Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (1967) {2007, Japanese Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 227 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 98 Mb
Full Scans | 00:34:27 | RAR 5% Recovery
Delta Blues / Modern Electric Blues / Rhythm & Blues
Stax / Universal Music K.K. #UCCO-4025
Albert King recorded a lot in the early '60s, including some classic sides, but they never quite hit the mark. They never gained a large audience, nor did they really capture the ferocity of his single-string leads. Then he signed with Stax in 1966 and recorded a number of sessions with the house band, Booker T. & the MG's, and everything just clicked. The MG's gave King supple Southern support, providing an excellent contrast to his tightly wound lead guitar, allowing to him to unleash a torrent of blistering guitar runs that were profoundly influential, not just in blues, but in rock & roll (witness Eric Clapton's unabashed copping of King throughout Cream's Disraeli Gears). Initially, these sessions were just released as singles, but they were soon compiled as King's Stax debut, Born Under a Bad Sign.