Blood, Sweat & Tears - Live & Improvised (1976) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 542 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 209 MB | Covers - 183 MB
Genre: Jazz Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia/Legacy (C2K 46918)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 542 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 209 MB | Covers - 183 MB
Genre: Jazz Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia/Legacy (C2K 46918)
Blood, Sweat & Tears didn't get around to cutting an official live album until they were well past their prime years - in this case, 1975, long after every original member (and even most of their first-generation successors) except for drummer Bobby Colomby (a true founding member, going back to the Al Kooper lineup) and vocalist David Clayton-Thomas, was gone. But, as Clayton-Thomas was back for the accompanying album, New City, and was with the group on this tour, one supposes that Columbia Records decided to take advantage of its good fortune by taping several shows. For his part, the singer is more mannered and pretentious than ever on most of this album, his singing powerful enough but his instincts pushing him more toward loud, ultimately over-the-top soul strutting, lacking any hint of subtlety…