Transfusion
Released: Sep 20, 2005
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Released: Sep 20, 2005
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Lydia Pense and Cold Blood work in close coordination on Transfusion, bringing forth a big, soulful sound. Pense, who handles most of the lead vocals, is a powerful, full-throated singer, reminding...
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Vintage Blood: Live! 1973
Released: Oct 9, 2001
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Released: Oct 9, 2001
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Cold Blood was on the verge of a musical breakthrough during the early '70s, but the band's inability to write compelling original material or expand their range beyond high-octane, horn-dominated...
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Cold Blood/Sisyphus
Released: Jul 31, 2001
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Released: Jul 31, 2001
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A straight, no-frills-or-bonus-tracks reissue of Cold Blood's first two albums from 1969 and 1971 on one CD, these 13 tracks make a case for the band as one of the better "lost" groups of the...
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The Best of Cold Blood
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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Aside from an almost-ran in "You Got Me Hummin'," Cold Blood never really had any hits to speak of, so assembling a best-of is less a matter of picking hit singles than of individual taste. As...
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First Taste of Sin
Released: 1972
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Released: 1972
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Founding guitarist Larry Field left before this album was recorded, resulting in an emphasis on keyboardist Raul Matute and sax player Danny Hull. The result is, surprisingly, somewhat tighter...
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Cold Blood
Released: 1969
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Released: 1969
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Cold Blood was one of the Bay Area's non-psychedelic contributions to pop music in the late '60s and early '70s. Their R&B-influenced combination of rock, blues, and jazz stood out from the...
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Sisyphus
Released: 1970
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Released: 1970
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Sisyphus -- Cold Blood's second release for Bill Graham's San Francisco label -- was a shift to a more aggressive and decidedly funkier sound. Taking their cues as much from James Brown's J.B.'s as...
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Thriller!
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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Thriller! -- Cold Blood's fourth LP -- is a continuation on the brass-intensive funky R&B that drove their previous efforts. In contrast to those discs, however, there is very little in the way of...
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