





Albert King - I Wanna Get Funky
Electric Guitar, Vocals: Albert King [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Albert King]
Rhythm Guitar: Donald Kinsey
Rhythm Section: The Bar-Kays & The Movement
Horns: The Memphis Horns
Strings: Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Backing Vocals: Hot Buttered Soul, Henry Bush
Arranged by Lester Snell (all tracks), Dale Warren (A3)
Written by Carl Smith (A1), Sir Mack Rice (A2), Sandy Jones (A3), Eddie Floyd (A4), Alvertis Isbell (A4), Henry Bush (A5, B1), Booker T. Jones (A5), Albert King (A5, B3), Dave Clark (B1), R.G. Ford (B4), Bobby Patterson (B5), Jerry Strickland (B5)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color: Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12"
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Rainbo Records
Label : Stax
Original Label : Stax
Recorded in 1972 at Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, TN
Engineered by Daryl Williams, Robert Jackson, William C. Brown III
Produced by Henry Bush, Allen Jones
Photography by Maldwin Hamlin
Originally released in 1974
Reissued in 2025
Tracks:
Side A:
- I Wanna Get Funky
- Playing on Me
- Walking the Back Streets and Crying
- 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone
Side B:
- Flat Tire
- I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues
- Travelin' Man
- Crosscut Saw
- That's What the Blues Is All About
Reviews:
"Another very solid, early-'70s outing." - AllMusic Review by Bill Dahl
Ratings:
Allmusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs: 4.17 / 5