Taste of Sin [CD-single] [Import]

Taste of Sin [CD-single] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
New single for German metal act. Tracks, 'Taste Of Sin', 'Taste Of Sin' (Atrocity Remix, Greg Brimson Remix) and 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men'. Slimline jewel case. 2000 release.

Tracks:

Visions
Lo And Behold
Down To The Bone
You Had To Know
My Lady Woman
No Way Home
Inside Your Soul
All My Honey
Valdez In The Country

Album Description

2002 reissue of the Latin rock/soul act's 1972 album for Reprise. Collectables.

Customer Reviews:

Classic 70's West Coast Horn Band.......2007-06-30

This has been one of my favorite albums since back in the day. I was happy to find it on CD finally. Cold Blood has been somewhat forgotten but they were a find horn band with a kickass singer, very West Coast sound. If Tower of Power had Janis Joplin... you get the idea. I think this is their best album, smooth, good production by Donny Hathaway.

THE JAPANESE RELEASES HAVE BETTER AUDIO MASTERING.......2007-02-15

In 2006, the first five CB titles were issued in Japan in LP-replica mini-sleeve CD format on the Bomba label:

COLD BLOOD - BOMBA BOM24086
SISYPHUS - BOMBA BOM24087
FIRST TASTE OF SIN - BOMBA BOM24088
THRILLER - BOMBA BOM24091
LYDIA - BOMBA BOM24092

The audio mastering on those discs are all superior to their Collectables/domestic counterparts.

If you really love these CB albums, get the Japanese releases before they are sold out, as all mini-sleeve CD's are limited edition.

They are certainly more expensive than the domestic CB titles, but are definitely worth the price.

Link to the Japanese remaster.

First Taste of Sin.......2005-04-11

Superlative! Once again Lydia Pense is at her best. Her individual style continues to blossom on Cold Blood's third album. Despite some personnel changes, The band continues to mature with their rockin' soul stye. This CD is a must for the ardent fan.

Anything Lydia does is great!.......2004-02-23

Ok, besides Lydia there was only two other ladies that could work a horn section with kick ass quality. Yeah one was Janis Joplin and the other was the New York great Genya Ravan with Ten Wheel Drive. Lydia Pense and Cold Blood were one of the premier acts that Uncle Bill Grahm loved to use at the Fillmore. The best of ColdBlood cd is my favorite but if your like me you want all the individual albums on Cd. No Matter what the line up of the band was it was a kickin band, Lydia is still out there with a new version of Cold Blood and do check out her web page because she still sounds as tight as ever.

Great San Francisco Band!.......2004-02-03

A Great Recording. Every cut is precious, good arranging, fabulous vocals.

Onward Victoria (1981 Original Cast Members)

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JILL EICHENBERRY ASTOUNDS IN THIS VERY MUSICAL BROADWAY DISASTER . . . .
Melodies for a change - Thank God!

Onward Victoria (1981 Original Cast Members)
Book Charlotte Anker & Irene Rosenberg
Manufacturer: Original Cast Record
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004CPM
Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

Overture
In New York the Only Sin Is Being Timid - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry
Magnetic Healing - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry, Lenny Wolpe
Taste of Forever - Jill Eikenberry
I Depend on You - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry
Onward Victoria - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry
Changes - Jill Eikenberry
Woman Like Beth - Michael Zaslow
Unescorted Women - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry, Lenny Wolpe
Love and Joy - Jill Eikenberry, Michael Zaslow
Everyday I Do a Little Something for the Lord
You Cannot Drown the Dream - Jill Eikenberry, Laura Waterbury
Respectable - Beth Austin
Another Life - Jill Eikenberry
Read It in the Weekly - Jill Eikenberry
Valentine for Beecher
Beecher's Defense - Jill Eikenberry
Finale - Beth Austin, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Zaslow

Customer Reviews:

JILL EICHENBERRY ASTOUNDS IN THIS VERY MUSICAL BROADWAY DISASTER . . . . .......2006-12-26

". . . appealing and gutsy . . . " (William Raidy, Newark Star-Ledger) ". . . An engaging musical . . . a musical with a message and a welcome surprise . . . " (Jeffrey Lyons, CBS Radio) ". . . the show casts a pall over the audience." (Frank Rich, New York Times) ". . . a lifeless score and humorless book . . . " (John Kendrick, [...]) "Considered by some to be one of the ten worst Broadway plays. " (Victoria Woodhull website)

After three weeks of previews, ONWARD VICTORIA opened (and closed) at the Martin Beck Theatre on December 14, 1980. Eight months later, members of the original cast gathered at RCA Studios in New York to record the show. I, for one, am extremely grateful that they did and am indebted to Original Cast Records for its remastered 1994 CD release. Usually in agreement with John Kendrick, I do not find the score "lifeless." Rather, I find it refreshing and inventive; an "old-fashioned" Broadway score in the very best sense of the term.

