ALBERT KING BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN ORIG LP on STAX NEAR MINT BLUES 1967
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Here is a NEAR MINT MINUS / EXCELLENT PLUS! copy of the LP from ALBERT KING titled BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN. It is pressed on the STAX label, catalog #S 723 in STEREO sound. This ORIGINAL LP was released in 1967. The vinyl is in EXCELLENT PLUS! condition shiny & black with just one non-sounding mark on Side Two and should have excellent playback. The original cardboard cover is in EXCELLENT PLUS! condition with some small corner bumps, small bottom right corner bend and light wear to rear cover. It is a NEAR MINT MINUS / EXCELLENT PLUS! copy of this LP for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the SOUL / ELECTRIC BLUES collector!! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
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