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Beach Boy Bruce Johnston reviews new singles in Blind Date

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 19 August 1967

VANILLA FUDGE: 'You Keep Me Hanging On' (Atlantic). Oh! I love it. Oh it's great. I didn't recognise the beginning at first. Yeah, Vanilla Fudge. ...

James Brown, Box Tops, Albert King, Otis Redding et al, Album Reviews

Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 18 May 1968

Loads of R&B albums including Otis' great Dock Of The Bay LP ...

Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign (Stax)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 8 June 1968

'Born Under A Bad Sign'; 'Crosscut Saw'; 'Kansas City'; 'Oh, Pretty Woman'; 'Down Don't Bother Me'; 'The Hunter'; 'I Almost Lost My Mind'; 'Personal Manager'; ...

Tempo: Albert King #1

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, July 1968

As Told To Jim Delehant ...

Tempo: Albert King # 2

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, September 1968

As Told To Jim Delehant ...

Albert King: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY

Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 17 October 1968

Albert King, Guitarist, Gives Loud Support to Blues Power ...

Buddy Guy, Albert King, King Curtis: Village Gate, New York City

Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 15 February 1969

NEW YORK — The world of music moves closer as the long-established jazz spot, the Village Gate, took a brief weekend — but possibly regular ...

The Byrds, Albert King: Rose Palace, Pasadena CA

Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1969

Byrds in Spotlight at Pasadena Rose Palace ...

Albert King: Years Gone By (Stax STS2010)

Review by Loyd Grossman, Fusion, 26 July 1969

MEMO FROM: Loyd Grossman TO: Albert King Concerning: Years Gone By ...

Albert King, Poco, the Chambers Brothers: The Pavilion, Flushing Meadows, Queens NY

Live Review by Danny Goldberg, Billboard, 6 September 1969

King of the Blues Courts Fans ...

Platter Chatter: albums from Crosby Stills & Nash, Muddy Waters & more

Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, November 1969

CROSBY STILLS & NASH is an exquisite collection of words from this triumvirate. Steve Stills, the moody ex-Buffalo, seems to be the anchor here, as ...

Albert King, Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 5 November 1969

THE HERO of our times is a man who plays blues guitar, and the hero of heroes is Albert King. Huge, gentle, he holds his ...

Albert King: Royal Albert Hall, London

Live Review by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 5 November 1969

THE HERO of our times is a man who plays blues guitar, and the hero of heroes is Albert King. Huge, gentle, he holds his ...

Albert King, Otis Spann et al: American Folk, Blues & Gospel Festival, Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Jerry Gilbert, Melody Maker, 8 November 1969

JOHN LEE HOOKER'S absence from the American Folk, Blues & Gospel Festival was without the consequence that at first seemed likely when the tour opened ...

Albert King: Talking to the King

Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 8 November 1969

IT HAS taken a long time for Albert King to get to this country. But now he is among us there can be little doubt ...

Wattstax (dir. Mel Stuart, Stax)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 10 February 1973

ISAAC HAYES, ROD STEWART and assorted FACES were at the preview of a new soul film. So was MM's RICHARD WILLIAMS... ...

Albert King: I Wanna Get Funky

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 15 February 1975

I WANNA GET Funky is the best album I've heard all year. ...

Various Blues Albums

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 3 May 1975

If you're a living blues master, are you better off dead? ...

Albert King Delineates the Blues...

Interview by Lita Eliscu, Phonograph Record, August 1976

Lita Eliscu Listens! ...

Albert King an' where he's comin' from

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 10 August 1976

Been stood up by your girl? Low on cash? Behind with your payments? Then you must know the blues. They'll be around as long as ...

Albert King: Truckload Of Lovin'

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 30 October 1976

HOT DAMN! Way it looks to this white boy, Albert King just has to be to the blues what John Wayne is to cowboy movies, ...

Stacks of Stax: Stax Releases

Review by Pete Wingfield, Melody Maker, 26 May 1979

Steve Cropper/Pop Staples/Albert King: Jammed Together (Stax 3009) Booker T & The MGs: Time Is Tight — The Best Of… (Stax STX 3007) The Emotions: ...

Albert King: Full Circle For Albert King

Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 11 September 1983

Albert King is no stranger to passing pop fashions. ...

Albert King: An Old Blues Artist Is Easing Away

Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 1990

"It's Time to Quit," Says Famed Guitarist Albert King, 67 ...

Albert King: An Interview

Interview by Steve Newton, The Georgia Straight, 30 August 1990

THE INFLUENCE of the blues on British supergroups is well documented. The Stones, Zeppelin, Cream – they all lapped up the seminal works of people ...

Albert King/Otis Rush: Door To Door

Sleeve notes by Don Snowden, Chess Records, Fall 1990

CERTAINLY IT made sense for Chess to release an album combining the handful of songs recorded by Albert King and Otis Rush during their short-lived ...

An Interview with Albert King

Interview by Alan Paul, Guitar World, July 1991

2003 note: Just days after I became the Guitar World Managing Editor in February 1991, I sat at my desk listening two of my colleagues ...

Blues Guitarist Albert King Left An Indelible Legacy

Report by Fred Shuster, Los Angeles Daily News, 27 December 1992

AT LEAST as it applied to blues and rock artists, Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns got it right when he said the late Albert ...

Albert King, 1923-1992

Obituary by Robert Gordon, L.A. Weekly, 7 January 1993

ALBERT KING performed in overalls to the very end, even when he wore a tux. Like his music, King was urban but not ashamed of ...

Albert King: 1923-1992

Obituary by John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 4 February 1993

Blues master dies at age sixty-nine ...

Stax: The Stax Story

Review by Ian MacDonald, Uncut, March 2001

Four-disc overview for the label that brought you sweet soul music ...

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