Economic reality has extracted a heavy toll from the Broadway musical, primarily in the number of singers and dancers employed and the size and quality of the orchestra. String sections have been replaced by synthesizers; a crack dance corps and a separate big-voiced chorus have given way to 16 or fewer singer/dancers who do neither as well as they did in the good old days; the overture has all but disappeared; excellence has been replaced by ordinary. Not the case with ONWARD VICTORIA.

Just give a listen to the excellent vocal writing and choral work in the opening number "In New York The Only Sin Is Being Timid" (listed as "The Age of Brass" on opening night), Victoria's campaign song "Onward Victoria" (or, "Victoria's Banner"), "You Cannot Drown the Dream," and the hymn-parody "A Valentine for Beecher;" and the stand-up-and-cheer second act finale. Incidentally, are those Bach-trumpets I hear in "Valentine?" Maybe the book was humorless, but catch the references to incest as per Sophocles in "Something for the Lord," artfully sung by Jim Jansen, and this line - and others - from "Beecher's Defense": "Plymouth Church should be proud to have a preacher so endowed." Not all the lyrics are as inspired as these ("Love and Joy" is a case in point), but even Oscar Hammerstein, II, penned a few clinkers. How about this gem from SOUND OF MUSIC: "You need someone older and wiser telling you what to do-ooh. I am 17 going on 18. I'll take care of you."

The cast is uniformly excellent, but Jill Eikenberry is a revelation! Known primarily as "Ann Kelsey" on TVs "LA Law" (153 episodes, 1986-1994), she reveals herself as a fine singer-actress in the role of Victoria Woodhull, a feminist who, decades before women won the right to vote, was the Equal Rights Party candidate for President, running against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to her campaign-style numbers, Ms. Eikenberry gives us two lovely, character-building ballads, "I've Had a Taste of Forever" & "Another Life." Beth Austin, as Woodhull's sister Tennie Clafin, joins Victoria in "Magnetic Healing" & "I Depend on You" and gets her chance to shine in the big, brassy, show-stopping "Respectable." Lenny Wolpe (Feldzieg in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE), as restaurateur Charlie Delmonico, has a great time with "Unescorted Women;" Jim Jansen (Post Office prosecutor Anthony Comstock) gleefully reveals "Every Day I Do a Little Something for the Lord;" Michael Zaslow (Henry Ward Beecher, charismatic preacher of Brooklyn's Plymouth Church) explains away his wife's infidelity with "A Woman Like Beth" and joins Victoria in "Love and Joy," the only number that, in my opinion, doesn't succeed.

A "lifeless score?" I think not. Rather, a delightful score that transcends its appallingly bad book. (See also WHOOP-UP, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, et. al.) Without a complete rewrite of the book, it's doubtful that ONWARD VICTORIA will ever again find its way onto the stage, so let's be grateful that this fine recording, with members of the original Broadway cast, is here for us to enjoy.

Highly recommended.

Melodies for a change - Thank God!.......2002-12-13

I thoroughly enjoyed ONWARD VICTORIA'S lush score. I am unable, even after 2 weeks, to get Mr. Herrmann's melodies out of my head. It is unfortunate that the theatrical environment of today only encourages the big, garish, pop scores of the talent-less British wave of writers. I hope Mr. Herrmann keeps on doing what he is doing - Thank you Keith Herrmann!

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Ooh Dat's Sum Shh
Sin'cere
Manufacturer: Worldbound Music International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Ooh Dat's Sum Shh (Street)
Ooh Dat's Sum Shh (Radio)
S.I.N.C.E.R.E. (If You Want To)

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La Isla
Leslie Mendez
Manufacturer: Barrio Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B5C6
Release Date: 1999-01-01

Tracks:

Gata Sin Luna
La Isla
Amarte Asi
Decidete
Regresaras
Tuya Quiero Ser
Sue
Despertar Contigo

Album Description

First Latin Label in New England to represent latin talent regionally, nationally and internationally. Also developing new talents everywhere in all genres Salsa, Pop, R&B and others.

