Blues for You: The Best of Albert King

~ Release by Albert King (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Born Under a Bad Sign
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1967)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (in 1967)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (in 1967)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (in 1967) and Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer) (in 1967)
horn:
Joe Arnold (in 1967), Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (in 1967) and Andrew Love (in 1967)
piano:
Isaac Hayes (in 1967) and Booker T. Jones (in 1967)
lead vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer) (in 1967)
performer:
Booker T. & the MG’s (in 1967) and The Memphis Horns (in 1967)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1988)
recording of:
Born Under a Bad Sign (in 1967)
lyricist:
William Bell
composer:
Booker T. Jones
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
32:49
2Killing Floor
3:08
3Breaking Up Somebody's Home
producer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
cover recording of:
I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
writer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Timothy Matthews
publisher:
South Memphis Music and South Memphis Music Inc.
3:44
4Can't You See What You're Doing to Me
producer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
recording of:
Can’t You See What You’re Doing to Me
lyricist and composer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
3:43
5Going Back to the Laundromat Blues
4:02
6Answer to the Laundromat Blues
recording of:
Answer to the Laundromat Blues
writer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
4:39
7That's What the Blues Is All About
producer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
cover recording of:
That's What the Blues Is All About
writer:
Bobby Patterson (Dallas blues vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer) and Jerry Strickland
3:55
8Phone Booth
3:59
9I'll Play the Blues for Uou (P 1 & 2)
7:20
10Left Hand Woman (Get Right with Me)
2:21
11Flat Tire
producer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
recording of:
Flat Tire
lyricist and composer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
4:22
12Drowning on Dry Land (P 1)
3:57
13The Pinch Paid Off (P 1)
3:43
14The Sky Is Crying
4:12
15Driving Wheel
4:14
16Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
producer:
Don Nix
arranger:
Don Nix
cover recording of:
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Don Nix
publisher:
Deerwood Music and Irving Music Inc.
3:48
17Angel of Mercy
producer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
cover recording of:
Angel of Mercy
writer:
Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson (songwriter, guitarist and producer)
publisher:
East Memphis Music
4:21
18Wrapped Up in Love Again
producer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
recording of:
Wrapped Up in Love Again
lyricist and composer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
2:24
19Blues Power
producer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
recording of:
Blues Power
lyricist and composer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
3:14
20Crosscut Saw
3:49