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Blood, Sweat & Tears: Child Is Father To The Man

Blood, Sweat & Tears: Child Is Father To The Man

Audio Fidelity  AFZ5 195

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Pop/Rock


Blood, Sweat & Tears


Exploding onto the scene as a band determined only to expand the boundaries of popular music, Blood, Sweat & Tears immediately made their mark as virtuoso players with an important vision and statement. Calling on Rock, R&B, Jazz and even Classical influences, the band, led by Al Kooper, made what remains one of the truly inspired, groundbreaking records of the late '60s.

The album introduced the idea of the big band to rock and roll and paved the way for such groups as Chicago. Child Is Father to the Man peaked at #47 on Billboard's chart. "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" and "I Can't Quit Her" generated airplay on progressive rock radio.

This is the sound of a group of virtuosos enjoying itself in the newly open possibilities of pop music... the eclectic post-Sgt. Pepper era, a time when you could borrow styles from Greenwich Village contemporary folk to San Francisco acid rock and mix them into what seemed to have the potential to become a new American musical form.

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Tracks
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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. Meagan'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
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Comment by Downunderman - December 27, 2016 (1 of 1)

This is another one of those disc's that is without any information on the source used for the SACD mastering.

Could we be looking a PCM source? My guess is yes. If the original (or indeed second generation) analogue tapes had been used I'm sure the background blurb would have included the information.

The presentation here sounds very cleaned up and thinned out, with the soundstage pushed back a little from the listener. The soundstage is very wide though and instruments well separated.

It sounds pretty good all the same, just not very analogue in character.