1968 live album by Albert King
Live Wire/Blues Power is a blues album by Albert King .[ 8] It was recorded live in 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium .[ 9] Leftovers from the recordings were released on the albums Wednesday Night in San Francisco and Thursday Night in San Francisco .[ 10]
The album peaked at No. 150 on the Billboard 200 .[ 11]
Production
The album was produced by Al Jackson Jr. [ 5]
Critical reception
Rolling Stone called the album "one man’s reworking of a classic format to make an intensely personal statement, invoking all the cliches without becoming for one second a cliche itself."[ 12] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music deemed it a "classic [that] introduced [King's] music to the white rock audience."[ 3]
Track listing
"Watermelon Man " (Herbie Hancock ) – 4:04
"Blues Power" (Albert King) – 10:18
"Night Stomp" (Raymond Jackson, King) – 5:49
"Blues at Sunrise" (King) – 8:44
"Please Love Me" (B.B. King , Jules Taub ) – 4:01
"Look Out" (King) – 5:20 [ 2]
Personnel
Technical
Bill Halverson, Ron Capone - engineer
Ivan Nagy - cover photograph
Charts
References
^ Sutton, Bob (16 Jan 1993). "Albert King reshaped urban blues". Toronto Star . p. G3.
^ a b "Live Wire/Blues Power - Albert King | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 14, 2021 .
^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 841.
^ Wilson, Lois (October 2024). "Albert King: Live Wire Blues Power ". Mojo . No. 371. p. 95.
^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 630.
^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin . p. 348. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4 .
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 394.
^ "Albert King | Biography & History" . AllMusic .
^ Folkart, Burt A. (23 Dec 1992). "Albert King: Influential Blues Guitarist". Los Angeles Times . p. 22.
^ Snowden, Don (7 Apr 1991). "Still Bluesy After All These Years". Los Angeles Times . Calendar. p. 66.
^ "Albert King" . Billboard .
^ Greenberg, Jerrold (November 23, 1968). "Records" . Rolling Stone . San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "Lista prodaje 39. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU . September 16, 2024. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024 .
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