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The quality is excellent. I own two copies of the vinyl version of this album and have played them for the past 40 years, waiting for the CD version so that I could have the music in a more transportable version. I was concerned about loss of quality in a CD version. You can still hear Albert's fingers on the strings. Night Stomp is still the greatest.
One like few others. I'll keep this review brief. This CD is nothing less than a Blues guitar statement. An absolute must for Blues fans, period. Five stars are not enough for this CD.
It sounds sweeter, more well-rounded, powerful, diverse, and dead-on. I just came across this CD for real cheap, and boy was I glad I got it. Wow. I really love Albert King's work, and I always wish songs like "Blues Power" and "Blues at Sunrise" were much much longer because this type of slower blues has the sweetest licks. I have listened to lots of blues players of different types, and the guitar of Albert King is amazing, especially on this disc. I have his In Session CD live with SRV, which was a really strong CD, but this particular CD presents a better sound of his guitar, in my opinion. Get this CD. It radiates such warm, positive energy.
Each track on this one SMOKES BIG TIME. it's EXCELLENT. I just unwrapped this CD this afternoon, popped into the player and. The guitar is perfect, raw, loud and captivating. What an inspiration Mr. King must have been to Clapton et al. This is what I've been looking for since I expired all of Michael Bloomfield's stuff. If you love Bloomfield, you'll love this and vice versa.
ALL songs were great, and the "leftovers" that were placed on the Wednesday night in San Francisco and Thursday night in San Francisco were just as good. This CD is truly powerful guitar playing and great vocals. Albert is THE master. All three CD's form the greatest collection of the sweetest guitar playing ever. A must for ALL Blues and rock fans. As great as Live Wire / Blues Power is, it is very misleading to say that these were the best songs of the live SF shows. He was the TRUE master. It's amazing how few paople know about this secret pearl of music.
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