Blood, Sweat & Tears - Greatest Hits
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COMPILATION
Al Kooper - keyboards, vocals
Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jerry Weiss - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Fred Lipsius - alto sax, keyboards
Dick Halligan - keyboards, trombone, horns, flute, backing vocals
Steve Katz - guitar, harmonica, flute, mandolin, vocals
Jim Fielder - bass, guitar, backing vocals
Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, backing vocals
1 LP, gatefold
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Columbia
Mastered by Joe Reagoso with Kevin Gray
Originally released in 1972
Reissued in 2012
Tracks:
Side A :
- And When I Die
- Lisa, Listen to Me
- You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
- Go Down Gamblin’
- Spinning Wheel
- I Can’t Quit Her
Side B:
- Lucretia Mac Evil
- Sometimes In Winter
- Hi-De-Ho
- God Bless the child
- I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
Reviews:
“Sometimes, a greatest-hits set is timed perfectly to gather together a group's most successful and familiar performances just at the point when that group has passed the point of their maximum exposure to the public, but before the public memory has had a chance to fade. That was the case when Columbia Records assembled this compilation for release in early 1972. At that point, Blood, Sweat & Tears had released four albums and scored six Top 40 hits, each of which is heard here. But lead singer David Clayton-Thomas had just quit the group, so that the unit that recorded songs like "You've Made Me So Very Happy" was not working together anymore. And even when Clayton-Thomas returned, the band would continue to decline commercially. As such, BS&T's Greatest Hits captures the band's peak in 11 selections--seven singles chart entries, plus two album tracks from the celebrated debut album when Al Kooper helmed the group, and two more from the Grammy-winning multi-platinum second album. Using the short singles edits of songs like "And When I Die" emphasizes their radio-ready punch over the more extended suitelike arrangements on the albums, but this selection gains in focus what it lacks in ambition. For the millions who learned to love BS&T in 1969 when they were all over AM radio, this is the ideal selection of their most accessible material.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 3,92 / 5