ALBERT KING blues LP STAX “Born Under a Bad Sign” STEREO ’67 orig NM

$

95

Artist:  ALBERT KING        

Title:  “Born Under a Bad Sign”

Label:   STAX.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is yellow with black text.  Catalog number is S-723.   

Year:  1967.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is nice VG++ with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a several slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or problems.  Labels are clean.  This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.      

JACKET:  Jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork.   Panels show light ring wear.  Nice seams and spine.  Reverse has address sticker at top center. No writing, cutout indications or other issues.  Overall a very fine jacket.  

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Born Under a Bad Sign
• Crosscut Saw
• Kansas City
• Oh, Pretty Woman
• Down Don’t Bother Me
• The Hunter

Side Two:

• I Almost Lost My Mind
• Personal Manager
• Laundromat Blues
• As the Years Go Passing By
• The Very Thought of You

Review:

“Albert King recorded a lot in the early '60s, including some classic sides, but they never quite hit the mark. They never gained a large audience, nor did they really capture the ferocity of his single-string leads.  Then he signed with Stax in 1966 and recorded a number of sessions with the house band, Booker T. & the MG's, and everything just clicked.  The MG's gave King supple Southern support, providing an excellent contrast to his tightly wound lead guitar, allowing to him to unleash a torrent of blistering guitar runs that were profoundly influential, not just in blues, but in rock & roll (witness Eric Clapton's unabashed copping of King throughout Cream's Disraeli Gears).  Initially, these sessions were just released as singles, but they were soon compiled as King's Stax debut, Born Under a Bad Sign.  Certainly, the concentration of singles gives the album a consistency -- these were songs devised to get attention -- but, years later, it's astounding how strong this catalog of songs is: "Born Under a Bad Sign," "Crosscut Saw," "Oh Pretty Woman," "The Hunter," "Personal Manager," and "Laundromat Blues" form the very foundation of Albert King's musical identity and legacy.  Few blues albums are this on a cut-by-cut level; the songs are exceptional and the performances are rich, from King's dynamic playing to the Southern funk of the MG's.  

It was immediately influential at the time and, over the years, it has only grown in stature as one of the very greatest electric blues albums of all time.”

(review courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com.)

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