Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign [Stax Remasters] [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Any list of seminal 1960s electric blues albums is incomplete without Albert Kingu2019s Born Under a Bad Sign positioned near the top. The Indianola, Mississippi-born u201cKing of the Blues Guitar,u201d who cut his professional teeth as a resident of the St. Louis suburb of Lovejoy, Ill., cemented his legacy with his Stax Records debut album. rrKing was influenced by pre-World War II bluesmen Lonnie Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson, and post-war artists T-Bone Walker and Howlinu2019 Wolf. He came to Stax by way of Al Bell, a Little Rock native whou2019d met King when he played shows in the area. Kingu2019s first Stax recording was u201cLaundromat Blues,u201d included on this album, backed by Booker T. Jones on piano; Duck Dunn, bass; and Al Jackson, Jr., drums; plus the Memphis Horns (Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love) and Raymond Hill (sax player on Jackie Brenstonu2019s u201cRocket 88u201d). The song had come by way of an unsolicited songwriting demo that Stax co-founder Estelle Axton correctly believed could be a hit for King.rru201cCrosscut Sawu201d is one of Kingu2019s best-known recordings as yet dated back to 1941 when Delta bluesman Tommy McClennan recorded it for Bluebird, and Willie Sanders & the Binghamton Boys cut it in u201963. A.C. u201cMoohahu201d Williams, a veteran DJ at Memphis R&B station WDIA-AM, brought it to Kingu2019s attention. rrFor this special reissue Stax Records has reached into its vaults to provide previously unissued bonus tracks in the form of alternate takes of u201cBorn Under a Bad Sign,u201d u201cCrosscut Saw,u201d u201cThe Hunter,u201d u201cPersonal Manageru201d and an untitled, never-before-released instrumental.r

1. Born Under A Bad Sign

2. Crosscut Saw

3. Kansas City

4. Oh Pretty Woman

5. Down Dont Bother Me

6. The Hunter

7. I Almost Lost My Mind

8. Personal Manager

9. Laundromat Blues

10. As The Years Go Passing By

11. The Very Thought Of You

12. Born Under A Bad Sign

13. Crosscut Saw

14. The Hunter

15. Personal Manager

16. Untitled Instrumental

• Genre: Blues
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 888072343344

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