Lydia Pense & Cold Blood - Lydia Pense & Cold Blood (1976)

Cold Blood is a long-standing soul-rock-jazz band founded by Larry Field in 1968 and originally based in the San Francisco East Bay area. They have also performed and recorded under the name "Lydia Pense and Cold Blood", due to the popularity of their lead singer, Lydia Pense. (born Lydia Jane Pense in San Francisco, California on December 14, 1947) is an American rock-soul-jazz singer. Her style has been compared to powerful singers including Janis Joplin (who recommended the band to Bill Graham for their first audition), Aretha Franklin and Teena Marie.
A slight improvement over Lydia from two years earlier, this album's material is somewhat uneven...The highlights are by outsiders "Drink the Wine" by Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, and "Blinded By Love" by Allen Toussaint...Singer Lydia Pense still sounds great seven years after the band's debut album, and Cold Blood has rarely sounded as comfortable with its preferred white funk sound. The Al Kooper-penned "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" gives the sultry Pense a chance to lay out and wrap herself around a slow groove for a change.


01.  We Came Down Here & Cold Blood Smokin' (Medley)  (D. Hull, H. Hughes, M. Sasaki D. Balinton, L.P. Phelps, M. Haskett, R. Matute, S. Mesquite)  - 4:20 
02.  I Get Off On You  (H. Hughes, M. Sasaki)  - 3:40 
03.  Drink The Wine   (N. Ashford, V. Simpson)  - 4:01 
04.  I Got Happiness   (H. Hughes, M. Sasaki)  - 3:19 
05.  Feel The Fire  (D. Hull)  - 5:01 
06.  Let Me Be The One  (R. Matute)  - 4:04 
07.  Back Here Again  (P. Smith)  - 3:34 
08.  I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know  (A. Kooper)  - 5:47 
09.  Blinded By Love  (A. Toussaint)  - 3:48 
10.  It Takes A Lot Of Good Lovin'  (A. Isbell, B.T. Jones)  - 3:31 

Credits
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Performer [Bagaphone] – Lydia Pense
Saxophone, Flute, Vocals, Arranged By [Horns], Backing Vocals – Danny Hull
Synthesizer [Moog] – Skip Konte
Trumpet, Mellophone, Flugelhorn, Vocals, Arranged By [Horns], Backing Vocals – Max Haskett
Keyboards, Arranged By [Horns] – Raul Matute
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Mini Guitar], Arranged By, Arranged By [Horns] – Michael Sasaki
Bass – Domingo Balinton
Arranged By – Cold Blood
Arranged By [Strings] – Ron Stockert (tracks: A2, A4)
Art Direction, Design [Cover Concept] – Tom Wilkes (2)
Design – Ernie Bower
Design, Art Direction [Interior] – Steve Mitchell (10)
Drums, Percussion – Harvey Hughes
Engineer – Don Sciarrotta, John Notar, Scott Spain, Tony Sciarrotta
Management – Kenn Ellner
Photography [Album Cover] – Ken Marcus
Photography [Interior] – Louise Ransil
Photography [Michael Saski] – Jeff Iacchei
Producer – Bob Monaco
Producer [Associate] – Gary Monaco

Notes
Genre: Funk, Soul, Rock
Gatefold sleeve.
All songs recorded at Quantum Studios, Torrance, California
© 1976 ABC Records