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Albert King

Discography

The most important albums with Albert King's music are listed below. There are various other compilations, but these do not include additional content. Taken as a whole, this is the life work of an incredibly prolific and creative artist: a truly great musician.

The Big Blues Born Under a Bad Sign Live Wire/Blues Power Years Gone By King of The Blues Guitar Blues for Elvis Lovejoy Jammed Together I'll Play The Blues For You

1962The Big BluesKing Records
1967Born Under a Bad SignStax Records
1968Live Wire/Blues PowerStax Records
1969Years Gone ByStax Records
1969King Of The Blues GuitarAtlantic Records
1970Blues for Elvis: King does the King's ThingStax Records
1971LovejoyStax Records
1971Jammed Together (with Steve Cropper and Pops Staples)Stax Records
1972I'll play the Blues for YouStax Records

 
Blues at Sunset Blues at Sunrise Montreux Festival Recordings from the Montreux Jazz Festival (July 1, 1973)

1993Blues At SunsetStax Records
1988Blues At SunriseStax Records
1974Montreux Festival (with Chico Hamilton and Little Milton)Stax Records

 
I Wanna Get Funky The Blues Don't Change Truckload of Lovin' Albert Travellin' To California Live The Pinch King Albert I'll Play The Blues For You

1974I Wanna Get FunkyStax Records
1974The Blues Don't ChangeStax Records
1976Truckload of Lovin'Tomato Records
1976AlbertTomato Records
1976Travellin' To CaliforniaKing Records
1977LiveUtopia/Tomato Records
1977The Pinch (re-released as The Blues Don't Change in 1992)Stax Records
1977King AlbertTomato Records
1977I'll Play the Blues For You (with John Lee Hooker)Fantasy/Tomato Records

 
New Orleans Heat Masterworks San Francisco '83 Crosscut Saw I'm In A Phone Booth Baby Laundromat Blues The Lost Session The Best of Albert King Let's Have A Natural Ball

1978New Orleans HeatTomato Records
1982MasterworksAtlantic
1983San Francisco '83 aka Crosscut Saw: Albert King In San FranciscoFantasy / Stax Records
1984I'm in a Phone Booth BabyStax / Fantasy Records
1984Laundromat BluesEdsel (UK Compilation)
1986The Lost Session (with John Mayall)Stax Records
1986The Best Of Albert KingStax Records
1989Let's Have A Natural Ball (1950s and 1960s tracks)Modern Blues Recordings

 
Thursday Night in San Francisco Wednesday Night in San Francisco Door to Door Red House Chronicle Funky London Chicago1978

1990Thursday Night in San FranciscoStax Records
1990Wednesday Night In San FranciscoStax Records
1990Door To Door (With Otis Rush)MCA / Chess Records
1991Red HouseCastle / Essential
1992Chronicle (with Little Milton)Stax Records
1994Funky London (1969-1974 Collection)Stax Records
1994Chicago 1978Charly

 
Hard Bargain Rainin' in California Live In Canada In Session Godfather of the Blues Blues From The Road Live 69

1996Hard BargainStax Records
1998Rainin' in CaliforniaTomato Records
1999Live in CanadaCharly (1983)
1999In Session (With Stevie Ray Vaughan)Stax
2001Godfather of the Blues: His Last European TourP-Vine
2003Blues From the Road (Fuller version of 1977 Live album)Fuel2000
2003Live '69Tomato Records