Blues at Sunset

Live album by Albert King

Released

1973

Recorded

August 20, 1972 (Wattstax) and July 1, 1973 (Montreux)

Genre

Blues

Length

49:21

Label

Stax Records

Producer

Al Bell (Wattstax)

Albert King chronology

I'll Play The Blues For You
(1972)

Blues at Sunset
(1973)

Blues at Sunrise
(1973)

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Blues at Sunset is a Blues album by Albert King, recorded live at Wattstax (August 20, 1972) and at the Montreux Jazz Festival (July 1, 1973), and released in 1973. Additional material recorded at the 1973 Montreux festival would be released in his later albums Montreux Festival and Blues At Sunrise.

Track listing

"Match Box Blues" (Albert King) – 4:41
"Got To Be Some Changes Made" (Albert King, Conrad) – 5:31
"I'll Play the Blues For You" (Jerry Beach) – 5:40
"Killing Floor" (Chester Burnett) – 3:37
"Angel of Mercy" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson) – 5:02
"Match Box Blues" (Albert King) – 5:22
"Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 2:35
"Breaking Up Somebody's Home" (Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews) – 5:02
"Stormy Monday" (Aaron "T-Bone" Walker) – 11:51

Wattstax #1-#5. Montreux #6-#9.

Personnel (Wattstax)

Albert King - Electric guitar and vocals
other personnel unknown

Wattstax recording by Wally Heider Studios.

Personnel (Montreux)

Albert King - Electric guitar and vocals
Donald Kinsey - Electric guitar
Rick Watson - Tenor Saxophone
Norville Hodges - Trumpet
Wilbur Thompson - Trumpet
James Washington - Organ
Bill Rennie - Bass
Sam King - drums

Montreux recording by SR (Radio Suisse) staff.

Digital Remastering : 1993, Phil de Lancie (Phantasy Studios, Berkeley).

Albert King

Studio albums	The Big Blues (1962) Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) Years Gone By (1969) Blues for Elvis - King Does the King's Things (1970) Lovejoy (1971) I'll Play the Blues for You (1972) I Wanna Get Funky (1974) The Pinch aka The Blues Don't Change (1974)

Live albums	Live Wire/Blues Power (1968) Blues at Sunrise (1988) Wednesday Night In San Francisco (1990) Thursday Night in San Francisco (1990) Blues at Sunset (1993) In Session (1999)

Compilations	Wattstax (1972) Montreux Festival (1974) Hard Bargain (1996)

Singles	"I Get Evil" (1962) "Crosscut Saw" (1967) "Born Under a Bad Sign" (1967) "As the Years Go Passing By" (1969) "The Hunter" (1969) "The Very Thought of You" (1979)

Other songs	"Kansas City" (1967) "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1967) "Watermelon Man" (1968) "Every Day I Have the Blues" (1968) "Drifting Blues" (1968) "Killing Floor" (1969) "The Sky Is Crying" (1969) "You Don't Love Me" (1969) "Hound Dog" (1970) "What'd I Say" (1971) "She Caught the Katy" (1971) 1972: "I'll Be Doggone" (1972) 1973: "Match Box Blues" (1973) "Stormy Monday" (1973) 1976: "I'm Ready" (1976) "My Babe" (1976) "Dust My Broom" (1984) "Red House" (1992)

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