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Taste of Every Sin
Integrity
Manufacturer: Vinyl Communications
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sweet Taste of Sin: Sensual Breakbeat Soul

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Sweet Taste of Sin: Sensual Breakbeat Soul
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Beat Goes Public
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005K9MU
Release Date: 2001-07-06

Tracks:

Sweet Taste of Sin - Dennis Coffey
I'll See You in Hell First - Phillip Mitchell
Keep It Up - Betty Everett
Backed Up Against the Wall
Don't Risk Your Happiness on Foolishness - The Fantastic Four
Set It Out - The Detroit Emeralds
Baby Get Down - Eddie McLoyd
Killing Time - Natural Essence
Love Starved - Shirley Brown
Sweet Music Soft Lights and You - Isaac Hayes, Millie Jackson
Your Love Is My Desire - Eramus Hall
It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
I'm Gonna Have to Tell Her - Isaac Hayes
If I Had the Power - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
I Got Yo Have Your Love
Do It to Me Now - Fatback

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Taste of Sin
Atrocity
Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004ZEF5
Release Date: 2000-09-11

Tracks:

Taste Of Sin
Taste Of Sin ('Ich Sterbe Schon' Remix By Atrocity)
Taste Of Sin ('Slam Bam' Remix By Greg Brimson)
Pictures Of Matchstick Men

Album Description

New single for German metal act. Tracks, 'Taste Of Sin', 'Taste Of Sin' (Atrocity Remix, Greg Brimson Remix) and 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men'. Slimline jewel case. 2000 release.

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First Taste of... Cold Blood
One fine band
First Taste of Sin
Touched By An Angel
A Legendary San Francisco Band

First Taste of Sin
Cold Blood
Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004RFUL
Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

Visions
Lo And Behold
Down To The Bone
You Had To Know
My Lady Woman
No Way Home
Inside Your Soul
All My Honey
Vaidez In The Country

Album Description

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.

Album Details

Japanese Only Release.

Customer Reviews:

First Taste of... Cold Blood.......2002-03-19

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.

One fine band.......2001-01-31

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 Sin.......2000-07-02

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!

Touched By An Angel.......2000-01-03

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!

A Legendary San Francisco Band.......1999-12-16

First Taste of Sin is arguably the best outing for this overlooked and underappreciated Bay Area powerhouse from the late 60's early 70's. I have experienced this album on vinyl and tape for many years and am thrilled of its release on CD. So appropriate, especially since First Taste... was the best audio recording amongst the six studio albums released between 1969 and 1976, when the original group disbanded.

For those who know ColdBlood there is nothing to say except listen to it again ... for the very first time. And get ready to move those feet. No ticks, no pops, no cueing up the tonearm. Only the deep, rich voice of Lydia, taunting you in My Lady Woman; tempting you with All of My Honey; earnestly pleading her love and devotion to her man in You Had To Know; and, chiding you in Down To The Bone. Lydia demonstrates range and the songs offer differing styles and grooves which alternately highlight the singer and the band.

The charts and Donny Hathaway's unique influence as producer and song contributor (You Had To Know, Valdez In The Country)elevate this recording to a level well beyond its initial popularity. This music is truly timeless.

This recording should not disappoint. It weaves a musical fabric of blue-eyed soul, jazz, gospel and a bit of funk. The ten member group sounds more like a small orchestra on the tunes featuring string arrangements. There are soulful tunes, funky ones and an instrumental all for those who like and appreciate fine brass arrangements. (Thanks to Raul Matute.)

If you listen to Tower of Power, Blood, Seat and Tears, Chicago or even Mavis Staples, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin or contemporary female vocalists and blues artists of the day, try this. But one thing, don't listen to Lydia sing. Go ahead and let yourself feel the music.

And pass it on. This is the real thing. No artificial ingredients here.

Tracks:

Visions
Lo and Behold
Down to the Bone
You Had to Know
My Lady Woman
No Way Home
Inside Your Soul
All My Honey
Valdez in the Country

Customer Reviews:

THE BEST AUDIO VERSION AVAILABLE.......2007-02-23

In 2006, the first five CB titles were issued in Japan, on the Bomba label, in this LP-replica mini-sleeve CD format:

COLD BLOOD - BOMBA BOM24086
SISYPHUS - BOMBA BOM24087
FIRST TASTE OF SIN - BOMBA BOM24088
THRILLER - BOMBA BOM24091
LYDIA - BOMBA BOM24092

The audio mastering on those discs are all superior to their Collectables/domestic counterparts.

If you really love these CB albums, get these Japanese releases before they are sold out, as all mini-sleeve CD's are limited edition.

They are certainly more expensive than the domestic CB titles, but are definitely worth the price.

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