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1 Item Set of BS&T 4; by Blood Sweat & Tears; Cassette. Includes:
ITEM 1.) Blood Sweat & Tears; BS&T 4; Columbia CT-30590;
BS&T 4 is the fourth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1971. It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Pop albums chart.
David Clayton-Thomas left as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of BS&T 4, as did founding members Dick Halligan & Fred Lipsius. Clayton-Thomas would return to the lineup for New City. Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote "the band's cohesion seemed to be disintegrating. Although the album scraped the Top Ten briefly & went gold, it marked the end of BS&T's period of wide commercial success on records." Music critic Robert Christgau's only comments were "Aww-shuck! heck."
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HISTORICAL NOTE: "Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel & has encompassed a multitude of musical styles. What the band is most known for, from its start, is the fusing of rock, blues, pop music, horn arrangements, & jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock". Unlike "jazz fusion" bands, which tend toward virtuostic displays of instrumental facility & some experimentation with electric instruments, the songs of Blood, Sweat & Tears merged the stylings of rock, pop & R&B/soul music with big band, while also adding elements of 20th Century Classical & small combo jazz traditions. Al Kooper, Jim Fielder, Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Jerry Weiss, Dick Halligan, Steve Katz, Howard Levy, & Bobby Colomby formed the original band. The creation of the group was inspired by the "brass-rock" ideas of The Buckinghams & its producer, James William Guercio, as well as the early 1960s Roulette-era Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (according to Kooper's autobiography). "Blood, Sweat & Tears" was the name chosen by Al Kooper, inspired after a late-night gig in which Kooper played with a bloody hand. Kooper was the group's initial bandleader, having insisted on that position based on his experiences with The Blues Project, his previous band with Steve Katz, which had been organized as an egalitariancollective. Jim Fielder was from Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention & had played briefly with Buffalo Springfield. But undoubtedly, Kooper's fame as a high-profile contributor to various historic sessions of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix & others was the catalyst for the prominent debut of Blood, Sweat & Tears in the musical counterculture of the mid-sixties. Al, Bobby, Steve & Jim did a few shows as a quartet at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City in Sept. 1967 opening for Moby Grape. Fred Lipsius then joined the others two months later. A few more shows were played as a quintet, including one at the Fillmore East in New York. Lipsius then recruited the other three, who were New York jazz horn players he knew. The final lineup debuted late Nov. ’67 at The Scene in NYC. The band was a hit with the audience, who liked the innovative fusion of jazz with acid rock & psychedelia. After signing to Columbia Records, the group released perhaps one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the late 1960s, Child Is Father to the Man, featuring the Harry Nilsson song, "Without Her", & perhaps Kooper's most memorable blues number, "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know". The album cover was considered quite innovative showing the band members sitting & standing with child-sized versions of themselves. Characterized by Kooper's penchant for studio gimmickry, the album slowly picked up in sales amidst growing artistic differences between the founding members. Colomby & Katz wanted to move Kooper exclusively to keyboard & composing duties, while hiring a stronger vocalist for the group. The music of Blood, Sweat & Tears slowly achieved commercial success alongside similarly configured ensembles such as Chicago & the Electric Flag. Kooper was forced out of the group & became a record producer for the Columbia label, but not before arranging some songs that would be on the next BS&T album. The group's trumpeters, Randy Brecker & Jerry Weiss, also left after the album was released, & were replaced by Lew Soloff & Chuck Winfield. Brecker joined Horace Silver's band with his brother Michael, & together they eventually formed their own horn-dominated musical outfits, Dreams & The Brecker Brothers. Jerry Weiss went on to start the similarly-styled group Ambergris. Colomby & Katz then started looking for singers, considering Stephen Stills & Laura Nyro before deciding upon David Clayton-Thomas, a Canadian singer, born in Surrey, England. Reportedly, folk singer Judy Collins had seen him perform at a New York City club & was so taken & moved by his performance that she told her friends Bobby Colomby & Steve Katz about him (knowing that they were looking for a new lead singer to front the band). With her prodding, they came to see him perform & were so impressed with him that Clayton-Thomas was offered the role of lead singer in a re-constituted Blood Sweat & Tears. Halligan took up the organ chores & Jerry Hyman joined on trombone. New trumpeters Lew Soloff & Chuck Winfield brought the band up to nine total members. Blood, Sweat & Tears, the group's self-titled 2nd album, was produced by James William Guercio & released in late 1968. The album was much more pop-oriented, featuring decidedly fewer compositions