Science Resources RSS Feeds
|
 |
 |
 |
| View Larger Image | Transfusion | Audio CDby Cold Blood, Lydia Pense
| List Price: | $15.98 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Studio: | Dig Music | | Release Date: | September 20, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 113,516th |
|
TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Face The Music
- Track 2: It's The Man That Makes The Clothes
- Track 3: It Could Be Me It Must Be You
- Track 4: Coming Back
- Track 5: Wait For You
- Track 6: Guide Me Home
- Track 7: Hooked On You
- Track 8: Down To My Last Heartache
- Track 9: Cool Drink
- Track 10: You Make Me Sweat
- Track 11: Will This Saga Ever End
- Track 12: Down To The Bone
|
EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Album Description
Cold Blood was originally signed in 1969 by Bill Graham to his own label and went on to record six albums before disbanding in the late 1970s. The band was revived in the late 1980s and the current lineup started to coalesce in the mid-‘90s under the direction of guitarist Steve Dunne, which culminated in a triumphant return to the Fillmore in 1998. In 2001, DIG Music released Vintage Blood: Live! 1973, a previously unreleased powerhouse collection of songs including their signature version of "You Got Me Hummin’," recorded in an intimate studio setting before a live audience.At the same time, former Cold Blood member Skip Mesquite, who had a number of songs he’d written and thought would be well- suited for Lydia, came in contact with DIG Music. Armed with these great new songs, a continually improving band, an excited indie label, and with Lydia singing better than ever, the elements were aligned for making a new Cold Blood album a reality."Transfusion" is Cold Blood’s first studio album on DIG Music, showcasing more of the band’s horn-driven rock and soul- drenched sound, and demonstrating that Lydia Pense’s vocal chops have lost none of their power or feeling. Joining her in the band are former Starship/Elvin Bishop drummer Donny Baldwin, Steve Dunne on guitar, Rob Zuckerman on sax, Rich Armstrong on trumpet, Evan Palmerston on bass, Mike Morgan on percussion and Steve Salinas on keyboards. The new album was produced by Steve Dunne and Skip Mesquite and recorded at Sy Klopps Studio in San Francisco.Special guests on Transfusion include Michelle Shocked, who joins Lydia for a vocal duet on "Down To The Bone," and Lenny Williams, who sings with Lydia on "It Could Be Me, It Must Be You." Other friends include keyboardist Roger Smith, drummer David Garibaldi and guitarist Jeff Tamelier of Tower of Power, sax player Skip Mesquite, ex-Tower of Power trumpet player Mic Gillette and original Cold Blood keyboard player Raul Matute. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 7 reviews)
|
STILL LIKE "FIRST TASTE" by Joseph W. Szilagy (Mississauga, Canada)  5 Stars
December 09, 2008
Like "First Taste of Sin", that is, my favourite Cold Blood album.
I read a review saying that Lydia's voice had lost "soul". Huh?! Anyway, if anything, it's taken on a cool, smooth character like single malt whisky, compared to "blended".
The coolest thing of all is that the band retains it's original soul/funk sound (as in "real" 60's-70's funk), not the "crappola" stuff that ought to be called "junk", that calls itself funk, today. At first I was afraid I'd hear a bit of rap, or hip-hop thrown into the mix, but thank goodness, the band refuses to take on the usual phoney, compromises that (all too often) bands from the distant past, will succumb to just to be accepted today. The only thing "new" is better, clearer production and the rhythm section up a bit in the mix, as it should be.
My only critisisms are the background vocals on tracks 4 and 5, I think they were. Although "in key", and everything, they're not harmonies, but male/female octaves being a bit too loud, and they sound oddly out of place. Ironically, all the other background vocals sound great, as does Lydia, the horns, etc. There are some great songs, but I can't figure why they did "Down to the Bone" again, which doesn't sound quite as powerful as the original version, but it still sounds good. Overall, the cd is great, and I can see why the one reviewer would blast this in her car! I could easily picture driving a convertible along the sunny California coast, letting this fine "real" funk blast away, through a good sound system!
| |
Great New Music from an 4 Decade Favorite by Donald L. Casto (Boulder, Colorado) 5 Stars
June 25, 2008
If Cold Blood was the background music for your early years as it was mine, you will get off big time on this CD.
| |
Some Things Don't Get Better With Time by Lloyd Richardson Jr. (USA)  3 Stars
January 06, 2007
I'm glad CB w/Lydia Pense is back recording / touring, but something seems missing. I think I miss the "soulfulness" of her sound, that just doesn't seem to be there anymore. She sounds too husky now (age I guess).
| |
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, you soul-rockin' encylopedia by Mark Ruffin (Oak Park, Il. USA) 5 Stars
April 27, 2006
I was in Portland Oregon in mid-April and was stunned to find out I just missed a performance by Cold Blood and almost fainted when I found out there was a new record. I always thought of Lydia Pense as one of the all-time underrated singers and frankly that CB was better than their original label mates, Tower of Power. "Transfusion" only confirm all those thoughts. This is without question, the most consistently satisfying CB record since "Thriller," (by the way you should take advantage of Amazon's double offer to buy "Thriller" with "Transfusion.") It is truly amazing that Lydia's voice has aged as soulful and funky as it has. As usual, the band is thistight and the guitar solos have an edge that cuts hard right through those powerful horns. There's not a weak track on this disc and the duets with former TOP frontman Lenny Williams and Michelle Shocked (on the CB classic "Down To The Bone, no less) are sublime. I remember as a young man trying to turn all my friends in my hometown of Chicago to Cold Blood. The process starts again. Thank you Lydia.
| |
The Queen Hath Returned by Gregory Alonzo (Santa Barbara, USA) 5 Stars
January 24, 2006
Wow! I can't believe how great Lydia sounds after all these years. Her soulful voice is as powerful and full of feeling as ever. She is the best blue-eyed soul singer that has ever graced the stage. As for the new recording...tremendous! This is the album that Cold Blood wanted to do but were never given the go ahead. It's a big rock-soul sound with a funky edge. Pehaps this is the one that will give this great band the notice that they truly deserve.
| |
SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Live Blood
by Lydia Pense & Cold Blood
| 
| Thriller!
by Cold Blood
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
| 
| Cold Blood/Sisyphus
by Cold Blood
Cold Blood was a San Francisco-based Rock/R&B band that performed in the style of their contemporaries Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears. Music impresario Bill Graham was so impressed with the group when they played his Fillmore West in 1969, he signed them to his record label. Highlights on this Collectables 2-for-1 collection include 'I Wish I Knew Hot It Would Feel To Be Free' and two tunes by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
| 
| Lydia
by Cold Blood
Produced by legendary Stax guitarist Steve Cropper, "Lydia" was Cold Blood's fifth album, and it marked the album where the band began to be marketed as "Lydia Pense With Cold Blood" rather than just "Cold Blood." "Lydia" peaked at #126 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart when released in 1974.
| 
| First Taste of Sin
by Cold Blood
2002 reissue of the Latin rock/soul act's 1972 album for Reprise. Collectables.
|
|
|
|
