Chet Baker - Blood, Chet And Tears
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Trumpet, vocals - Chet Baker [click here to see more products featuring Chet Baker]
Guitar - Joe Pass [click here to see more products featuring Joe Pass]
Guitar - Al Casey, Mike Deasy, Tommy Tedesco
Trumpet - Tony Terran, Ray Triscari, Ollie Mitchell
Trombone - Miles Anderson, Dick Hyde
Bass trombone - George Roberts
Tenor saxophone - Plas Johnson
Reeds - Buddy Collette
Keyboards - Larry Knechtel
Electric bass - Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman
Drums - Hal Blaine
Percussion - Gary Coleman
The Sid Sharp Strings arranged and conducted by Jerry Styner
Written by Jack Keller (A1), Diane Hildebrand (A1), Jeff Barry (A2), Andy Kim (A2), George Harrison (A3), David Clayton-Thomas (A4), B. Thomas (A4), Jim Peterik (A5), Laura Nyro (B2), Fred Karlin (B3), Dory Previn (B3), Sonny Henry (B4), Brenda Holloway (B5), Patrice Holloway (B5), Berry Gordy (B5), Jr., Frank Wilson (B5)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Third Man Pressing in Detroit, MI
Label : Verve - Verve By Request Series
Original Label : Verve
Recorded on July 6, 1970 at Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Engineered by Donn Landee
Produced by Jerry Styner
Liner Notes by Artt Frank
Originally released in 1970
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Easy Come, Easy Go
2. Sugar, Sugar
3. Something
4. Spinning Wheel
5. Vehicle
Side B:
1. The Letter
2. And When I Die
3. Come Saturday Morning
4. Evil Ways
5. You've Made Me So Very Happy
Reviews :
“Some of the finest jazz artists of the 1960s and early '70s could do good "sell out" albums with mass pop appeal without actually selling out. Wes Montgomery, Grover Washington, Jr., and Herbie Mann come to mind. But these diverse musicians had a funky, groove-driven side to them that Chet Baker just doesn't possess. Blood, Chet & Tears is legendary for being one of the most shameful releases in his catalog, but the reality of the album isn't quite as bad as the legend behind it. Yes, the title is a groaner and, yes, this is an easy listening album of late-'60s soft rock hits, but to be fair -- the album isn't that bad. It's actually better than some of the Herb Alpert releases of the same era that inspired it. But the difference is that Alpert was just being himself, while Blood, Chet & Tears finds Baker trying to sound like somebody else and that's the worst thing about the album. It literally sounds like Baker is hiding his true musical personality rather than expanding upon that personality.
And when you come right down to it, that really is selling out as opposed to what George Benson and others were doing during this same period.That said, except for a bizarre version of "You've Made Me So Very Happy," the album stands up as kitschy easy listening. Interestingly enough, the same version of "Come Saturday Morning" that appears here was the theme song to The Sterile Cuckoo, a coming-of-age teen romance. "Come Saturday Morning" ended up being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. That fact, along with the one that Baker sang over the credits to a major Hollywood movie at this stage in his career, seems to have been expunged from the Chet Baker story entirely.” AllMusic Review by Nick Dedina.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 1.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 3.25 / 5