Valdez in the Country - Cold Blood, Hathaway, Donny
Japanese-only reissue of the first album for Reprise (and third overall) by this San Francisco-based r&b/ jazz-rock group. Originally released in 1972, the record was produced by Donny Hathaway. Nine tracks. Also featu... more »res the original artwork. 1999 release.« less
Japanese-only reissue of the first album for Reprise (and third overall) by this San Francisco-based r&b/ jazz-rock group. Originally released in 1972, the record was produced by Donny Hathaway. Nine tracks. Also features the original artwork. 1999 release.
Thomas M. O'Hara | East Bay - San Francisco | 01/03/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"An angel noticed me bidding for a used vinyl copy of First Taste of Sin on-line and alerted me to the fact that I could buy the CD here.Thank you! When it arrived, it immediately took it to my car, went for a drive, and put on Valdez In The Country loud! Fantastic! Needless to say, the sound quality far exceeded the 8-track in my '70 El Camino.I've been a ColdBlood fan for 30 years. First Taste of Sin was my favorite album, and I'm thrilled it's available again. This was one of the hardest working bands of the Fillmore era, and deserved far more notice and acclaim than it received. Anyone who enjoys rock and blues with horns should check out ColdBlood - for the big sound, the tight horn arrangements - and most of all frontwoman Lydia Pense.Nine excellent cuts here - but what sold me was the instrumental Valdez - somehow left off the great Best Of ColdBlood compilation. Five stars and well worth the import price tag!"
First Taste of Sin
Bruce Caron | Los Angeles | 07/02/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"These guys are so over the top, outragously great it's unbelievable that they don't (didn't) get more respect. Their first two albums Cold Blood & Sisyphus where even better. As a musician I can testify that the people in Cold Blood are musician's musicians. Buy everything they recorded including vinyl if you have to. They do play in the Bay area & Northwest. I saw them 2 years ago in Portland at one of the outdoor festivals. THEY WERE EXCELLENT!"
One fine band
Joel E. Howell | Suffolk, Virginia United States | 01/31/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I began buying Cold Blood albums as soon as I heard "I'm a Good Woman". Rumor in the early 70's was that lead singer, Lydia Pense, trained her voice with Aretha. Don't know if it's true, but she could wail. The previous reviewer is quite correct, the first and second albums were dynamite."
First Taste of... Cold Blood
Matthew S. Harwood | Los Angeles, CA United States | 03/19/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have had a copy of Cold Blood's First Taste of Sin since 1976. A family friend gave it to me from a stack of albums that he said his son no longer wanted. I was 15 years old. I have not stopped listening to this album since. Twenty-six years later it remains a "desert island" album for me. It wails! The other reviews here are spot on. Listen to how "Lady Woman" rumbles out of your speakers and "Lo and Behold" works its way into "Down To the Bone". That side alone is enough to wear you out! And as a previous reviewer stated "Valdez in the Country" is music to drive by. For Brass/Rock/Oakland sound fans don't miss First Taste of Sin."