Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Albert King

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Album Info

Release Date: 1999

Label: Rhino Records

Track information:
Track 1 - Recorded in St. Louis (1960). King single #126 (1960)
Track 2 - Recorded in St. Louis (1961). First issued as Bobbin single #131 (1961). Reissued as King single #5575 (1961) (R&B #14)
Track 3 - Recorded in St. Louis (1964). Coun-tree single #1006 (1964)
Track 4 - Recorded in Memphis (1966). Stax single #190 (1966) (R&B #29)
Track 5 - Recorded in Memphis (1966). Stax single #190 (1966)
Track 6 - Recorded in Memphis (1966). Stax single #197 (1966)
Track 7 - Recorded in Memphis (1966). Stax single #201 (1966) (R&B #34)
Track 8 - Recorded in Memphis (1967). Stax single #217 (1967) (R&B #49)
Track 9 - Recorded in Memphis (1967). From the album Born Under A Bad Sign, Stax #723 (1967). Also issued as Stax single-edit #217 (1967)
Track 10 - Recorded in Memphis (1967). Produced for the Stax staff. Stax single #241 (1967) (R&B #20, Pop #67).
Track 11 - Recorded live at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, June 26 or 27, 1968. Produced for the Stax staff. From the album Live Wire / Blues Power, Stax #2003 (1968). Also issued as Stax single-edit #0020 (1968).
Track 12 - Recorded in Memphis (1971 & 1972). From the album I'll Play The Blues For You, Stax #3009 (1972). Also issued as Stax single-edit #0135 (1972) (R&B #31)
Track 13 - Recorded in Memphis (1971 & 1972). Stax single #0147 (1972) (R&B #35)
Track 14 - Recorded in Memphis (1971 & 1972). From the album I'll Play The Blues For You, Stax #3009 (1972).
Track 15 - Recorded in Memphis (1973). Stax single #0189 (1973) (R&B #15)
Track 16 - Recorded in Hollywood (1975). Utopia single #10544 (1976) (R&B #40)

Licensing:
Tracks 1 & 2 - licensed from Global Licensing Co.
Track 3 - licensed from Eddie Fisher
Tracks 4 to 10 - produced under licensed from Atlantic Recording Corp.
Tracks 11 to 14 - ℗ 1972 licensed from Fantasy Records
Track 15 - ℗ 1973 licensed from Fantasy Records
Track 16 - ℗ 1976 Tomato, licensed from Tomato

Photography:
Pages 3, 10 & 12 - Photo courtesy of Fantasy Records
Pages 5, 9 & 16 - Photo: Bill Greensmith Photography
Page 6 - Photo: Michael Ochs Archives, Venice, CA

℗ & © 1999 Rhino Entertainment Company

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