Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Released

December 11, 1968

Recorded

October 7 - 22, 1968 CBS Studios, New York City using a 16-track recording facility

Genre

Length

45:36 (original)

Label

Columbia

Producer

James William Guercio

Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology

Child Is Father to the Man
(1968)

Blood, Sweat & Tears
(1968)

Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
(1970)

Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1968. It was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970 and has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA with sales of more than four million units in the U.S. In Canada, it enjoyed four runs and altogether eight weeks at No. 1 on the RPM national album chart.

History

Bandleader Al Kooper and two other members, Randy Brecker and Jerry Weiss, had left Blood, Sweat & Tears after their first album. Bobby Colomby and Steve Katz searched for a replacement singer and selected David Clayton-Thomas. Three more musicians joined to bring the band to nine members. Columbia assigned James William Guercio (who was simultaneously working with new band Chicago) to produce a new album.

The song selection was much more pop-oriented than the first album, with more compositions from outside the band. It was recorded at the then state of the art CBS Studios in New York City. The studio had just taken delivery of one of the first of the model MM-1000 16-track tape recorders, built by Ampex. The new technology allowed for far more flexibility in overdubbing and mixing than the 4- and 8-track tape recorders which were standard in 1968. The album was among the very first 16-track recordings released to the public.

The album was selected for the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Rolling Stone	(negative)^[3]

Track listing

Side 1

"Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" (1st and 2nd Movements) – 2:35
- Adapted from "Trois Gymnopédies"; arr. by Dick Halligan
- Recorded October 9, 1968
"Smiling Phases" (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood) – 5:11
- Recorded October 15, 1968
"Sometimes in Winter" (Steve Katz) – 3:09
- Recorded October 8, 1968
"More and More" (Vee Pee Smith, Don Juan) – 3:04
- Recorded October 15, 1968
"And When I Die" (Laura Nyro) – 4:06
- Recorded October 22, 1968
"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.)^[4] – 5:55
- Recorded October 7, 1968

Side 2

"Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:08
- Recorded October 9, 1968
"You've Made Me So Very Happy"^[5] (Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson) – 4:19
- Recorded October 16, 1968
"Blues – Part II" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) – 11:44
- Recorded October 22, 1968
- Interpolating "Sunshine of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton), "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) and "Somethin' Goin' On" (Al Kooper)
"Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" (1st Movement) – 1:49
- Recorded October 9, 1968
- The footsteps and door slam heard at the end of the track are those of model Lucy Angle

2000 CD bonus tracks

"More and More (Live at The Cafe au Go-Go 8-2-68) - 4:38
"Smiling Phases (Live at The Cafe au Go-Go 8/2/68) - 18:44

Musicians

David Clayton-Thomas – lead vocals except as noted
Lew Soloff – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bobby Colomby – drums, percussion, vocals
Jim Fielder – bass
Dick Halligan – organ, piano, flute, trombone, vocals
Steve Katz – guitar, harmonica, vocals, lead vocals on "Sometimes In Winter"
Fred Lipsius – alto saxophone, piano
Chuck Winfield – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jerry Hyman – trombone, recorder
Alan Rubin - trumpet on "Spinning Wheel" (subbing for Chuck Winfield)

Production

Producer: James William Guercio
Engineers: Fred Catero, Roy Halee, Robert Honablue
Arrangers: Dick Halligan, Fred Lipsius, Al Kooper
Cover art: Timothy Quay, Bob Cato
Photography: Harrie George
Design: John Berg

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Pop Albums	1

Album – UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom)

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Top 40 Albums	15^[6]

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1969	"You've Made Me So Very Happy" (3:26 edit) B-side: "Blues – Part II" (5:26 edit)	Pop Singles	2
1969	"And When I Die" (3:26 edit) B-side: "Sometimes In Winter"	Pop Singles	2
1969	"Spinning Wheel" (2:39 edit) B-side: "More and More"	Adult Contemporary	1
1969	"Spinning Wheel"	Pop Singles	2

References

↑ "1001 Official Website". Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
↑ "Blood, Sweat & Tears > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
↑ Landau, Jon (1 March 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
↑ David Clayton-Thomas interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)
↑ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 25 - The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 4] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
↑ "Every Hit.com". Retrieved August 7, 2011.

Achievements
Preceded by TCB by Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations	*US Billboard* 200 number-one album** March 29 – April 4, 1969 April 12–25, 1969 July 26 – August 22, 1969	Succeeded by Hair by Original Cast
Preceded by Yellow Submarine by The Beatles Hair by Original Cast Hair by Original Cast Hair by Original Cast	*Canadian RPM 100* number-one album** March 31, 1969 (1-week) April 28 – May 12, 1969 (3 weeks) July 28, 1969 (1-week) August 16–30, 1969 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by Hair by Original Cast Hair by Original Cast Romeo and Juliet by Original Soundtrack At San Quentin by Johnny Cash

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Dave Gellis Glenn McClelland Jon Ossman Carl Fischer Barry Danielian Charley Gordon Ken Gioffre Joel Rosenblatt Bo Bice Al Kooper Randy Brecker Jerry Weiss Fred Lipsius Dick Halligan Steve Katz Jim Fielder Bobby Colomby David Clayton-Thomas Lew Soloff Dave Bargeron Bobby Doyle Joe Henderson Lou Marini Jr. Larry Willis Georg Wadenius Jerry Fisher Tom Malone Ron McClure Luther Kent Jaco Pastorius Steve Khan Mike Stern Don Alias Roy McCurdy Barry Finnerty Neil Stubenhaus Gregory Herbert Steve Conte Dave Panichi Glenn McClelland Jerry Sokolov Franck Amsallem Ted Kooshian Dave Pietro Rob Paparozzi Jason Paige Bernard Purdie

Studio albums	Child Is Father to the Man Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 New Blood No Sweat Mirror Image New City More Than Ever Brand New Day Nuclear Blues

Live albums	In Concert Live and Improvised Live

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Found Treasures The Collection Super Hits Rare, Rarer & Rarest

Soundtracks	The Owl and the Pussy Cat

Singles	"You've Made Me So Very Happy" "Spinning Wheel" "And When I Die"

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

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