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| 100% Recommended by our customers. Label: Atlantic / Wea Catalog: Music Release date: 1989-08-18 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0075678201721 Upc: 075678201721  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (17) |
 Laundromat Blues - Albert King, Jones, Sandie Overall Junction - Albert King, King, Albert Oh, Pretty Woman - Albert King, Williams, A.C. Funk-Shun - Albert King, King, Albert Crosscut Saw - Albert King, Ford, R.G. Down Don't Bother Me - Albert King, King, Albert | Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King, Jones, Booker T. Personal Manager - Albert King, Porter, David Kansas City - Albert King, Leiber, Jerry The Very Thought of You - Albert King, Noble, Ray The Hunter - Albert King, Jones, Booker T. I Almost Lost My Mind - Albert King, Hunter, Ivory Joe | As the Years Go Passing By - Albert King, Malone, Deadric Cold Feet - Albert King, King, Albert You Sure Drive a Hard Bargain - Albert King, Crutcher, Bettye (I Love) Lucy - Albert King, Bell, William You're Gonna Need Me - Albert King, King, Albert |
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| These 17 tunes come from King's most fertile period, his 1966-68 tenure at Memphis's Stax Records. Stax chief Jim Stewart had been reluctant to sign blues artists because he felt straight blues wouldn't mesh with Stax's patented Memphis soul. Ironically, the fusion of King's sharp guitar wails with the dynamic rhythms of Booker T. & the MGs--the Stax house band--was what set King apart from other bluesmen. The unique blend produced classic after classic: Booker T. Jones' rolling piano propels "Laundromat Blues." Al Jackson's drum shuffle supports "Crosscut Saw." The driving horns of Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson, and Joe Arnold accent "Born Under a Bad Sign." King's ripe and mellow vocals are a perfect match for the soul-drenched music while his dramatic string bends leap out. --Marc Greilsamer |
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 Written on May 9, 2005 Summary: Great guitarist and as good sa a singer This is the best Albert King one disc compilation. The reason I give it only four stars is that it isn't an career overreview. It only contains his mid sixties songs - the entire 1967 Born Under A Bad Sign album and a couple of singles from the same time. However I have heard that Born under a bad sign album itself is just a collection of singles. The 2CD Ultimate collection is by far better, including all on this one and even more - afew live tracks and spanning his whole career, but it's too expensive. And anyway, this was Albert's strongest period. The songs are similar to B. B. King's in the style of Albert's singing and use of orchestra, but the orchestra is even more of a background here for Albert than it is for B. B. Also, Albert is getting funkier on a few tracks, although he would become even more later, for better or for worse. (You Choose). His guitar playing is sharp , beeing gritty and a bit slick at the same time to create just the right combination. His playing belongs to the best blues ever witnessed. If you don't have enough money to buy the Ultimate collection, get this. It's worth every penny. Written on September 11, 2004 Summary: An Incredible Album I have to confess, I stumbled upun this album by pure chance, without knowing anything about Albert King. After listening to the first track I was quite impressed - and as I kept listening, the music kept getting better. If you like electric blues, or for that matter any blues or blues-rock, get this album. My favorites from the album are "funk-shun" and "the hunter" but (with only a couple expections), all the songs are great. Written on August 16, 2004 Summary: Great expanded version of "Born Under A Bad Sign" This is not a compilation, but rather a vastly expanded edition of Albert King's second LP, "Born Under A Bad Sign", from 1967. That one is widely (and deservedly) considered his best, a tremendous collection of soulful urban blues highlighted by "Crosscut Saw", "Laundromat Blues", "As The Years Go Passing By", "Pretty Woman", "Down Don't Bother Me", and of course the title track. "King Of The Blues Guitar" brings together all 11 tracks from the original LP, and combines them with six of King's excellent non-LP Stax singles, including the tough "Cold Feet", the instrumentals "Funk-Shun" and "Overall Junction", the slow grind of "You're Gonna Need Me", and the patented King molologues "I Love Lucy" and "You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain". It must be said that this disc can't quite match the 2001 version of the "Born Under A Bad Sign" CD (the digipack) as far as fidelity is concerned, and the digipack edition is notably louder, which is nice, but the difference is not great, and this is certainly a minor quibble. Unless you already own "Born Under A Bad Sign", or Rhino's tremendous "Essential Collection", this is an excellent way to get all of "Sign" and an extra handful of early Stax sides at no additional cost! Highly recommended. Written on April 20, 2004 Summary: Albert King's Atlantic Records Version of his Stax Work This was my very first Albert King LP. It was released as the height of the 1960s Blues Mania and so did