Blood, Sweat & Tears Child Is Father To The Man

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 266/500!
Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the January 2008 Issue of Stereophile! Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
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.
Those who expect the voice of David Clayton-Thomas when they play a Blood, Sweat And Tears LP will be disappointed on "Child Is Father To The Man". But the connoisseurs know that with the first record of the group they can hear an excellent Al Kooper. He is much more than just a singer, he plays piano and various keyboards, has composed almost all the pieces and also arranged for the string ensemble.
It's the bluesy songs like "I Love You More..." and "I Can't Quit Her" and the vocals of Al Kooper, which are true pearls, but the album in its entirety is a listening pleasure of the highest order in the tradition of "Sgt. Pepper" by the Beatles. The connection between pop, classical and jazz, as popularized in the late 60s by groups such as Chicago Transit Authority, Colosseum and Soft Machine, mixed with the acid-folk-rock mix from San Francisco in Blood, Sweat And Tears. It had the potential to become a new American form of music. Interestingly, the LP was even gold-plated as it found more and more buyers with the popularity of "B,S&T 2".
Approach the music without prejudice - and this should be recommended to jazz and pop friends alike! Then the opportunity opens up to enjoy one of the best albums of the late 60s.
"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." - www.rollingstone.com

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany

Selections:

Side A
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
Side B
1. I Can't Quit Her
2. Meagan's Gypsy Eyes
3. Somethin' Goin' On
4. House In The Country
5. The Modern Adventures Of Plato, Diogenes And Freud
6. So Much Love/Underture