from within the band. (David Clayton-Thomas, however, had already mounted a solo career as a singer/songwriter over this same time period, beginning with an album released in 1969 by Decca). The record quickly hit the top of the charts, winning Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards over The Beatles' Abbey Road, among other nominees. Blood, Sweat & Tears spawned three major hit singles: a cover of Berry Gordy & Brenda Holloway's "You've Made Me So Very Happy", Clayton-Thomas' "Spinning Wheel", & a version of Laura Nyro's "And When I Die." All three singles reached #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart. The commercial & critical acclaim enjoyed by the band in 1969 culminated in an appearance at the Woodstock Festival, in which the band enjoyed headliner status. Arguably, as a result of Al Kooper's departure, Blood, Sweat & Tears had difficulty maintaining its status as a counterculture icon at a time when record company executives deemed this characteristic importance as a tool to lure young consumers. This was compounded by a US Dept. of State-sponsored tour of Eastern Europe in 1970. Any voluntary association with the government was highly unpopular at the time & the band was ridiculed for it. In retrospect, it is now known that the State Dept. subtly requested the tour in exchange for more amicability on the issuance of a visa to Clayton-Thomas. After returning to the U.S., the group released Blood, Sweat & Tears 3; which was another popular success, spawning hit singles with a cover of Carole King's "Hi-De-Ho" & another Clayton-Thomas composition, "Lucretia MacEvil". While this was a successful attempt to re-create the amalgam of styles found on the previous album, the band once again depended almost exclusively on cover material. Album reviews sometimes focused solely upon the band's willingness to work with the U.S. State Dept., without bothering to discuss the actual music. Compounding the image problems of the band was a decision to play at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip, widely seen at the time as a mainstream venue for acts that did not engage in radical politics. In 1970, the band provided music for the soundtrack of the film comedy The Owl & the Pussycat , which starred Barbra Streisand & George Segal further damaging the group's underground reputation. Following this period of controversy, the group reconvened with jazz writer Don Heckman serving as their producer &, with Dave Bargeron replacing Jerry Hyman, recorded material that would comprise their 4th album, BS&T 4. For the 1st time since the 1st album, Blood, Sweat & Tears presented a repertoire of songs composed almost entirely from within the group. Included on the album is a cover of former member Al Kooper's "Holy John (John The Baptist)". Loaded with hooks & a wide variety of moods (featuring such songs as "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa, Listen To Me", "High on a Mountain", "Redemption"), Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 broke into the album charts, resulting in a gold record for the group. Unfortunately, none of the singles from the album managed to land in the Top 30 on any of the singles charts, & the period after the release of the 4th album began the group's commercial decline. Difficulties arose inside the group between its pop-rock & jazz factions, with Clayton-Thomas refusing to pick sides & eventually choosing to leave in early Jan. 1972 to continue the solo career he had begun concurrently with his role in BS&T. He was briefly replaced by Bobby Doyle, & then Jerry Fisher who went on to front the next generation of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Fred Lipsius left & was replaced by jazz legend Joe Henderson (who did not stay long enough to record), before Lou Marini settled into the new lineup. Another founding member, Dick Halligan, also departed, replaced by jazz pianist Larry Willis, & Swedish guitarist Georg Wadenius joined as lead guitarist around the same time. Amidst the personnel changes, a Greatest Hits album was released, which hit the top 20 & eventually went gold. This record would be the band's final gold album. During this period of time, a proliferation of bands employing the brass-rock stylings of the group began to compete in the popular music marketplace. Among these groups were Chase, Ides of March & Lighthouse, offering testimony to the legacy of Blood, Sweat & Tears. The new edition of Blood, Sweat & Tears released New Blood, which found the group moving into a more overtly jazz-fusion repertoire. The album broke through the top-40 charts (the last BS&T LP to do so) & spawned a single ("So Long Dixie", chart peak: 44) that received some airplay. Also included on the record was a cover version of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage," featuring the voice/guitar soloing of Georg Wadenius. In mid-1973, Katz, who was growing increasingly uncomfortable with the group's leaning towards jazz fusion, decided to leave. Winfield departed as well & was replaced by Tom Malone. Blood, Sweat & Tears' next album, No Sweat (1973), continued in a jazz-fusion vein & featured intricate horn work. The 1974 release Mirror Image saw the addition of vocalist/saxophonist Jerry LaCroix (formerly of Edgar Winter's White Trash), sax player Bill Tillman, bassist Ron McClure & the exodus of Tom Malone & longtime members Lew Soloff & Jim Fielder. This recording features the adoption of a sound pitched between Philly Soul & the mid-1970s albums by Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, along