Live Wire/Blues Power
| Live Wire / Blues Power | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | November 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Venue | Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 38:16 | |||
| Label | Stax[1] | |||
| Producer | Al Jackson Jr. | |||
| Albert King chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
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[edit]
The album was produced by Al Jackson Jr.[4]
Critical reception[edit]
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[edit]
- "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[edit]
- Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
- Willie James Exon – guitar
- James Washington – organ
- Roosevelt Pointer – bass
- Theotis Morgan – drums
- Technical
- Bill Halverson, Ron Capone - engineer
- Ivan Nagy - cover photograph
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
