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Blues guitarist Albert King was in his prime when he signed with Stax Records in 1966, and he stayed with the label through 1975, turning out his most memorable performances in that time, from his signature “Born Under a Bad Sign” to his blazing take on “Cross Cut Saw.” Working with the Stax house band that just happened to be Booker T. & the MG’s gave his recordings a full, soulful blues sound, and his distinctive and mannered guitar playing style (a left-hander, he kept his guitar in an E-minor tuning and played it upside down without reversing the strings, which meant when he bent a note, it bent the opposite way than most guitar players would bend it) influenced everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton. This fine two-disc set collects the best tracks from King's time with Stax, and includes “Born Under a Bad Sign,” “Cross Cut Saw” (there’s also a 1974 remake of this one collected here), and striking, interesting versions of Elmore James' “The Sky Is Crying” and the iconic “Hound Dog,” among other sides. It all adds up to a fine portrait of a great guitarist in his prime.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Bobbin Records
Albert King, MainArtist - Sandy Jones Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Stax Records
Albert King, MainArtist - A.C. Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Craft Recordings.
R.G. Ford, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Stax Records
Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - William Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Stax Records
Al Jackson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Stax Records
Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - William Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Craft Recordings.
al jackson jr., Producer - Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Stax Records
Morgan Robinson, ComposerLyricist - al jackson jr., Producer - ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Stax Records
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.
Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Stax Records
Albert King, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
KEITH RICHARDS, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Stax Records
DISC 2
Albert King, MainArtist - Don Nix, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Stax / Fantasy Records Inc.
Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc
Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 Fantasy, 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.
Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Stax Records
Mack Rice, Producer, Assistant Producer - Terry Manning, Producer, Assistant Producer, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Nixon, Producer, Assistant Producer, Remix Engineer, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Tom Scott, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Thompson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Albert King, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - William Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Bell, Producer, Recording Producer - Bettye Crutcher, Producer, Assistant Producer - Pete Bishop, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Purple, Recording Engineer, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Phil De Lancie, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Stax Records
Albert King, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Smith, ComposerLyricist - Allen Jones, Producer - Henry Bush, Producer
℗ 1974 Stax Records
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.
Albert King, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Allen Jones, Producer - Henry Bush, Producer
℗ 2009 Fantasy Records
Roosevelt Sykes, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Fantasy, Inc.
Earl Randle, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - Allen Jones, Producer - Henry Bush, Producer - Erma Clanton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Fantasy Records
ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - Albert King, MainArtist - Robert Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Blues guitarist Albert King was in his prime when he signed with Stax Records in 1966, and he stayed with the label through 1975, turning out his most memorable performances in that time, from his signature “Born Under a Bad Sign” to his blazing take on “Cross Cut Saw.” Working with the Stax house band that just happened to be Booker T. & the MG’s gave his recordings a full, soulful blues sound, and his distinctive and mannered guitar playing style (a left-hander, he kept his guitar in an E-minor tuning and played it upside down without reversing the strings, which meant when he bent a note, it bent the opposite way than most guitar players would bend it) influenced everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton. This fine two-disc set collects the best tracks from King's time with Stax, and includes “Born Under a Bad Sign,” “Cross Cut Saw” (there’s also a 1974 remake of this one collected here), and striking, interesting versions of Elmore James' “The Sky Is Crying” and the iconic “Hound Dog,” among other sides. It all adds up to a fine portrait of a great guitarist in his prime.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 02:01:11
- Main artists: Albert King
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stax
- Genre: Blues
© 2011 Concord Music Group Inc. ℗ 2011 Concord Music Group Inc.
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