very well with white listeners. However, the album is really a re-release of several singles and additonal session material that was done at Stax during 1966-1968. The real story is that Atlantic stole the whole Stax catalogue under a clever distribution agreement. This lead eventually to Stax's total demise in the Mid-1970s. The album is a great overview of King's early period with Stax. Actually, it is a double album- the seminal album "Born Under A Bad Sign", with additonal cuts. All bonus tracks are originally from that Stax classic album-the most influential Black Blues LP of the late sixties. The tunes include his classics such as "Laundromat Blues" Albert's first Stax release with his soulful double string bends, "Overall Junction" a mono instrumental masterpiece, that unlike Albert Collins or Freddie King tunes has no primary melody "or head". He offers "Born Under A Bad Sign" a tune he recorded in one take as an overdub to the MG's backing track, "I Love Lucy" is a great example of his talking blues abilities (he was one of the best) and the guitar is super raw with superb bends! "Cold Feet" a tune written with drummer Al Jackson, Jr (who also helped him on "Night Stomp" and produced his famous "Live Wire" set) it is a great talking blues with a catalogue of King licks-it was his second highest charting single. "You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain and You're Gonna Need Me" are later cuts that were added on the release of the original LP. "Bargain" was a cover a another R&B tune with a great Memphis Horns chart and "Need Me" is a self-penned Albert Classic that became the basis for Otis Rush's "Right Place, Wrong Time". "Crosscut Saw" is my personal favourite with "Personal Manager" second. Crosscut Saw was an old 1940s tune which was given a rumba beat and still was originally released even though the first tape had been damaged! "Manager" is a great showcase for King's soloing technique. It may even be too much for some people! "The Very Thought of You" and "I Almost Lost My Mind" are great examples of Albert's Big Band Blues roots and his great tenor vocal ability. Many people are thrown by these tunes as not being really blues, but they demonstrate the versatility of this genre. "The Hunter" is a famous tune that was never a hit for Albert, but was on his Bad Sign LP. Ike and Tina Tuner later recorded it with much success. "Oh Pretty, Woman" is a powerful tune that has been covered many times (Gary Moore, John Mayall) but was never actually a hit for Albert. It was wrtitten by WDIA's A.C. Williams and demonstrates the close link Stax had to Black radio play (Rufus Thomas was also a DJ there!). "As the Years Go Passing By" is one of Albert's best slow blues numbers. The best take of this tune is to be found on the "Hard Bargain" CD released after his death and has many outtakes from this period! No one really knows who wrote the song or where it originally came from. Dedric Malone, another DJ is credited with penning it. Finally the thrilling instrumental, his first in stereo, "Funk-Shun" contains his famous stop break bending from his original tune "Won't Be Hanging 'Round" (Although this phrase is never actually sung in the tune, a charactersitic he must have learned when he played with Jimmy Reed!). It is great, but too short! This LP is a great overall introduction to the Albert King style of Blues. An essential part of any Blues collection! Written on October 2, 2003 Summary: Yes indeed! This is an excellent overview of Albert King's beginning days with Stax Records and house band Booker T. & the MGs, along with The Memphis Horns. What this offers is the entire landmark Born Under a Bad Sign album which is considered by many to be the definitive urban Blues album. Atlantic packaged that album with some bonus material that is just as great. King was without a doubt the most prolific Blues guitarist of his generation, and his sound spawned more imitators than even B.B. King. The remastered Rhino CD The Very Best of Albert King is the place to go to get the full effect of Albert's Blues power. His guitar doesn't stand out here near as much, but this is really a showcase for not only King's soulful string bending, but for the MGs' superior ensemble playing. It took the greatest Soul band in the world to be the most perfect band any Blues singer could ask for. Multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones will dazzle the listener with the most impressive technically and stylistically Blues piano work I've ever heard. And with King's producer and drummer Al Jackson, Jr. leading the way, these are some of the greatest records ever made - whatever the genre'. |
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| Collectible price | $10.00 | - | - | - | - | $14.95 |
| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1989-08-18 | 1999-08-24 | 2002-06-18 | 1993-06-10 | 1999-04-20 | 1994-04-26 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | - | Live | Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | - | - | - |
| Ean | 0075678201721 | 0025218750127 | 0025218860628 | 0038153061227 | 0081227570323 | 0008811106027 |
| Upc | 075678201721 | 025218750127 | 252188606288 | 038153061227 | 081227570323 | 008811106027 |
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