with aspirations to Chick Corea's jazz-fusion group Return to Forever. Personnel changes continued (see roster below), capped by the return of David Clayton-Thomas at the close of 1974 & the release of the comeback album New City in 1975. This album charted higher than any of their previous albums since New Blood. This was chiefly the result of an entry in the singles charts with a cover of The Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life". But it still did not sell as well as albums from the group's 1969-71 commercial peak period. They released a final album for Columbia Records, More Than Ever, before the last original band member, Bobby Colomby, left in 1976. The band then signed a new contract with ABC Records, with Colomby serving as the next album's executive producer & retaining sole ownership of the group's name, despite his no longer appearing on stage with them. Their sole album for ABC, Brand New Day, did not fare well in the charts & the group undertook a European tour in early 1978 to promote the album that ended abruptly after saxophonist Gregory Herbert died of a drug overdose in Amsterdam on January 31, 1978. Rocked by this shocking turn of events, the group returned home & temporarily ceased activity. In 1979, David Clayton-Thomas decided to continue Blood, Sweat & Tears with an entirely new lineup that consisted of Canadian musicians. The group signed to Avenue Records subsidiary label LAX (MCA Records), & with producer & arranger Jerry Goldstein, recorded the album Nuclear Blues. The album was yet another attempt to reinvent the group, showcasing the band in a funk sound environment that recalled such acts as Tower of Power & LAX labelmates War (with whom BS&T did several shows in 1980). The album, unfortunately, was regarded by many Blood, Sweat & Tears fans as uncharacteristic of the group's best work. Following more touring, including Australia, this incarnation of the group disbanded in 1981. Since he did not own the rights to the Blood Sweat & Tears name, Clayton-Thomas attempted to restart his failed solo career in 1983 after taking some time off. This caused complications during his initial months on the road when promoters would book his group & instead use the Blood, Sweat & Tears name on the marquee. Consequently, his manager at the time, Larry Dorr, negotiated a licensing deal between himself & Bobby Colomby in 1984 for rights to tour using the band's name. For 19 years afterwards, Clayton-Thomas toured the concert circuit with a constantly changing roster of players as "Blood, Sweat & Tears" until his final departure in 2004. Clayton-Thomas now does occasional shows using only his name in promotional efforts.The band continued on without Clayton-Thomas with what has been said is the greatest line up ever. Larry Dorr has been the bands manager (& much more) for over 30 years now. Blood Sweat & Tears is still one of the most popular touring acts of all time. At last count, the overall number of BS&T members since the beginning is up around 130 total people—roster below. On March 12 & 13, 1993, Al Kooper organized two shows at the Bottom Line in NYC that were advertised as "A Silver Anniversary Celebration Of The Classic Album The Child Is Father To The Man", which featured Al, Randy Brecker, Jim Fielder, Steve Katz & Fred Lipsius playing together for the 1st time in twenty five years, accompanied by Anton Fig, Tom Malone, Lew Soloff, John Simon & Jimmy Vivino, as well as a two woman chorus & string section. The following year, in early Feb. 1994, Al returned to the Bottom Line for his 50th birthday celebration in which he played with members of his new band plus the Blues Project & BS&T. The BS&T lineup at this show was the same as the 1993 Silver Anniversary show, with the exception of Will Lee sitting in for Fielder & John Sebastian (ex-Loving Spoonful) contributing harmonica. Colomby would not allow Kooper to use the name Blood, Sweat & Tears, so the two reunions were billed as "Child Is Father of The Man". This 2nd show appeared as the CD Soul of a Man in 1995. According to page 20 of the CD's liner notes, Steve Katz elected not to allow his performances onto the CD, which were digitally replaced by Jimmy Vivino. Bassist Jim Fielder is said to have added some parts to the CD as well. Blood, Sweat & Tears continues its heavy touring schedule throughout the world with its current line-up of members, some of whom have been with the band previously during the past two decades. Under the direction of Larry Dorr & founding member Bobby Colomby, the band has enjoyed something of a resurgence. Blood, Sweat & Tears donates money through its "Elsie Monica Colomby" music scholarship fund to deserving schools & students who need help in prolonging their musical education, such as the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The year 2007 witnessed the band's 1st world tour in a decade. Since late 2005, The band has been touring world wide with a refeshed line up. 2011 saw BS&T & Chicago co-headlining a Jazz festival in Stuttgart Germany. All of the band's albums, with the exception of Brand New Day, are currently available on compact disc. BS&T's 1st four albums were reissued by Sony Records in remastered editions (typically with bonus material), except for its 3rd album, which has been reissued by Mobile Fidelity. The later Columbia albums have been reissued by Wounded Bird Records, & Rhino Records has reissued Nuclear Blues. Brand New Day was issued on CD in Russia in 2002, although the disc may not have received authorization from copyright holders.
