KEEPER 1967 RARE ORIG =MINTY= BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN ALBERT KING GUITAR BLUES A+
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ORIGINAL 1967 FIRST PRESS ON STAX RECORDS
LEGENDARY GUITAR BLUES HALL OF FAME LP!
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ALBERT KING
"BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN"
USA - STAX RECORDS - S 723
COLLECTION COPY AVAILABLE!!
RARE and sought after 1967 original on STAX Records .. one of the greatest of BLUES ROCK records ... the amazing "BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN" first printing from near 50 years ago
MINT CLEAN VINYL
In 1967, the future of electric blues guitar answered to the name of Albert King. It's not like Albert was a green newcomer to the blues world when he strolled through the doors of Memphis-based Stax Records in 1966. After all, he had his first taste of studio action as a band leader more than a dozen years earlier. But the massively constructed southpaw saved his best for Stax. It's virtually impossible to cite a more important or influential blues album from the latter half of the 1960's than Born Under a Bad Sign . . .
Pairing Albert 'King' Nelson with Booker T. Jones and his Memphis Group for the "Born Under A Bad Sign" sessions was a brilliant idea, commercially as well as artistically. The top-notch rhythm section of Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson, jr., add a muscular swagger to King's best-ever batch of songs without ever resorting to sleek and stereotypical funk, Steve Cropper adds sympathetic second guitar, and the sublimely well scored Memphis Horns compliment King's sizzling lead guitar lines perfectly.
This 1967 album was initially conceived as a series of singles recorded over 15 months between March of 1966 and June of 1967, but soon compiled and released in LP form to immediate critical acclaim.
"Born Under A Bad Sign" is Albert King at his most inspired, and most influential, too, a blueprint for young white guitarists like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and even Jimi Hendrix and Joe Walsh. And it's no wonder. This is an immensely strong and unusually varied collection, spanning swaggering R&B, passionate soul-blues, mid-tempo hardcore blues grinds, and smouldering slow numbers, and most Albert King-compilations contain at least half a dozen songs from "Born Under A Bad Sign".
Born Under a Bad Sign
Crosscut Saw
Kansas City
Oh, Pretty Woman
Down Don't Bother Me
The Hunter
Funk-shun
I Almost Lost My Mind
Personal Manager
Laundromat Blues
As the Years Go Passing By
The Very Thought of You
Overall Junction
CONDITION: The cover: rated: near M- careful use after the past 50 years shows this to be a collection copy solid keeper with no upgrade necessary... still has a fresh appearance -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy collectible ...
The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP COPY = full of bright clear shine = enjoyable CLEAN audio = has NO distracting surface problems ... both STAX labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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