Cold Blood (album)

Cold Blood
Studio album by Cold Blood
Released	1969
Studio	Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo; Catero Sound Company, San Francisco
Genre	Psychedelic funk blues
Length	36:35
Label	San Francisco Records, Atlantic
Producer	David Rubinson
Cold Blood chronology
Cold Blood (1969) Sisyphus (1970)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Cold Blood is the first studio LP album by Cold Blood, originally released in 1969. It was produced for San Francisco Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. ^[2] The album reached No. 30 in Canada ^[3] and No. 23 in the US. ^[4]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"	Billy Taylor Dick Dallas	5:58
2.	"If You Will"	Raúl Matute	5:35
3.	"You Got Me Hummin'"	David Porter Isaac Hayes	5:47

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Just Want to Make Love to You"	Willie Dixon	5:13
2.	"I'm a Good Woman"	Barbara Lynn	3:00
3.	"Let Me Down Easy"	James McDougal Wrecia Holloway	5:35
4.	"Watch Your Step"	Bobby Parker	5:27

Personnel

• Lydia Pense – vocals
• Larry Field – guitar
• Rod Ellicott – bass
• Frank J. Davis – drums
• Raúl Matute – piano, organ
• Jerry Jonutz – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Danny Hull – tenor saxophone
• David Padrón – trumpet
• Larry Jonutz – trumpet
• Carl Leach – additional trumpet
• Mic Gillette – additional trumpet, trombone

Technical

• David Rubinson – producer
• Fred Catero - recording
• Rick Griffin – cover

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. "Cold Blood – Cold Blood". AllMusic .
2. "Cold Blood – Cold Blood". Discogs. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
3. "RPM Top 100 Albums - April 11, 1970" (PDF).
4. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 33. Retrieved October 24, 2025.