MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED No
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Albert King - lead guitar, vocals
Steve Cropper - rhythm guitar
Booker T. Jones - organ, piano
Isaac Hayes - piano
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
Wayne Jackson - trumpet
Andrew Love - tenor sax
Joe Arnold - baritone sax, flute
born under a bad sign - 2:47
crosscut saw - 2:35
kansas city - 2:33
oh, pretty woman - 2:48
down don't bother me - 2:10
the hunter - 2:45
i almost lost my mind - 3:30
personal manager - 4:31
laundromat blues - 3:21
as the years go passing by - 3:48
the very thought of you - 3:46
It took more than four decades of patient hard work until a discriminating congregation could proclaim Albert King as one of the three kings of the electric blues, alongside B. B. King and Freddie King
Albert had a tough but highly motivated beginning, playing blues on a guitar he had made himself
Later he bought a really good instrument, then came a couple of promising songs, and a series of successful singles made under a contract with Stax Records in Memphis
Finally, late in life, King landed on the sunny side with "Born Under A Bad Sign"
The album became one of the most influential recordings in the history of the blues
King’s music was appreciated by white people too, which smoothed his path out of small clubs and on to big live events
Right from the title song, he travels along familiar tracks in the blues world, occasionally making a detour to hectic, soulful realms ("Crosscut Saw") and letting himself be carried away by strident winds ("Kansas City")
Over and over again, the musicians surprise one with ever new sound colourings, as in the hum and buzz of "Oh, Pretty Woman", the brusque admonitory "Down Don’t Bother Me", or the swinging fiddling of "The Hunter"
RECORDING March 1966 - June 1967 at Stax Studios Memphis (TN)
ENGINEERING --
LABEL Stax
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED 2018
AVERAGE RATING 5 Sterne von 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Blues / Modern Electric Blues
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
