| Live: Charly Blues Masterworks, Vol. 18 |  | Artist: Albert King
Label: Charly UK
Category: Music
Buy New: $54.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 305464
Format: Live, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 082333159426
EAN: 0082333159426
ASIN: B000003648
Release Date: January 14, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Watermelon Man | | • | Don't Burn Down the Bridge | | • | Blues at Sunrise | | • | That's What the Blues Is All About | | • | Stormy Monday | | • | Kansas City | | • | I'm Gonna Call You as Soon as the Sun Goes | | • | As the Years Go Passing By | | • | Overall Junction | | • | I'll Play the Blues for You |
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The Best Solo Ever February 18, 2007
SRV Couldn't Touch Albert King (Austin, TX)
I was a Jimi fanatic in high school and read all of those cheesy guitar magazines and as a result heard about Albert King along the way. I found this CD in a close-out section right when I graduated high school in 1994. This bar-none the best $3.99 I have ever spent. I'm not so much into the guitar solos and blues that I once was, but do yourself a favor and listen to the solo on "As the Years Go Passing By" on this live CD and tell me its not the best. Nobody can touch his tone and evoke a fraction of the emotion he can get with one note.
But available elsewhere, and better December 29, 2006
eurocrank (Ketchikan, Alaska)
Except for "Overall Junction," all tracks are also on 'Live' (Tomato/Rhino/Wea), along with excellent liner notes by Robert Palmer and better packaging.
All tracks plus "Matchbox Holds My Clothes" and "Jam in A Flat" are on 'Blues from the Road' (Fuel 2000/Varese Sarabande), along with informative liner notes by Bill Dahl and, again, better packaging.
The material on all three albums is from King's 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival appearance. While his Tomato studio albums from the '70s seem contrived and less satisfying than his King/Bobbin ('50s), Stax ('60s), and Fantasy ('80s) albums, I prefer his live albums from this period to those before and after. King seemed to have found his musical home with the horns on the road, after having been juxtaposed to them and female choruses in the studio. Compared to the '50s and '60s live albums, the sound is fuller, the solos even more focused and meaningful, and the vocal presence even more centered and commanding. There are precious few live albums from the '80s. I have 'Live in Canada' (Charly Blues Legends 'Live' Vol. 6): no date is given, but the Elmore James number "The Sky Is Crying" and the "Texas Flood"-rewrite "Rainin' in California" put it in the mid-'80s. It's a fine CD, but the recording quality is lacking (excellent for an audie) and King didn't seem to be reaching anymore or feeling he had something to prove or reveal.
'Live' (Tomato/Rhino/Wea) is my favorite blues album. 'Blues from the Road' may be more complete, but I prefer the single disc format of 'Live' with its "Watermelon Man" opener--a perfect combination of convenience and musical sense. I enjoy having both, frankly, since the extra tracks are well worthwhile.
Albert at his Best April 9, 2004
Rene Ask Rasmussen (Odense, Denmark)
Albert King is Truely in Top Form on this 1977 live Recording.
Albert just playes so clean and sharp on this record, his band is tight and the horns Funky. If you are a fan of Alberts you really should have this great recording in your collection!
MORE LIVE ALBERT February 21, 2004
ronnie cowlishaw (AUBURN WASHINGTON)
I have had this cd for a few years the sound quality is great, Albert seems to be in top form here. If your a true Albert fan you will enjoy this one, I have everything of his I can get my hands on. But Albert live recordings are always a treat, so give this one a try.
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