King of the Blues Guitar

by Albert King

King of the Blues Guitar cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:33
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembled by Atlantic Records, this essential compilation highlights the massively influential recordings the left-handed guitarist made for the Stax label. Backed by the incredibly tight, heavily syncopated grooves of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, his stinging, aggressively bent guitar phrasing on these tracks established the definitive blueprint for the subsequent blues-rock explosion of the late 1960s.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Laundromat Blues (3:22)
  2. Overall Junction (2:21)
  3. Oh, Pretty Woman (2:48)
  4. Funk-Shun (3:46)
  5. Crosscut Saw (2:33)
  6. Down Don't Bother Me (2:11)
  7. Born Under A Bad Sign (2:47)
  8. Personal Manager (4:30)
  9. Kansas City (2:33)
  10. The Very Thought Of You (3:49)
  11. The Hunter (2:45)
  12. I Almost Lost My Mind (3:31)
  13. As The Years Go Passing By (3:48)
  14. Cold Feet (2:47)
  15. You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain (3:21)
  16. (I Love) Lucy (2:47)
  17. You're Gonna Need Me (2:48)

Credits

  • Albert King - primary artist, written-by
  • Al Jackson Jr. - written-by
  • Booker T. Jones - written-by
  • William Bell - written-by
  • R.G. Ford - written-by
  • Allen A. Jones - written-by
  • Bettye Crutcher - written-by
  • A.C. Williams - written-by
  • Sandy Jones - Written-By
  • David Porter - Written-By

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