Blood, Sweat And Tears – Greatest Hits (1972) [Audio Fidelity 2016] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Sometimes, a greatest-hits set is timed perfectly to gather together a group’s most successful and familiar performances just at the point when that group has passed the point of their maximum exposure to the public, but before the public memory has had a chance to fade. That was the case when Columbia Records assembled this compilation for release in early 1972. At that point, Blood, Sweat & Tears had released four albums and scored six Top 40 hits, each of which is heard here. But lead singer David Clayton-Thomas had just quit the group, so that the unit that recorded songs like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” was not working together anymore. And even when Clayton-Thomas returned, the band would continue to decline commercially. As such, BS&T’s Greatest Hits captures the band’s peak in 11 selections-seven singles chart entries, plus two album tracks from the celebrated debut album when Al Kooper helmed the group, and two more from the Grammy-winning multi-platinum second album. Using the short singles edits of songs like “And When I Die” emphasizes their radio-ready punch over the more extended suitelike arrangements on the albums, but this selection gains in focus what it lacks in ambition. For the millions who learned to love BS&T in 1969 when they were all over AM radio, this is the ideal selection of their most accessible material.

Tracklist:
01. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
02. I Can’t Quit Her
03. Go Down Gamblin’ (Single Version)
04. Hi-De-Ho That Old Sweet Roll (Single Version)
05. Sometimes In Winter
06. And When I Die (Single Version)
07. Spinning Wheel (Single Version)
08. Lisa, Listen to Me
09. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
10. Lucretia Mac Evil
11. God Bless The Child

Mastered by Steve Hoffman & Steven Marsh at Marsh Mastering.

SACD ISO

Bl00dSweatAndTearsGreatestHits1972Audi0Fidelity2016SACDIS0.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

Bl00dSweatAndTearsGreatestHits1972Audi0Fidelity2016FLAC2488.2.rar