Blood, Sweat & Tears

Artist: Sweat & Tears Blood
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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41 reviews
Sales Rank: 3002

Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 63986
UPC: 074646398623
EAN: 0074646398623
ASIN: B00004XSVH

Release Date: September 5, 2000
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Tracks:

•	Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie (1st And 2nd Movements) Adapted From 'Trois Gymnopedies'
•	Smiling Phases
•	Sometimes In Winter
•	More And More
•	And When I Die
•	God Bless The Child
•	Spinning Wheel
•	You've Made Me So Very Happy
•	Blues - Part II
•	Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie (1st Movement) Adapted From 'Trois Gymnopedies'
•	More And More (Live)
•	Smiling Phases (Live)

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Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

The Best! September 20, 2008
David Shinder (Las Vegas)
I've been a fan of BS&T since their inception! A walk down memory lane!
Reproduction of original recordings are decent quality!

3 out of 5 stars

The invention of rock Muzak September 10, 2008
paul pirate (New York, New York)
As one of the 5-star reviewers notes, this album was released in 1969 - a time when the rock & brass sound had become the big thing (coming out of a few Beatles experiments from "Revolver" on). Electric Flag, Paul Butterfield, Ten Wheel Drive, Chicago (Transit Authority), Sons of Champlin, who knows what else - and this band. BS&T was Al Kooper's creation; at the time, he was still shining in the light of the Blues Project and Super Session/Live Adventures. But someone (or some folks) saw more commercial potential in the band, and so Kooper got bumped from his own band (joining the Jack Ely Association), and David Clayton-Thomas took over the vocals. A few other personnel changes, a selection of popular songs and the Satie arrangments, and Steve Katz's "Sometimes in Winter."

So, what's not to like with this hugely successful and influential album? It is slick, slick, slick. Impressive arrangements, great playing - and those vocals, which I do not believe have worn well. A belting, almost bellowing sound that performs, but does not interpret with conviction: right emphases, wrong feeling. Everything is homogenized into that big band rock sound; a soul machine with no style. Can one really compare any of these with the originals and take these cover versions seriously?

Katz's song, like so much of the Kooper BS&T material and Blues Project, is straightforward and at least a reasonable evolution of Katz's earlier material. His and Kooper's vocals are idiosyncratic, to be sure; perhaps they are/were too '60s for the pre-disco era. But the scrappiness of the Kooper BS&T is what made that band interesting (especially as an evolution of HIS style). The Clayton-Thomas BS&T got label support and produced some hits and a few more good arrangements - and broke into little pieces. But the "smooth sound of adult radio" that it inflicted would wash over what had been a music from the gut and heart as well as the mind for some time.

3 stars for historic importance; 2 stars off for misplaced priorities and dubious taste.

5 out of 5 stars

Inspiration for Life July 8, 2008
R. Graden (Eugene, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Lew Soloff's trumpet solo on "Spinning Wheel" is just "sick" (that's musician for too good), so I don't know why anybody would prefer the single version of this song with its wimpy guitar solo over the album version. Doubtless the band substituted guitar on the single for marketing purposes. Every reviewer has said something about the horns and David Clayton-Thomas, but dig Bobby Colomby's drum solo on "Blues, Part Two." He's playing one-handed rolls with his left hand while doing other things with his other limbs - sort of like Buddy Rich. It's noteworthy that in 1976 Colomby produced bass player Jaco Pastorius's debut solo LP. To me, Soloff and Colomby are the hottest players in BS&T. Jim Fielder (bass) and Colomby make a very tight rhythm section, laying a solid foundation for a 9-piece band. The whole band is incredibly tight - that is, together.

I was given my first copy of this recording in 1970, when I was only three. My mother mail ordered it from the Columbia record club. It's imprinted on my memory forever. It's pure cream - highly recommended if you like serious jazz fusion. Five stars aren't enough!

5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful June 27, 2008
HardyBoys.us (Long Island USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I just received this CD and it really brought back memories.
Of course, back in the day I had the vinyl version of this album and loved it but I sold all my albums years ago and haven't heard this for at least 20 years.
Anyway, the digital remastering of this CD is first rate and the sound is excellent.
The original songs sound better than they ever did before.
The live "bonus" tracks are so-so, ranging from off-key noodling to nice renditions of songs on the album.
Overall, a landmark album that belongs in every collection.

2 out of 5 stars

Disappointed May 4, 2008
Stacey A. Meldrum (Anchorage, AK USA)
I just bought the Single Version that is supposed to have the guitar solo in it, however, they are selling the "album version" of this song as the single version. So needless to say I am a bit miffed. Do not buy the single version if you are expecting to get what you payed for. Grrrr!

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