1980 Reissue Carrollton Pressing. An Outstanding Compilation. Jacket Mouth Shows Some Moderate Wear. "Sometimes, A Greatest-hits Set Is Timed Perfectly To Gather Together A Group's Most Successful And Familiar Performances Just At The Point When That Group Has Passed The Point Of Their Maximum Exposure To The Public, But Before The Public Memory Has Had A Chance To Fade. That Was The Case When Columbia Records Assembled This Compilation For Release In Early 1972. At That Point, Blood, Sweat & Tears Had Released Four Albums And Scored Six Top 40 Hits, Each Of Which Is Heard Here. But Lead Singer David Clayton-thomas Had Just Quit The Group, So That The Unit That Recorded Songs Like "You've Made Me So Very Happy" Was Not Working Together Anymore. And Even When Clayton-thomas Returned, The Band Would Continue To Decline Commercially. As Such, Bs&t's Greatest Hits Captures The Band's Peak In 11 Selections--seven Singles Chart Entries, Plus Two Album Tracks From The Celebrated Debut Album When Al Kooper Helmed The Group, And Two More From The Grammy-winning Multi-platinum Second Album. Using The Short Singles Edits Of Songs Like "And When I Die" Emphasizes Their Radio-ready Punch Over The More Extended Suitelike Arrangements On The Albums, But This Selection Gains In Focus What It Lacks In Ambition. For The Millions Who Learned To Love Bs&t In 1969 When They Were All Over Am Radio, This Is The Ideal Selection Of Their Most Accessible Material." AMG Review By William Ruhlmann.