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Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February of 1968.

Widely regarded as a classic fusion of jazz, rock and roll, psychedelia and classical music, Child Is Father to the Man is one of bandleader Al Kooper's most enduring works. The album introduced the idea of the big band to rock and roll and paved the way for such groups as Chicago. Kooper left the band after this album, changing the nature of the group.

Child Is Father to the Man peaked at #47 on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart. It failed to generate any Top 40 singles in the United States, although "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" and "I Can't Quit Her" found some play on progressive rock radio.

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The title is a quotation from a similarly titled poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, slightly misquoting a poem by William Wordsworth called "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold".

The album was re-released in the UK in 1973, entitled "The First Album" on Embassy Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records (catalogue number EMB 31028) with an identical track listing and the same picture on the front of the sleeve. The rear had new sleeve notes written by English DJ, Noel Edmunds.

Track listing

"Overture" (Kooper) – 1:32
"I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (Kooper) – 5:57
"Morning Glory" (Larry Beckett, Tim Buckley) – 4:16
"My Days Are Numbered" (Kooper) – 3:19
"Without Her" (Harry Nilsson) – 2:41
"Just One Smile" (Randy Newman) – 4:38
"I Can't Quit Her" (Kooper, Levine) – 3:38
"Meagan's Gypsy Eyes" (Steve Katz) – 3:24
"Somethin' Goin' On" (Kooper) – 8:00
"House in the Country" (Kooper) – 3:04
"The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud" (Kooper) – 4:12
"So Much Love/Underture" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:47

2002 remastered edition bonus tracks

"Refugee From Yuhupitz (Instrumental)"
"I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know (Album Version)"
"The Modern Adventures Of Plato, Diogenes And Freud (Album Version)"

Personnel

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Bobby Colomby - percussion, drums, tambourine, vocals, snare drums
Jim Fielder - bass, fretless bass
Dick Halligan - trombone
Steve Katz - acoustic guitar, guitar, lute, vocals
Al Kooper - organ, piano, keyboard, vocals, ondioline
Fred Lipsius - piano, alto saxophone
Jerry Weiss - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals

Additional musicians

Amahid Ajemian - violin
Fred Catero - sound effects
Harold Coletta - viola
Paul Gershman - violin
Al Gorgoni - organ, guitar, vocals
Manny Green - violin
Julie Held - violin
Doug James - shaker
Harry Katzman - violin
Leo Kruczek - violin
Harry Lookofsky - violin
Charles McCracken - cello
Melba Moorman - choir, chorus
Gene Orloff - violin
Alan Schulman - cello
John Simon - organ, piano, conductor, cowbell
The Manny Vardi Strings - viola

Production

Producers: Bob Irwin, John Simon
Engineer: Fred Catero
Mixing: John Simon
Mastering: Vic Anesini
Arrangers: Fred Catero, Al Gorgoni, Fred Lipsius, Alan Schulman, John Simon
Art direction: Howard Fritzson
Photography: Bob Cato, Don Hunstein
Packaging: Michael Cimicata

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Pop Albums	47

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 The title is a quotation from a similarly titled poem by [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], slightly misquoting a poem by [[William Wordsworth]] called "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold".
-The album was re-released in the UK in 1973, entitled "The First Album" on Embassy Records, a subsidary of [[Columbia Records]] (catalogue number EMB 31028) with an identical track listing and the same picture on the front of the sleeve. The rear had new sleeve notes written by English [[DJ]], [[Noel Edmunds]].
+The album was re-released in the UK in 1973, entitled "The First Album" on Embassy Records, a subsidiary of [[Columbia Records]] (catalogue number EMB 31028) with an identical track listing and the same picture on the front of the sleeve. The rear had new sleeve notes written by English [[DJ]], [[Noel Edmunds]].
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