sound, : Music 3.5/5, Sonics 4.5/5 , Michael Fremer : 7/11 Music, 10/11 Sound