Albert King - Hard Bargain
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1 Overall Junction
Written-By – Albert King
2:19
2 Funk-Shun
Written-By – Albert King
3:43
3 You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain
Written-By – Crutcher*, Jones*
3:17
4 You're Gonna Need Me
Written-By – King*Written-by [Uncredited] – Al Jackson Jr.
2:48
5 As The Years Go Passing By
Written-By – Deadric Malone
2:49
6 Drownin' On Dry Land
Written-By – Jones*, Gregory*
4:23
7 Heart Fixing Business
Written-By – Jones*, Banks*
3:26
8 The Sky Is Crying
Written-By – Elmore James
5:29
9 I Get Evil
Written-By – Albert King
3:29
10 Shake 'Em Down
Written-By – Don Nix
3:09
11 I Believe To My Soul
Written-By – Ray Charles
4:36
12 Got To Be Some Changes Made
Written-By – Albert King
4:29
13 Alberts Groove #2
Written-By – Albert King
2:32

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed By – ZYX Music – SCD 8594-2
  • Manufactured By – ZYX Music

Credits

  • Bass – David Hood (tracks: 10), Donald "Duck" Dunn (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), James Alexander (tracks: 9, 12)
  • Drums – Al Jackson Jr. (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Roger Hawkins (tracks: 10), Willie Hall (tracks: 9, 12)
  • Guitar – Michael Toles (tracks: 9, 12), Steve Cropper (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
  • Guitar [Rhythm] – Jimmy Johnson (tracks: 10), Tippy Armstrong (tracks: 10), Wayne Perkins (tracks: 10)
  • Keyboards – Barry Beckett (tracks: 10)
  • Liner Notes – Lee Hildebrand
  • Organ – Isaac Hayes (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
  • Piano [Or Organ] – Booker T. Jones (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
  • Producer – Al Jackson Jr. (tracks: 1 to 9, 13), Albert King (tracks: 9, 12), Don Nix (tracks: 10)
  • Saxophone – Andrew Love (tracks: 1 to 8, 9, 12, 13), Packy Axton* (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Ed Logan (tracks: 9, 12), Fred Ford (tracks: 9, 12), Joe Arnold (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Tommie Williams* (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
  • Trumpet – Ben Cauley (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Wayne Jackson (tracks: 1 to 8, 9, 12, 13)
  • Vocals, Guitar – Albert King (tracks: 1 to 13)

Notes

Tracks 1 to 4 previously released as Stax singles [Stax 190, Stax 197, Stax 241 & Stax 252]
Tracks 5 to 13 are previously unissued alternate takes. For track 11 no session-data is available. According to Lee Hildebrands liner notes these tracks are drawn form studio recordings cut between 1966 and 1971. Recorded in Memphis, except for track 10, which was recorded at Muscle Shoals, Al.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 90204 45132 6
  • Label Code: LC0914

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SCD-8594-2 Albert King Hard Bargain ‎(CD, Comp, RM) Stax SCD-8594-2 US 1995

Albert King - Hard Bargain

Performer: Albert King

Album Title: Hard Bargain

Genre: Blues

Label: Stax ‎– SCD 8594-2
Type: CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: Germany
Date of released: 1995
Category: Blues
Style: Electric Blues

MP3 album zip size: 1345 mb

FLAC album zip size: 1717 mb

Rating: 4.6 / 5

Votes: 441

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