Freddie King – Getting Ready...

 

 

 

 

 Freddie King – Getting Ready: A Blues Masterpiece That Still Shines

 

 

 

Shelter Records 1971  – SW-8905

 

 notes:

Getting Ready... is an album by the American musician Freddie King, released in 1971.
 It was the first of three albums he recorded for Shelter Records. 
The album contains "Going Down", which became one of King's most popular songs.
 King supported Getting Ready... with a North American tour.
This LP is a must-listen for anyone passionate about blues, bridging the gap between 
classic blues and the emerging blues-rock of the early ’70s.

credits:

    Backing Vocals – Claudia Lennear, Don Preston , Joey Cooper, Kathi McDonald
    Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn
    Drums – Charles Myers, Chuck Blackwell
    Guitar – Don Preston 
    Guitar, Vocals – Freddie King
    Organ – Jon Gallie
    Piano, Guitar – Leon Russell

    Recorded at Ter-Mar Chess Studios
    Engineer – John Fry
    Producer – Don Nix, Leon Russell

  tracklist:

A1        Same Old Blues
Written-By – Don Nix
    3:57
A2        Dust My Broom
Written-By – Elmore James
    3:10
A3        Worried Life Blues
Written-By – Big Maco*
    2:50
A4        Five Long Years
Written-By – Eddie Boyd
    4:20
A5        Key To The Highway
Written-By – Bill Broonzy*, Charles Segar
    3:24
B1        Going Down
Written-By – Don Nix
    3:21
B2        Living On The Highway
Written-By – Don Nix, Leon Russell
    4:14
B3        Walking By Myself
Written-By – Lane*
    2:50
B4        Tore Down
Written-By – Freddie King
    4:09
B5        Palace Of The King
Written-By – Don Nix, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Leon Russell
    3:38

 

 

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