Label: Castle
Release Date: 3/10/1996
Blues
Many say that Albert King's last CD session was "Phone Booth" but they seem to overlook this now very rare recording done on a British label. It didn't receive too much airplay in 1992 and didn't sell well mainly because the sound mix seemed wrong.The horn section is much too loud. Albert plays and sings well but his guitar is just barely audible on most songs. The reverb is fairly high on his amp which results in clicks and pops and alot of his wonderful sweeping bends are wasted in the process.
A curious mixture of songs on this CD as Albert does James Taylors "Don't let me be lonely tonight" and The Electric Flags "Stop".A few novelty type songs like "If You Got It" with slightly humorous lyrics.
The auto-biographical song "Bluesman" speaks of Alberts life on the road and it competes with a familar B.B. King song " Better Not Look Down". The best track is down to what Albert does best, namely the serious 12 bar blues "When You Walk Out the Door". His version of Jimi's "Red House" is adequate and would've been much better had they increased Albert's guitar volume and given him a killer tone like on his early records, or even just simply turned down his reverb and told the horn section to calm down . Such a shame! If anyone had the perfect credentials to perform "Red House' then it would've been Albert King who had been such a HUGE influence on Hendrix.
But if you're an avid Albert King aficianado then this one is still worth getting just for posterity sake.
It's a very difficult session to track down though especially on CD.
By P.J. Le Faucheur.
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01. Stop 5:10
02. Bluesman 3:58
03. Don't Let Me Be Lonely :30
04. When You Walk out the Door 6:45
05. Problems 4:44
06. Our Love Is Going to Win 6:44
07. Trouble 4:29
08. If You Got It 3:04
09. Red House 5:34
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