Roster of member musicians:
Al Kooper : keyboards, vocals (1967–1968) Randy Brecker : trumpet, flugelhorn (1967–1968) Jerry Weiss : trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals (1967–1968) Fred Lipsius : alto sax, keyboards (1967–1972) Dick Halligan : keyboards, trombone, horns, flute, backing vocals (1967–1972) Steve Katz : guitar, harmonica, lute, mandolin, vocals (1967–1973, 2008– ) Jim Fielder : bass, guitar, backing vocals (1967–1974) Bobby Colomby : drums, percussion, backing vocals (1967–1977) David Clayton-Thomas : vocals, guitar (1968–1972, 1974–1981, 1984–2004) Lew Soloff : trumpet, flugelhorn (1968–1973) Chuck Winfield : trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals (1968–1973) Jerry Hyman : trombones, recorder (1968–1970) Dave Bargeron : trombone, tuba, horns, bass, backing vocals (1970–1978) Bobby Doyle : vocals, piano (1972) Joe Henderson : tenor sax (1972) Lou Marini Jr. : tenor & soprano sax, flute (1972–1974) Larry Willis : keyboards (1972–1978) Georg Wadenius : guitar, vocals (1972–1975) Jerry Fisher : vocals (1972–1974) Tom Malone : trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, alto sax, bass (1973–1974) Jerry LaCroix : vocals, alto sax, flute, harmonica (1974) Ron McClure : bass (1974–1975, 1976) Tony Klatka : trumpet, horns (1974–1978) Johnny Madrid: trumpet, flugelhorn (1974) Bill Tillman : alto sax, flute, clarinet, backing vocals (1974–1977) Luther Kent : vocals (1974–1976) Joe Giorgianni : trumpet, flugelhorn (1974–1975) Jaco Pastorius : bass (1975–1976) Steve Khan : guitar (1975) Mike Stern : guitar (1975–1977) Keith Jones : bass (1976) Danny Trifan : bass (1976–1977) Forrest Buchtell : trumpet (1975–1977) Don Alias : percussion (1975–1976) Roy McCurdy : drums (1976–1977) Jeff Richman : guitar (1976 fill in for Stern) Randy Bernsen : guitar (1977) Barry Finnerty : guitar (1977–1978) Neil Stubenhaus : bass (1977–1978) Gregory Herbert : saxophone (1977–1978) Michael Lawrence ; trumpet (1977) Chris Albert : trumpet (1977–1978) Bobby Economou : drums (1977–1978, 1979–1981, 1994–1995) Kenny Marco : guitar (1979) David Piltch : bass (1979–1980) Joe Sealy : keyboards (1979) Bruce Cassidy : trumpet, flugelhorn (1979–1980) Earl Seymour : sax, flute (1979–1981) Steve Kennedy : sax, flute (1979) Sally Chappis : drums (1979) Harvey Kogan : sax, flute (1979) Jack Scarangella : drums (1979) Vernon Dorge : sax, flute, vuvuzela (1979–1981) Robert Piltch : guitar (1979–1980) Richard Martinez : keyboards (1979–1980) Wayne Pedzwater : bass (1980–1981) Peter Harris : guitar (1980–1981) Lou Pomanti : keyboards (1980–1981) Mic Gillette : trumpet (1980–1981) Steve Guttman : trumpet (1985–2005) Dave Gellis : guitar (1985–1990, 1996, 1998 fill in, 2005– ) Ray Peterson : bass (1985–1986) Scott Kreitzer : sax, flute (1985–1986) Teddy Mulet : trombone (1985–1986), trumpet (2005– ) Barry Danielian : trumpet (1985–1986) Richard Sussman : keyboards (1985–1987)
