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Blood Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father To The Man - SACD

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Blood Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father To The Man - SACD

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Audio Fidelity - AFZ5 195 - Hybrid Multi Channel SACD -

Mastered by Steve Hoffman - Numbered Limited Edition - Plays on All CD Players

1st Ever 5.1 Multi Channel Mix by Al Kooper

Multichannel SACD 5.1 mix by Al Kooper
Multichannel SACD 5.1 mastering by Bob Ludwig
Stereo CD and SACD mastering by Steve Hoffman

BS&T began as an Al Kooper project in 1968, as a part of a move toward "bigger" rock sounds. Child, the only album made under Kooper's direction, is important not only because its jazz and art-song aspects expanded the scope of the rock for both audience and musicians, but also because it was one of the most perfectly listenable pop albums of its era.

"Blood, Sweat and Tears are usually remembered as middle-of-the-road oldies-radio faves. But this album shows the original outfit, headed by organist Al Kooper, to be an eclectic blues-rock collective that recorded hard-bitten gems such as "I Can't Quit Her." -

There’ll be disappointment in store for those who expect to hear the voice of David Clayton-Thomas when listening to the present Blood, Sweat And Tears LP, "Child Is Father To The Man". Experts will know however that on the group’s very first album they will get to hear the excellent Al Kooper. The man is far more than a singer, for he not only plays the piano and various other keyboards but has also composed almost all the numbers and made the arrangements for the string ensemble.

Bluesy pieces such as "I Love You More ..." and "I Can’t Quit Her", and the vocals from Al Kooper are the real gems here, although the whole album – held in the tradition of the Beatles’ "Sgt. Pepper" – is a real pleasure from beginning to end. The amalgamation of pop, classic and jazz, which was made so popular in the Sixties by such groups as Chicago Transit Authority, Colosseum and Soft Machine, is here combined by Blood, Sweat And Tears with the acid-folk-rock mix emanating from San Francisco. It even had the potential to become a new American form of music. It is interesting to note that the LP achieved gold status after the release of "B, S&T 2", which brought the earlier album to the attention of the record-buying public.

Just put any prejudices aside! Then jazz and pop fans will then find that they have discovered one of the very best and most enjoyable albums from the late Sixties.

"Child Is Father To The Man" - Al Kooper Steve Katz Fred Lipsius Randy Brecker ; Dick Halligan Jerry Weiss ; Jim Fielder ; Bobby Colomby

1. Overture

2. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

3. Morning Glory

4. My Days Are Numbered

5. Without Her

6. Just One Smile

7. I Can't Quit Her

8. Megan's Gypsy Eyes

9. Somethin' Goin On

10. House In the Country

11. The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud

12. So Much Love/Underture