Stax
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign
Regular price £28.00 Save £-28.00Product Description
-
Any
list
of
seminal
1960s
electric
blues
albums
is
incomplete
without
Albert
King’s
Born
Under
a
Bad
Sign
positioned
near
the
top.
The
Indianola,
Mississippi-born
“King
of
the
Blues
Guitar,”
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.
While
he’d
recorded
for
labels
like
Vee-Jay,
Parrot
and
Bobbin,
it
was
his
chemistry
with
the
Stax
team
–
label
executives
Al
Bell,
Jim
Stewart
and
Estelle
Axton,
songwriters
Booker
T.
Jones
and
William
Bell,
and
backing
from
Booker
T.
&
the
MGs
and
the
Memphis
Horns
–
that
put
King
on
the
blues
map.
Albert
King,
one
of
the
single
most
influential
bluesman
in
history,
single-handedly
ushered
blues
into
the
modern
era
by
combining
his
direct,
urgent
Mississippi
blues
style
with
contemporary
soul
rhythms.
He
continually
redefined
the
state
of
contemporary
blues
with
his
dry,
husky
voice
and
torrid
Flying
V
guitar
sound.
Tracklist:
Vinyl
Side
A
1.
1.
Born
Under
A
Bad
Sign
2.
2.
Crosscut
Saw
3.
3.
Kansas
City
4.
4.
Oh,
Pretty
Woman
5.
5.
Down
Don’t
Bother
Me
6.
6.
The
Hunter
Side
B
1.
1.
I
Almost
Lost
My
Mind
2.
2.
Personal
Manager
3.
3.
Laundromat
Blues
4.
4.
As
the
Years
Go
Passing
by
5.
5.
The
Very
Thought
of
You
Read More