Albert King – Born Under A Bad Sign
Label: | Stax – CR00513, Craft Recordings – CR00513 |
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Country: | US |
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Genre: | Funk / Soul, Blues |
Style: | Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Soul |
Tracklist
| A1 | Born Under A Bad Sign | 2:45 | |
| A2 | Crosscut Saw | 2:31 | |
| A3 | Kansas City | 2:29 | |
| A4 | Oh, Pretty Woman | 2:45 | |
| A5 | Down Don't Bother Me | 2:13 | |
| A6 | The Hunter | 2:43 | |
| B1 | I Almost Lost My Mind | 3:25 | |
| B2 | Personal Manager | 4:28 | |
| B3 | Laundromat Blues | 3:19 | |
| B4 | As The Years Go Passing By | 3:43 | |
| B5 | The Very Thought Of You | 3:45 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Concord
- Manufactured By – Concord
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Craft Recordings
- Copyright © – Craft Recordings
- Pressed By – Memphis Record Pressing – MRP3652
- Published By – East (2)
- Published By – East Side (2)
- Published By – Armo
- Published By – St. Louis
- Published By – Lion (5)
- Published By – Campbell Connelly
- Published By – M. Witmark & Sons
- Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 40105
- Lacquer Cut At – Take Out Vinyl
Credits
- Cover – Loring Eutemey
- Design [Cover Design] – Loring Eutemey
- Lacquer Cut By – J Powell*
- Liner Notes – Deanie Parker
- Supervised By – Jim Stewart
Notes
180g reissue celebrating the Blues legend's centennial. All analog mastering from the original stereo tapes by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl.
℗ 2022 & © 1967 Craft Recordings.
"Made in the USA" on back cover.
Runouts are etched
℗ 2022 & © 1967 Craft Recordings.
"Made in the USA" on back cover.
Runouts are etched
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Barcode (Stickered): 888072416888
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): CR00513 SIDE A RE-1 MRP3652 40105.1(3)... #4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): CR00513 SIDE B RE-1 MRP3652 40105.2(3)... J POWELL #7
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): CR00513 SIDE A RE-1 MRP3652 40105.1(3)... #7
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): CR00513 SIDE B RE-1 MRP3652 40105.2(3)... J POWELL #6
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): CR00513 SIDE A RE-1 MRP3652 40105.1(3)... #5
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): CR00513 SIDE B RE-1 MRP3652 40105.2(3)... J POWELL #5
Other Versions (5 of 49)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | Born Under A Bad Sign (LP, Album, Stereo, MO - Monarch Pressing) | Stax, Stax | S 723, S-723 | US | 1967 | ||
Recently Edited | Born Under A Bad Sign (LP, Mono, Album) | Stax | 723 | US | 1967 | ||
New Submission | Born Under A Bad Sign (LP, Album) | Stax | SD 723 | Canada | 1967 | ||
Recently Edited | Born Under A Bad Sign (LP, Album, Stereo) | Stax | S 723 | US | 1967 | ||
New Submission | Born Under A Bad Sign (LP, Album) | Stax, Atlantic | S 723 | Germany | 1967 |
Recommendations
2020 UK, Europe & USVinyl —LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2014 USVinyl —LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo
Reviews
- Not bad but not great… Doesn’t scream analog, I wonder if there was a digital pass to remove tape noise/hiss. It sounds a bit too compressed to my ears. I wonder if the Speaker Corner version is better, can’t compare unfortunately. My copy came with lots of debris on the surface. US cleaning took care of it and it’s mostly silent. Apart from that, nice heavy press that’s perfectly flat. 3/5
- Edited 5 months agoUnfortunately my copy has a terrible "woosh" throughout, especially noticable during quiet passages and during blank spaces between songs.
Also, the overall recording level is low, compounding the issue.
Having said that, it is free of snap, crackle, pops. Albert King's voice is buried behind the instruments.
Good to have for nostalgia, but I am not impressed with this reissue. YMMV. - Excellent. Perfectly flat, great sound. I appreciate that it came in an archival anti-static inner sleeve!
Flat, quiet, dynamic, sounds great. No more needs to be said. Excellent music and performance.!
Great sounding release, full recommended. Amazing record too. One of the three great "Kings"
Release
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