Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father to the Man [Stereo] (Speakers Corner Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from an analog tape copy by Maarten De Boer at Emil Berliner Studios.

(Note: Although advertised as “made from the original, analogue mastertapes,” this edition is almost certainly cut from a copy tape that was sent to Europe and used to cut the original European pressings and then stored afterward in Europe. By this point, Sony had stopped sending out original analog master tapes anywhere other than Sterling Sound (back when Sterling was still based in New York City).)

There'll be disappointment in store for those who expect to hear the voice of David Clayton-Thomas when listening to the present Blood, Sweat & Tears LP, Child Is Father To The Man. Experts will know however that on the group's very first album they will get to hear the excellent Al Kooper. The man is far more than a singer, for he not only plays the piano and various other keyboards but has also composed almost all the numbers and made the arrangements for the string ensemble. Bluesy pieces such as "I Love You More…" and "I Can't Quit Her" and the vocals from Kooper are the real gems here. The amalgamation of pop, classic and jazz, which was made so popular in the Sixties by such groups as Chicago Transit Authority, Colosseum and Soft Machine, is here combined by Blood, Sweat & Tears with the acid-folk-rock mix emanating from San Francisco.

(Above description from AcousticSounds.com)