First Taste of Sin is the third album by the Oakland, California band Cold Blood, and their first for Reprise Records. This album is noted for being produced by soul singer/musician Donny Hathaway. It also includes the original version of Hathaway's "Valdez in the Country", which Hathaway himself would record the next year for his 1973 album Extension of a Man.
Personnel
Lydia Pense - lead vocals
Sandy McKee - drums, vocals
Raul Matute - organ, piano
Rod Ellicott - bass
Michael Sasaki - guitar
Paul Beaver - Moog synthesizer
Mel Martin - flute, tenor and baritone saxophone
Danny Hull, Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone
Bill Baker - alto and baritone saxophone
Gordon Messick, Pat O'Hara - trombone
Max Haskett - trumpet, vocals
Bill Atwood - trumpet
Ernest Diridoni - tuba
Donny Hathaway - piano, organ
Pete Escovedo - congas
Coke Escovedo - timbales, percussion
Technical
Richard Moore - engineer
Wally Heider - recording
Marty Evans - cover photography