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1968 live album by Albert King
Live Wire/Blues Power is a
blues album by
Albert King .
[7] It was recorded live in 1968 at the
Fillmore Auditorium .
[8] Leftovers from the recordings were released on the albums
Wednesday Night in San Francisco and
Thursday Night in San Francisco .
[9]
The album peaked at No. 150 on the
Billboard 200 .
[10]
Production
The album was produced by
Al Jackson Jr.
[4]
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."
[11]
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
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.
^
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 .
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