1976 Blood, Sweat And Tears – More Than Ever
More Than Ever is the ninth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in July 1976. This was the band’s ninth studio album and their last for Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 165 on the Billboard albums chart. It contained one charting single, “You’re the One” (US #106, AC #6).
The personnel changes in the band continued with Mike Stern replacing Georg Wadenius on electric guitar, Danny Trifan replacing Ron McClure on bass, and Forest Buchtell replacing Joe Giorgianni on trumpet. Percussionist Don Alias left the band, and Mike Corbett was added on background vocals. Famed bassist Jaco Pastorius, who had been discovered and signed to Epic Records by Bobby Colomby, was briefly in the band around this time but did not appear on the album.
More Than Ever was produced by Bob James who brought in such legendary session players as Steve Khan on guitar, Richard Tee on keyboards, Eric Gale on guitar, Hugh McCracken on guitar, and Eric Weissberg on banjo and dobro along with vocalist Patti Austin on background vocals to complement the regular BS&T lineup.
The album had an unusual cover design, simply presenting a photo of the vinyl record itself. The UK issue had a different sleeve: although the design was the same, the image differed as the centre label replicated the CBS Records one used in the UK which differed from the Colombia one used in the US.
More Than Ever was re-released on CD in 2003 on the Wounded Bird label along with Sony Music.
Tracks
1 They (David Clayton-Thomas; William Smith) 06:28
2 I Love You More Than Ever (Allan Landon; Douglas Lenier) 05:30
3 Katy Bell (Stephen Foster) 04:30
4 Sweet Sadie The Savior (Patti Austin) 04:24
5 Hollywood (David Clayton-Thomas; William Smith) 03:37
6 You’re The One (David Clayton-Thomas; William Smith) 04:58
7 Heavy Blue (Larry Willis) 05:26
8 Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (David Palmer; David Clayton-Thomas) 04:18
Musicians
Bass | Danny Trifan |
Bass | Gary King |
Guitar | Mike Stern |
Celeste | Bob James |
Clavinet | Bob James |
Electric Piano | Larry Willis |
Electric Piano | Bob James |
Piano | Bob James |
Synthesizer | Bob James |
Flute | Bill Tillman |
Sax | Bill Tillman |
Trombone | Dave Bargeron |
Trumpet | Forrest Buchtel |
Trumpet | Tony Klatka |
Tuba | Dave Bargeron |
Percussion | Don Alias |
Background Vocals | Frank Floyd |
Background Vocals | Gwen Guthrie |
Background Vocals | Lani Groves |
Background Vocals | Yolanda McCullough |
Background Vocals | Vivian Cherry |
Background Vocals | William Eaton |
Background Vocals | Zachary Sanders |
Vocals | David Clayton-Thomas |
Other Musicians
1 They
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Guitar | Steve Khan |
Trombone | David Taylor |
Trumpet | Jon Faddis |
Trumpet | Marvin Stamm |
Marimba | David Friedman |
Vibraphone | David Friedman |
2 I Love You More Than Ever
Guitar | Eric Gale |
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Oboe | Sidney Weinberg |
Background Vocals | Patti Austin |
3 Katy Bell
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Guitar | Steve Khan |
Banjo | Eric Weissberg |
4 Sweet Sadie The Savior
Guitar | Eric Gale |
Guitar | Steve Khan |
Trombone | David Taylor |
Trumpet | Jon Faddis |
Trumpet | Marvin Stamm |
Background Vocals | Patti Austin |
5 Hollywood
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Guitar | Steve Khan |
Dobro | Eric Weissberg |
Trombone | David Taylor |
Trumpet | Jon Faddis |
Trumpet | Marvin Stamm |
6 You’re The One
Guitar | Steve Khan |
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Acoustic Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Sax | Arnie Lawrence |
7 Heavy Blue
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Electric Piano | Larry Willis |
8 Saved By The Grace Of Your Love
Guitar | Eric Gale |
Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
Piano | Richard Tee |
Strings
Strings – Charles McCracken, David Nadien, Emanuel Vardi, Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Richard Sortomme, Seymour Barab, Theodore Israel
Liner Notes
Producer – Bob James
Producer (Associate) – Bobby Colomby
Arranged By – Bob James
Arranged By (Horns) – Larry Willis (Tracks 7, 8)
Engineer – Dave Palmer, Frank Laico
Mixed At Camp Colomby
Recorded At Camp Colomby
Recorded At Columbia 30th Street Studio
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc
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