Blues at Sunset explained

Blues at Sunset
Type:live
Artist:Albert King
Cover:BluesAtSunset.jpg
Released:1993
Recorded:August 20, 1972 (Wattstax) and July 1, 1973 (Montreux)
Genre:Blues
Length:49:21
Label:Stax Records
Producer:Al Bell (Wattstax)
Prev Title:Thursday Night in San Francisco
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Chicago 1978
Next Year:1994

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 1993. Material recorded at the 1973 Montreux festival had previously been released in his albums Montreux Festival and Blues At Sunrise.

Track listing

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

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

Personnel (Wattstax)

Wattstax recording by Wally Heider Studios.

Personnel (Montreux)

Montreux recording by SR (Radio Suisse) staff.

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