First Taste of Sin is the third album by the Oakland, California band Cold Blood, and their first for Reprise Records. This album is noted for being produced by soul singer/musician Donny Hathaway. It also includes the original version of Hathaway's "Valdez in the Country", which Hathaway himself would record the next year for his 1973 album Extension of a Man.
Track listing
Personnel Lydia Pense - lead vocals Sandy McKee - drums, vocals Raul Matute - organ, piano Rod Ellicott - bass Michael Sasaki - guitar Paul Beaver - Moog synthesizer Mel Martin - flute, tenor and baritone saxophone Danny Hull, Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone Bill Baker - alto and baritone saxophone Gordon Messick, Pat O'Hara - trombone Max Haskett - trumpet, vocals Bill Atwood - trumpet Ernest Diridoni - tuba Donny Hathaway - piano, organ Pete Escovedo - congas Coke Escovedo - timbales, percussion Technical Richard Moore - engineer Wally Heider - recording Marty Evans - cover photography
Charts Chart (1972) Peakposition Billboard Top LP's & Tape133
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