Blues Masters: The Very Best of Albert King
by Albert King
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1999-01-01
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:49
- Community rating: 4.11/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A very-best-of collection from Albert King, the left-handed blues guitarist who played a Flying V upside down and whose string bending shaped generations of rock players. The set samples his Stax recordings, including 'Born Under a Bad Sign'.
Genres
Descriptors: guitars, vocal, acoustic, melodic, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Let's Have A Natural Ball (2:54)
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (2:56)
- C.O.D. (2:06)
- Laundromat Blues (3:32)
- Overall Junction (2:21)
- Oh, Pretty Woman (Can't Make You Love Me) (2:48)
- Crosscut Saw (2:35)
- Born Under A Bad Sign (2:48)
- Personal Manager (4:30)
- Cold Feet (2:47)
- Blues Power (Live) (10:19)
- I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 & 2) (7:17)
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home (3:58)
- Answer To The Laundromat Blues (4:39)
- That's What The Blues Is All About (3:55)
- Cadillac Assembly Line (4:24)
Credits
- Albert King - primary artist, guitar, vocals, written-by
- Steven Chean - booklet editor [editorial supervision]
- Charles Axton - tenor saxophone [possibly]
- Joe Arnold - tenor saxophone [possibly], tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
- Chuck Rainey - bass [played by either]
- Henry Davis - bass [played by either]
- Bill Dahl - coordinator [project assistant], liner notes
- Bill Greensmith - coordinator [project assistant], photography by
- David Porter - producer [the stax staff], written-by
- Leo Gooden - producer, written-by
- Hugh Brown - art direction
- James Austin - compilation producer
- Bill Belmont - coordinator [project assistant]
- Michael Wesley Johnson - coordinator [project assistant]
- Steven Hawkins - coordinator [project assistant]
- Maria Villar - design
- Michael Ochs Archives - photography by
- The Stax Staff - producer
- Isaac Hayes - producer [the stax staff]
- Robert Lyons - producer [probably produced by]
- Andrew - Mack) McKinney (producer
- Sandy Jones - written-by
- A.C. Williams - written-by
- R.G. Ford - written-by
- William Bell - written-by
- Henry Bush - producer
- Jerry Beach - written-by
- Henry Jones - producer
- Timothy Matthews - written-by
- Bobby Patterson - written-by
- Jerry Strickland - written-by
- Tony Silvester - producer
- Sir Mack Rice - written-by