Blood Sweat & Tears US 1/2 Speed Master Audiophile ST LP NM ’80 Super Disk ‘80
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Blood Sweat & Tears US 1/2 Speed Master Audiophile ST LP NM ’80 Super Disk ‘80
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Rare US Half-Speed master Audiophile LP released in 1980 on DBX/Direct Disk Lab Records. Cat: SD16605DBX. This album has a gatefold sleeve. Comes with DBX insert which is in Excellent condition.
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.
Tracks : Variations on a theme by Eric Satie (1st & second movements)/ Smiling phases/ Sometimes in winter/ God bless the children/ More and more/ And when I die/ Spinning wheel/ You’ve made me so very happy/ Blues part II/ Variations on a theme by Eric Satie (1st movement).
There are no signs of spindle marks on labels. Record is in Near Mint condition. Heavy weight gatefold sleeve has some light marks and is in Excellent condition.Payment is accepted by Paypal. Within Australia we also accept Direct deposit transfer and Australia Post Money Orders.
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