1972 studio album by Cold Blood
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First Taste of Sin is the third album by the Oakland, California band Cold Blood . 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 [ edit ] "Visions" (Donny Baldwin, Boroquez) 3:23 "Lo and Behold" (James Taylor ) 4:12 "Down to the Bone" (Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie) 5:45 "You Had To Know" (Donny Hathaway ) 5:50 "My Lady Woman" (Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie) 4:04 "No Way Home" (Danny Hull, Raul Matule) 3:25 "Inside Your Soul" (Max Haskett) 3:28 "All My Honey" (Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie) 3:31 "Valdez in the Country" (Donny Hathaway) 3:44 Personnel [ edit ] 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[check spelling ] , percussion Technical Richard Moore - engineer Wally Heider - recording Marty Evans - cover photography External links [ edit ] References [ edit ]