Live Wire/Blues Power

Live Wire / Blues Power
Live album by
Albert King
ReleasedNovember 1968
Recorded1968
VenueFillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
GenreBlues
Length38:16
LabelStax[1]
ProducerAl Jackson Jr.
Albert King chronology
Born Under a Bad Sign
(1967) 		Live Wire / Blues Power
(1968) 		Years Gone By
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Mojo[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Live Wire/Blues Power is a blues album by Albert King.[8] It was recorded live in 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium.[9] Leftovers from the recordings were released on the albums Wednesday Night in San Francisco and Thursday Night in San Francisco.[10]

The album peaked at No. 150 on the Billboard 200.[11]

  1. ^ Sutton, Bob (16 Jan 1993). "Albert King reshaped urban blues". Toronto Star. p. G3.
  2. ^ "Live Wire/Blues Power - Albert King | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 841.
  4. ^ Wilson, Lois (October 2024). "Albert King: Live Wire Blues Power". Mojo. No. 371. p. 95.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 630.
  6. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  7. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 394.
  8. ^ "Albert King | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Folkart, Burt A. (23 Dec 1992). "Albert King: Influential Blues Guitarist". Los Angeles Times. p. 22.
  10. ^ Snowden, Don (7 Apr 1991). "Still Bluesy After All These Years". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 66.
  11. ^ "Albert King". Billboard.