Albert King

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (1972) Expanded Remastered 2012

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (1972) Expanded Remastered 2012
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 377 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 140 Mb | Scans ~ 65 Mb
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues | Label: Concord Music/Stax | # 0888072337169 | 01:00:59

It's not as if Albert King hadn't tasted success in his first decade and a half as a performer, but his late-'60s/early-'70s recordings for Stax did win him a substantially larger audience. During those years, the label began earning significant clout amongst rock fans through events like Otis Redding's appearance at the Monterey International Pop Festival and a seemingly endless string of classic singles. When King signed to the label in 1966, he was immediately paired with the Stax session team Booker T. & the MG's. The results were impressive: "Crosscut Saw," "Laundromat Blues," and the singles collection Born Under a Bad Sign were all hits. Though 1972's I'll Play the Blues for You followed a slightly different formula, the combination of King, members of the legendary Bar-Kays, the Isaac Hayes Movement, and the sparkling Memphis Horns was hardly a risky endeavor. The result was a trim, funk-infused blues sound that provided ample space for King's oft-imitated guitar playing.

Albert King - The Blues Don't Change (1977) [Reissue 1992]  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 9, 2023
Albert King - The Blues Don't Change (1977) [Reissue 1992]

Albert King - The Blues Don't Change (1977) [Reissue 1992]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 243 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 85 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Blues, Soul Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Stax Records/Fantasy (CDSXE 085)

Previously titled The Pinch when it was issued on LP in 1977, this material was actually recorded in 1973 and 1974. These are some of King's most soul-oriented sessions, with contributions from the Memphis Horns and a couple of the MG's. Blues-oriented fans may find this one of his lesser efforts, putting less emphasis on King's guitar work than usual, and more on the vocals and arrangements. This approach has its merits, though, as it's one of the more relaxed items in the King catalog, with none of the occasional excess that creeped into his blues guitar solos.

Albert King - Rainin' In California [Recorded 1983] (1993)  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 15, 2023
Albert King - Rainin' In California [Recorded 1983] (1993)

Albert King - Rainin' In California [Recorded 1983] (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 333 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 107 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Blues, Jazz Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Wolf Records (120.500 CD)

This is a live recording from the City Blues legend Albert King in L.A. Many great artists were presented there: Koko Taylor, Clifton Chenier and many others. He played some of his standards and the people liked that! A mix of jazz blues!
Albert King / Otis Rush - Door To Door (1969) [Chess Legendary Masters Series, Remastered Reissue 1998]

Albert King / Otis Rush - Door To Door (1969)
Chess Legendary Masters Series, Remastered Reissue 1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 181 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 103 Mb | Scans included | 00:39:26
Electric Blues, Chicago Blues, Soul-Blues | Label: Chess/Universal | # MCD 09322, 329 322-2

Although Albert King is pictured on the front cover and has the lion's share of tracks on this excellent compilation, six of the fourteen tracks come from Rush's shortlived tenure with the label and are some of his very best. Chronologically, these are his next recordings after the Cobra sides and they carry a lot of the emotional wallop of those tracks, albeit with much loftier production values with much of it recorded in early stereo. Oddly enough, some of the material ("All Your Love," "I'm Satisfied [Keep on Loving Me Baby]") were remakes – albeit great ones – of tunes that Cobra had already released as singles! But Rush's performance of "So Many Roads" (featuring one of the greatest slow blues guitar solos of all time) should not be missed at any cost.
Albert King - Crosscut Saw: Albert King In San Francisco (1983) Reissue 1992

Albert King - Crosscut Saw: Albert King In San Francisco (1983) Reissue 1992
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 319 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues | Label: Ace | # CDSXE 076 | Time: 00:47:12

Crosscut Saw reissues Albert King's 1983 album San Francisco '83 (a studio album, not a live one), adding two previously unreleased cuts. His first new release in five years, it wasn't one of King's better records – but it did represent a return to a basic five-piece sound, an improvement upon his over-produced outings of the late '70s.
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (2010) {Deluxe Edition}

Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (2010) {Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 489 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 180 Mb
DVD5 | MPEG-2, NTCS 4:3 (720x480), 29.970 fps, VBR 6337 Kbps
DD 2.0, 48kHz/16-bit, 224 Kbps | 01:28:11 | ~ 4,24 Gb | Full Scans | RAR 5% Recovery
Electric Blues | STAX Records #0888072318397 / STX-31838-09

Originally recorded for the Canadian television program In Session in 1983, this was a historic meeting of two artists that has been proven to be a very special moment This famed live jam session by Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan has proven to be an evening that will never be forgotten. "It was evident from the first choruses," writes liner notes author/musicologist Samuel Charters, "that they were playing for each other. And that was the best audience either of them could ever have. The music never lost its intensity, its quality of something very important being handed back and forth and there was time for Stevie and Albert to see where their ideas took them."
Albert King - King Albert (1977) & New Orleans Heat (1978) [Reissue 2009]

Albert King - King Albert (1977) & New Orleans Heat (1978) [Reissue 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 424 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 182 MB | Covers - 45 MB
Genre: Blues, Soul Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Snapper Music (SNAP 298 CD)

This reissue features a pair of LPs by Albert King: King Albert and New Orleans Heat, originally issued on Tomato in 1977 and 1978.
Rebounding slightly from the nadir of Albert, Albert King delivered King Albert, a record that at least sticks to the tough, soul-inflected blues that made his reputation. Granted, the sound of the album is entirely too polished, but there is genuine grit in the performances and some strong songs, such as "You Upset Me Baby" and "Good Time Charlie," on the record.
Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King - Jammed Together (1969) Reissue 1991

Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King - Jammed Together (1969) Reissue 1991
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 233 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 111 Mb | Scans included
Rhythm & Blues, Electric Blues, Soul | Label: Stax | # CDSXE 028 | Time: 00:40:46

While this is not nearly as essential as some other Stax wax, it has a loose, raffish appeal and never falls into the murk of a boring super-session chopsfest. These guys were simply havin' fun with some standard soul/R&B covers (e.g. "What'd I Say," "Baby What You Want Me To Do") and some wide-open originals, kickin' back with some serious riffin'. Cropper proffers his usual intense, simplistic soloing, while King swoops and dives in a stringbending fury. The added plus is the silky smooth near-falsetto of Pop Staples, whose vocal on "Tupelo" is suitably eerie…

Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky (1974) [Remastered 1990]  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 17, 2024
Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky (1974) [Remastered 1990]

Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky (1974) [Remastered 1990]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 270 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 110 Mb | Scans included
Label: Stax Records | # SCD-8536-2 (STS-5505) | Time: 00:45:23
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Funk/Soul

This 1974 release has King using his upside-down Flying V to slash a blues path through the Memphis Horns, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and the dawn-of-disco funk rhythm players. He half-sings with one eye on B. B. King and Bobby Bland and the other fixed on hot-buttered soul crooner Isaac Hayes. "Crosscut Saw" best captures the album title, with the leader and astounding drummer, Al Jackson, charbroiling a song the two had soul basted back in the mid 1960s with Booker T. Jones.

Albert King - More Big Blues (2001)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 1, 2024
Albert King - More Big Blues (2001)

Albert King - More Big Blues (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 293 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 177 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues | Label: Ace Records | # CDCHD 827 | Time: 01:02:25

All of King's recordings for the Bobbin label are on this 22-track disc, including everything from his 1959-1963 singles for the label and previously unissued alternate takes of "Why Are You So Mean to Me," "The Time Has Come," and the previously unissued "Blues at Sunrise." While these are decent journeyman urban blues/R&B, they're not up to the level of his subsequent recordings for Stax. Albert King just sounds too much like the records another King – B.B. King, that is – was making during the same era. There are similar horn arrangements and alternation of stinging guitar with smooth, confident vocal phrasing. It's a tribute to Albert King's abilities, in a way, that it does sound confident, and not the work of an imitator, despite the similarities.