I'll Play The Blues For You (Vinyl)

Blues played by Albert King is always of high quality as here. This album, remastered and with four bonus tracks proves that. If you like good played blues, this one is for you. Recommended!

One of Albert Kings best albums that I already have on vynyl. The only downside is the ubiquitous bonus tracks, there is a reason they never made the original I suspect.

Puro blues

Excellent CD et en plus reçu dans un temps records . Vendeur très motivé . Bravo je recommande.

vraiment très heureuse de cet achat. Ambiance géniale

Good quality but I wish they hadn't quit playing each song before he was really finished. I guess I like Albert King live better. Good choice of songs.

Awesome blues from Albert King. If you like tasteful guitar and a smokin' backup band buy this. King's best album in my humble opinion.

Great cd really enjoy

これほんといい これほんといい これほんといい 何回聴いても良い、声が優しい ギターも素晴らしいこんなブルースマンいない

Excellent.

16/44 doesn't get any better than this....and Born Under a Bad Sign....as well as Albert King with SRV.Cheers.

El álbum data de 1972, cuando fue publicado por primera vez por Stax Records. 40 años después, y dentro de la colección "Stax Remasters", se reedita en formato remasterizado con 4 temas extra.Aunque sus primeras grabaciones proceden de 1953, no sería hasta 1966 cuando diera el gran salto al firmar con Stax, uno de los principales sellos de música soul del momento. Fue desde entonces cuando comenzó a perfilar su estilo, mezcla de blues y soul, tan presente en su música. Muy bien producido y rodeado de los mejores músicos de estudio, Albert cosechó un éxito tras otro. Singles como "Landromat Blues", "Crosscut Saw", "Overall Junction", "Born Under A Bad Sign", "As The Years Go Passing By", "The Hunter" o el caso que ahora nos ocupa con "I'll Play The Blues For You", son algunos de los ejemplos más destacados.Durante casi una década fue uno de los pocos bluesmen que logró conservar una relativa popularidad entre el público negro. Además, Albert King también consiguió seducir al público blanco americano e internacional, gracias sobretodo a sus memorables conciertos.En este disco su sonido sigue siendo tan sólido e identificable como los anteriores, aunque despuntan algunas pinceladas funk con las que experimentaba en aquella época.En definitiva, un clásico del blues y uno de los mejores discos de Albert King, todavía en su mejor momento.

When the late great Albert King signed with Stax records in the 60's, they really didn't know what to do with him. Like Aretha Franklin at Atlantic (which had a hold on Stax in the 1960s). They teamed him up with Booker T and the MGs to produce a unique soul based blues that no one had ever heard. He had had several winning LPs for Stax and then put out this one. "I'll Play the Blues for You" is a concept LP (Like Issac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul). King re-invents himself to fit into the emerging soul-funk grooves of the 1970s. However, his guitar playing is about the best it ever got!"I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts One and Two") showcases his singing, talking blues ability and guitar. It features the only use of his famous (to blues players) bass string riff in Part 2 of the tune. SRV used it several times. "Little Brother Make A Way" is a great soul vocal and is the only double tracked vocal he ever did! "Breaking Up Sombodys Home" is a classic blues funk inspired from an earlier tune. He vamps it up with a meaty solo. "I'll Be Doggone" is a Marvin Gaye tune made into real soul (like Stax did!!!) I have never fully believed that that track is really live- oh well, it is effective! The solo has true King-style bending."Don't Burn Down The Bridge" is a King classic. However, he subsequently was never able to produce the power in this song in later live versions of it. The bending on this tune is the best ever in any blues music, it is Albert's finest creative hour! (I'll stick my neck out!) SRV tries in The Sky is Crying and a couple more efforts, but this is IT!!!!"Angel of Mercy", another classic minor key blues, was originally a bonus single later added to this LP. This one also features King's finest bending and phrasing. His vocals proclaim "I can't even afford them soup!! A great tune written by Al Jackson Jr the great MG's drummer who also produced Albert's first live LP. The Bar-Kays are good backing for this album, Albert always sounded better with horns although he didn't always use them on the road.The tune that always gets bagged in this set is "Answer to the Laundromat Blues"- well it's typical filler material- the topic is very sexist and pro-domestic violence (like JB Lenoir's "Talk To Your Daughter"), but the TONE and clarity of his guitar, bends and micro-pitches is truly amazing. I always thought this one of his best solos. The use of wah-wah second guitar dates it a bit, but I love it!Finally, the pop inspired blues tune "High Cost of Loving" also is a track which seemed was destined for single release, it's short enough for radio play. But it never made it. The solo features great bending, timing and tone. This LP is a classic it shows why Blues is the foundation of all popular music and is the most adaptable of any music genre. B.B. King tired to do the same thing with strings in "The Thrill Is Gone", but stopped after that when he became a household name. Albert continued to experiment throughtout the 1970s.