Blood, Sweat and Tears

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears?  That's the question posed by award-winning filmmaker John Scheinfeld (The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Herb Alpert Is...) in an upcoming documentary film exploring the band's controversial State Department-sponsored trip behind the Iron Curtain in 1970.  Omnivore Recordings has the soundtrack to the film on CD and digital formats as well as a digital-only companion of its instrumental score.  The core album features 10 previously unreleased live performances from the tour including "You've Made Me So Very Happy," "Spinning Wheel," "And When I Die," "Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)," and "I Can't Quit Her."  Other than the band's Woodstock set (released for the first time on the 2019 Rhino mega-box), this marks the only live document of this era of the group; Columbia didn't release a live BS&T album until 1976.  Bobby Colomby's instrumental score (amounting to roughly 20 minutes of music) is performed by the current 2023 lineup of Blood, Sweat and Tears, in essence amounting to the band's first studio release since 1980.  (No CD or LP has been announced for this short program.)