Blood, Sweat, and Tears

[Hermann]

Always liked Chicago.

Me too, great album.

.....beeecauuse...the album was so good...people wore 'em out? (a guess)
I thought old vinyl, with limited pressings the exception, was never worth anything due to high volume publishing.

Learning to read deadwax markings and symbols you can figure out what were the early pressings. They are generally more open sounding and more detailed.

 

[Zee09]

Here's the original done in 1967 by Brenda Holloway...