King, Albert
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Track Listings

1	Watermelon Man
2	Don't Burn Down the Bridge
3	Blues at Sunrise
4	That's What the Blues Is All About
5	Stormy Monday
6	Kansas City
7	I'm Gonna Call You as Soon as the Sun Goes
8	As the Years Go Passing By
9	Overall Junction
10	I'll Play the Blues for You

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.83 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Charly UK
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Charly UK
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000003648

Best Sellers Rank: #605,249 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #2,374 in Chicago Blues (CDs & Vinyl)
- #2,501 in Guitar Rock
- #3,915 in Modern Blues (CDs & Vinyl)

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Richard K.

still Blues Power 5 years after Live Wire

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2015

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Excellent. Albert King a little older than on Live Wire Blues Power. Horn section that does what a rhythm guitar would do. A little funky. Thick bass and quality drums. A little older voice. A little more in the guitar licks. Very cool funky Don't Burn Down the Bridge, absolutely smoking slow burn As the Years Go Passing By.

This album displays Albert King with blues power + 5 years age + 5 years experience + a horn section. Highly recommended.

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Harriett Dennison

LIVE Albert King

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014

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The best ever Albert King Live performance. That "good red Wine" must have helped!!!!! I'm listening to it now and it gets better each time I heard it! I can be buried to "Stormy Monday"....just play it as they lower me into my grave!

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Timothy J. Gaffney, Sr.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017

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Great Rory Gallagher guitar work on this

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018

it's OK

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2011

Absolument indispensable. Grandiose. Peut-être même supérieur (sans doute) aux "Thursday night" ou "Wednesday night" ou "Blues power". Tout est absolument fantastique dans cet album.
Il existe sous 2 pochettes - au moins - , et sous une version ''double cd'' avec 1 ou 2 titres en plus. Toujours le même scandaleux manque de respect, pour ne pas dire foutoir ...
Celui dont je parle, c'est celui ci-dessus avec une pochette noir et blanc, et donc 10 titres pour 67 minutes. Curieusement Albert ne mentionne pas Rory Gallagher (curieux ! ), et ne présente pas son groupe (dont, crois-je, Louisana Red à la 2ème guitare). Des « edit » ?
Inutile d'en tartiner des lignes : cette aeuvre est à écouter, pour le moins, et à acquérir - pour pas bien cher en téléchargement - d'urgence. C'est un disque clé, une aeuvre majeure du blues. Honte sur moi qui le découvre si tard. Dommage qu'on ne puisse attribuer 6 *.
Ah la délicatesse de certains passages : combinaison guitare et basse, ou guitare basse orgue sur le fabuleux « As the tears...» ! Le velours des cuivres, souvent ...
Mes préférés : « As the tears ... » bien sûr, « Don't burn the bridge » c'est évident, « I'll play the blues... » ça va sans dire et « Stormy Monday » évidemment.
Le mixage n'est pas toujours parfait (ou l'enregistrement ?) : trompette ... surprenante parfois.
Dommage qu'Amazon n'envoie pas, avec le téléchargement, un minimum d'informations : musiciens auteurs - compositeurs, voire notes de pochette du Cd ... Autrement dit un livret numérique généralisé.

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Shawn Tzu

Arguably the most influential blues guitarist ever!

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2001

I could bore you with compiling a list of the musicians in the rock, blues, jazz, and new age field who were influenced by this master of electric blues but I will refrain from doing so. Albert King was one of those whose playing inspired me to learn guitar. I thought "heck, it sounds easy enough for me to play". Aah the naive thoughts of youth! Truth be told often the easiest sounding parts are the hardest to play and play with authority. Albert plays a lot of the same licks but inflects them differently in delivery - a talent that is in and of itself notable. He finds ways to transcend the patterns that all - himself included - fall into when playing. To quote Robert Palmer, his solos combine both "torrential power and striking freshness" and his style works not only in traditional shuffle style blues but also with r & b, funk, soul, jazz, and rock stylings backing him up.

No offense intended to BB King partisans with the title of this review (or to BB himself), but the truth is the truth. BB is (and has been) a wonderful ambassador for the blues. However, if we are talking about whose stylings have been most influential, Albert comes out ahead. No one has ever played the guitar with more authority for one thing. Also, Albert combined an impeccable sense of timing, the ability to utilize dynamics effectively, a penchant for economy of notes, and the ability to subtly inflect the notes he played with an individuality that few have ever approached. His style was akin to a wrecking ball slamming into a building but also encompassed the delicate touch of a feather: one reason he was given the well-deserved nickname "The Velvet Bulldozer.". Many have sought - and still seek to - emulate these elements in their playing. As Robert Palmer astutely pointed out in the liner notes, Albert's playing is never cluttered. On this album he plays uptempo jazzier tunes, scorching slower blues, and songs where he combines his approach with music stylings then current (circa 1978).

More could be stated but perhaps the best tribute to Albert King was from Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh (who also eulogized him at his funeral in December 1992). Joe Walsh stated quite bluntly that "Albert King could blow away Eddie Van Halen with his amp on standby". Obtain this CD and listen to King live employing the various elements of his unique style. If you are infected with "MTV-itis" be warned: the songs on this disk average about 8 minutes per with some surpassing 10 minutes long. But then if you enjoy good music and biting soulful playing, you will not be disappointed.

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SRV Couldn't Touch Albert King

The Best Solo Ever

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2007

I was a Jimi fanatic in high school and read all of those cheesy guitar magazines and as a result heard about Albert King along the way. I found this CD in a close-out section right when I graduated high school in 1994. This bar-none the best $3.99 I have ever spent. I'm not so much into the guitar solos and blues that I once was, but do yourself a favor and listen to the solo on "As the Years Go Passing By" on this live CD and tell me its not the best. Nobody can touch his tone and evoke a fraction of the emotion he can get with one note.

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hardyta

Tim

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2001

This is a very solid cd! Albert King is as close to musical perfection as there will be, this is a GREAT example of why. He puts everything he has in each song, each note, each word... This cd takes you into the crowd for that concert, no matter where you listen to this cd you gain a sense of feeling for King's onstage presence; in word--captivating. Each track on here is clearly recorded and very well presented. This cd is NO gamble--you will enjoy it for many, many years.

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derelicter

やっと見つけた！

Reviewed in Japan on August 29, 2014

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もう廃盤の品で中古でもえらい高いな、と思っていたらやっと千数百円という値段で売っているのを見つけ即購入(^^)
今大切に聞いています！

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blueshead

モントル－での力作ライブ。

Reviewed in Japan on May 6, 2002

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これは'77年のスイス、モントル－ジャズフェスティバルでのライブ録音。ただ、LPから"Jam In A Flat""Overall Junction"の2曲が割愛されているのが残念。恐らくCDの収録時間の関係と思われる。(9)においてはRory Gallagherが途中ソロをとっている。全体の印象はスロ－ブル－ズが多くて、しかも中だるみしてやや冗長な感じがする。フィルモアのライブと比べると緊張感に欠ける。それでも、彼の持ち味が十分発揮されたとは言えないが、平均以上の力作となっている。

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