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A left-handed, self-taught guitar player who played his instrument upside down and backwards, Albert King could wring out guitar leads that were as sharp as razor blades zinging along a telephone line, but he was also a well-rounded musician, having played drums in Chicago for Jimmy Reed and was a good enough singer to have been part of a gospel quartet called the Harmony Kings. But his claim to fame and history will always be his guitar playing, and in particular, the sides he cut between 1966 and 1974 for Stax Records, the best of which are collected here. Stax was known for its funky Southern soul sides, and the blues wasn't really on the table for the imprint when King cut "Laundromat Blues" for them in 1966. The song did well enough that King became Stax's blues division almost single-handedly, releasing classics like "Crosscut Saw" in 1966 and King's signature tune, "Born Under a Bad Sign," written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones, in 1967. All of these are here, along with a slower and funkier remake of "Crosscut Saw" that King cut for Stax in 1974, making this compilation not only a fine introduction to this fiery guitar player, but also a solid survey of his peak years.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Albert King, MainArtist - Sandy Jones Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Albert King, MainArtist - A.C. Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
R.G. Ford, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - William Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Al Jackson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - William Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
al jackson jr., Producer - Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, MainArtist - Allan Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Gregory, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Steve Cropper, MainArtist - Albert King, MainArtist - John Lee Hooker, Composer - Pops Staples, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Al Jackson, Jr., Producer - Steve Cropper, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Floyd, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Bell, Producer - Pops Staples, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, MainArtist - Don Nix, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - Banks, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, MainArtist - Jerry Beach, Composer - Allen Jones, Producer - Henry Bush, Producer
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Al Jackson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - Timothy Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Allen Jones, Producer - Henry Bush, Producer
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Mack Rice, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, MainArtist - Allen Jones, Producer - Henry Bush, Producer - Robert Patterson, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Strickland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
R.G. Ford, Composer - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
A left-handed, self-taught guitar player who played his instrument upside down and backwards, Albert King could wring out guitar leads that were as sharp as razor blades zinging along a telephone line, but he was also a well-rounded musician, having played drums in Chicago for Jimmy Reed and was a good enough singer to have been part of a gospel quartet called the Harmony Kings. But his claim to fame and history will always be his guitar playing, and in particular, the sides he cut between 1966 and 1974 for Stax Records, the best of which are collected here. Stax was known for its funky Southern soul sides, and the blues wasn't really on the table for the imprint when King cut "Laundromat Blues" for them in 1966. The song did well enough that King became Stax's blues division almost single-handedly, releasing classics like "Crosscut Saw" in 1966 and King's signature tune, "Born Under a Bad Sign," written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones, in 1967. All of these are here, along with a slower and funkier remake of "Crosscut Saw" that King cut for Stax in 1974, making this compilation not only a fine introduction to this fiery guitar player, but also a solid survey of his peak years.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:17
- Main artists: Albert King
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stax
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2007 Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2007 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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