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''I'll Play the Blues for You'' is the seventh studio album by
Albert King Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps b ...
released in 1972. In 2017, the single version of the title track was inducted in to the
Blues Hall of Fame The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum located at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1 ...
.


Track listing

#"I'll Play the Blues for You, Pts. 1-2" (
Jerry Beach Jerry Marlon Beach (December 11, 1941 – January 10, 2016) was an American blues musician. His father was stationed with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Oklahoma City. He spent his first two years of high school in London where he learned how to pla ...
) – 7:20 #"Little Brother (Make a Way)" (Henry Bush, Marshall Jones, Carl Smith) – 2:49 #"Breaking up Somebody's Home" (
Al Jackson Jr. Albert J. Jackson Jr. (November 27, 1935 – October 1, 1975) was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their ...
, Timothy Matthews) – 7:19 #"High Cost of Loving" (Sherwin Hamlett, Allen A. Jones) – 2:56 #"
I'll Be Doggone "I'll Be Doggone" is a 1965 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and released on the Tamla label. The song talks about how a man tells his woman that he'll be "doggone" about simple things but if she did him wrong that he'd be "long g ...
" ( Pete Moore,
Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...
,
Marvin Tarplin Marvin Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their bigges ...
) – 5:41 #"Answer to the Laundromat Blues" (Albert King) – 4:37 #"Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Wanna Come Back Across)" (Allen A. Jones, Carl Wells) – 5:07 #"Angel of Mercy" (
Homer Banks Homer Banks (August 2, 1941 – April 3, 2003) was an African American songwriter, singer and record producer. Although best known by many for his songwriting for Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s, some of his own releases from the 1960s are co ...
, Raymond Jackson) – 4:20 Bonus Tracks Stax Remasters 2012 (previously unreleased) #
  • "I'll Play the Blues for You" (alternate version) - 8:44 #"Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Want To Come Back Across)" (alternate version) - 5:13 #"I Need a Love" - 4:29 #"Albert's Stomp" - 2:18


    Personnel

    * Albert King – electric guitar, vocals *
    The Memphis Horns The Memphis Horns were an American horn section, made famous by their many appearances on Stax Records. The duo consisted of Wayne Jackson (November 24, 1941 – June 21, 2016) on trumpet and Andrew Love (November 21, 1941 - April 12, 2012) on ...
    – horns *
    The Bar-Kays The Bar-Kays are an American funk band formed in 1964. The band had dozens of record chart, charting single (music), singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" (US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number 17, Hot R&B/Hip ...
    &
    The Movement The Movement may refer to: Politics * The Movement (Iceland), a political party in Iceland * The Movement (Israel), a political party in Israel, led by Tzipi Livni * Civil rights movement, the African-American political movement * The Movemen ...
    – rhythm section *
    Allen Jones Allen Jones may refer to: *Allen Jones (Continental Congress) (1739–1798), Continental Congress delegate *Allen Jones (artist) (born 1937), British pop artist *Allen Jones (record producer) (1940–1987), American record producer *A.J. Styles (Al ...
    - arrangements, producer * Henry Bush - arrangements, engineer, producer *Bernard Nagler - photography


    References

    {{Authority control 1972 albums Albert King albums Albums produced by Allen Jones (record producer) Stax Records albums