The tapes of this Albert King/John Mayall album were discovered by Bill Belmont in 1986 while rummaging through the Stax vaults looking for Albert King tapes for an album of unreleased blues material. It was produced by John Mayall at Wolfman Jack Studios in Los Angeles on August 28, 1971.
As to why it wasn't released at the time of its recording, Mayall said "The intent was to make it different from the Stax sound. I accomplished that but also got it canned because Stax obviously couldn't cope with that. It didn't sound like their stuff, so they didn't release it."
It is an inspired pairing of King, one of the most influential guitar stylist of the modern blues, and Mayall, the chief conceptualist of the British blues revival of the Sixties. It sounds different from anything King had recorded before or since, a three-way fusion of Mississippi Delta blues, British blues, and Los Angeles jazz.
Recorded at Wolfman Jack Studios, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.
Tracklist:
01. She Won't Gimme No Lovin'
02. Cold In Hand
03. Stop Lying
04. All The Way Down
05. Tell Me What True Love Is
06. Down The Road I Go
07. Money Lovin' Women
08. Sun Gone Down (take 1)
09. Brand New Razor
10. Sun Gone Down (take 2)
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