BS&T God Bless the Child

[shacky]

Wow. Haven't heard this song in a long time. Played on radio tonight and I was shocked at the quality of this recording.

I would say best Blood Sweat and Tears recording!

 

[6thumbs]

Wow. Haven't heard this song in a long time. Played on radio tonight and I was shocked at the quality of this recording.

I would say best Blood Sweat and Tears recording!

an old standard i don,t know who did it first but BST did it the best

 

[fdrennen]

an old standard i don,t know who did it first but BST did it the best

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"God Bless the Child" is a song by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. She first sang it in 1939

 

[birddog]

I heard that just a couple of weeks ago over Beemers house, on his AMAZING system, I swear it was like being there, you could almost smell the band...

 

[mhardy6647]

I was just gonna say approximately the same thing birddog just did. Absolutely stunning recreation at Beemer's house -- an SACD version, IIRC.

 

[fdrennen]

The LP version is great too, I think that they got it right. I think I'm going to pull out my copy!

 

[Fisherdude]

The LP version is great too, I think that they got it right. I think I'm going to pull out my copy!

:thmbsp:

One of my favorite BS&T albums, and one of my absolute favorite songs.

 

[Sandy G]

Wonder whatever happened to them? After the band & David Clayton-Thomas parted company, it was like they fell off the face of the earth...Must have been some REAL bad blood there...

 

[Walshdriver]

Bst

Great old Billie Holiday tune. Great arrangement by BST. As a musician I just played it last night. BTW, BST just broke up fo good last year.I have heard them live for the last 7 or 8 years. Not all the same guys. Check out their site.

 

[Grainger49]

My favorite from that album is Blues Part 2. It is amazing what old analog recordings can reveal.

:beer: :beer: :beer:

 

[mhardy6647]

Look at Al Kooper's website sometime. Al was an original member of BS&T.

http://www.alkooper.com/

some pretty interesting stuff there...

 

[Arkay]

That was on one of the first LPs I got as a kid, and it got a lot of play. Also one of the first ones I got when I got back into vinyl again --not because I particularly missed it, but just because I happened to see it again and got it for nostalgia's sake. Glad I did, because you're right: it's well recorded!

Al Kooper, of course, was also on the "Super Sessions" album, with "Season of the Witch". Now THATone I DID miss, and made a point of getting it again. Not just one, but two copies, to make sure I'll always have a good one to listen to. :yes: :thmbsp:

 

[slow_jazz]

i must say al kooper led and still leads an incredible life.

i always loved BS&T's song Sometimes in Winter.

 

[pk5555]

Yeah If you go to his web site you well find out he is out on tour. They say he even is young enough to open for an old man - John Mayall.

 

[pustelniakr]

That album, self-titled, Blood Sweat and Tears was made when the group had just added David Clayton-Thomas as lead singer, and were still able to record what the group, itself, wanted to record, rather than the investors and producers wanted. It is truly a superb collection, and I just picked up the Gold, MFSL SACD release. This one is one of the few times I've put on a CD and closed my eyes to listen to vinyl sound coming off of it.

Enjoy,
Rich P