Randy Andos : trombone (1986) Tom Timko : sax, flute (1986–1987, 1995, 1998–2001, 2005–2008, 2009–2010) Tom DeFaria : drums (1985–1986) John Conte : bass (1986–1987) Steve Conte : guitar (1986 fill in) Jeff Gellis : bass (1987–1990) Dave Panichi : trombone (1987–1988, 1997–1998) Glenn McClelland : keyboards (1987–1993, 1998, 2005– ) David Riekenberg : sax, flute (1987–1990, 1995–1998) Jerry Sokolov : trumpet (1987–1994) Graham Hawthorne : drums (1987–1988, 1989–1991) Van Romaine : drums (1988–1989) Neil Capolongo : drums (1991–1993) Peter Abbott : drums (fill in early 1990s) Charley Gordon : trombone (1987–1994, 2001) Wayne Schuster : sax, flute (1990–1991) Larry DeBari : guitar, vocals (1990–1997) Gary Foote : bass (1990–1994, 1996–2004, 2005– ) Jack Bashcow : sax, flute (1992) Tim Ries : sax, flute (1992–1993, 1993–1995) Charlie Cole : sax, flute (1993) Matt King keyboards (1994–1998) Mike Mancini : keyboards (fill in '80s/'90s) Franck Amsallem keyboards (fill in mid '90s) Henry Hey : keyboards (fill in mid '90s) Ted Kooshian keyboards (fill in mid '90s) Cliff Korman keyboards (fill in mid '90s) Mike DuClos bass : (1994–1996) James "Hambone" Hamlin bass: (1995 fill in) Jonathan Peretz : drums (1995–1997) Craig Johnson : trumpet (1994–1998) Matt Milmerstadt drums : (1995, 1998) Tom Guarna : guitar (1997–1998) Jon Owens : trumpet (1998–2000) Charles Pillow : sax, flute (fill in 1998) Brian Delaney : drums (1998, 2001) Dave Stahl : trumpet (fill in 1995–1999) Winston Byrd : trumpet (fill in 1998) Dave Pietro : sax, flute (fill in 1998) Dale Kirkland : trombone (1995–1996, 1998, 1999–2001, 2002–2006) Pat Hallaran : trombone (1998–1999) James Fox : guitar (1998–2000) Dan Zank : keyboards (1998–2000) Zach Danziger : drums (1998–2001) Joe Mosello : trumpet (2000–2002) Gregg Sullivan : guitar (2000–2004) Phil Magallanes : keyboards (2000–2001) Andrea Valentini : drums (2001– ) Darcy Hepner : sax, flute (1999 fill in, 2001–2004) John Samorian : keyboards (2001–2003) Nick Marchione : trumpet (2002–2004) Eric Cortright : keyboards (2003–2004) Leo Huppert: bass (2004) Steve Jankowski: trumpet (2005– ) Rob Paparozzi: vocals, harmonica (2005–2011 ) Thomas Conner : vocals (fill in 2006 & 2007) Jens Wendelboe: trombone (2006– ) Chris Tedesco : trumpet (fill in for Mulet 2006–2007) Brian Steel : trumpet (fill in for Mulet 2008) Bill Churchville : sax (fill in for Timko 2008) Ken Gioffre : sax (2010- ) Jon Pruitt : keyboards (fill in for McClelland 2010) Ralph Bowen : sax (fill in for Gioffre 2011) Dave Anderson : bass (fill in for Foote 2011) Jason Paige : vocals (2011- ) Jon Pruitt : keyboards (fill in for McClelland 2011)
Current roster:
Jason Paige : vocals Dave Gellis : guitar Glenn McClelland : keyboards Gary Foote : bass Andrea Valentini : drums Teddy Mulet : trumpet Steve Jankowski : trumpet Jens Wendelboe : trombone Ken Gioffre : saxophone
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