Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign LP
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Tracks:
01. Born Under a Bad Sign
02. Crosscut Saw
03. Kansas City
04. Oh, Pretty Woman
05. Down Don`t Bother Me
06. The Hunter
07. Funk-Shun
08. I Almost Lost My Mind
09. Personal Manager
10. Laundromat Blues
11. As the Years Go Passing By
12. The Very Thought of You
13. Overall junction
The giant left-handed guitarist was no stranger to the recording studio by 1966, but Albert King had still to make his mark with the record-buying public. When he linked up with the cream of Stax`s Memphis musicians, including Booker T. And The MGs and the Memphis Horns, that connection was made. "Laundromat Blues", "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Crosscut Saw" set the scene for "Born Under A Bad Sign" and "The Hunter", which quickly found their way into the repertoires of Cream and Free. The convolutions of his guitar style were perfectly complemented by the trademark Stax funk rhythms. The team went on to make many more singles and albums, none of which could surpass the achievements of their first meeting.
Personnel:
Albert King (vocals, guitar)
Joe Arnold (horns)
Isaac Hayes (piano).
Booker T. & The MG`s: Booker T. Jones (piano)
Steve Cropper (guitar)
Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass)
Al Jackson, Jr. (drums).
The Memphis Horns: Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love (horns)
In 1967, the future of electric blues guitar answered to the name of Albert King. It`s not like Albert was a green newcomer to the blues world when he strolled through the doors of Memphis-based Stax Records in 1966. After all, He had his first taste of studio action as a bandleader more that a dozen years earlier. But the massively constructed southpaw saved his best for Stax. It`s virtually impossible to cite a more important or influential blues album from the latter half of the 1960`s than Born Under A Bad Sign... This Sundazed 180 gram vinyl edition features the entire classic album with its gorgeous vintage artwork, two rare single sides added as bonus custom original liner notes and new annotation by Bill Dahl.
