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Truckin With

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I went surfing thru Amazon.com and found the heading of 'Blues under $10. Stopped and looked around. There was the name of Albert Collins. I remembered playing some of his music in my days at college radio. And for less than $10.00, how could I go wrong. This has become a must have CD for any blues fan. The switch from analog of the early 60's to the digital CD of now is one of the best. The stye of the music he did almost 40 years ago still holds up. This may not be an album you want to hear everyday, but one to take you back and realize quality is quality whenever the recording was done. I just wish the CD was longer than 33 minutes. But in the world of vinyl...

These tunes are all instrumentals (except Dyin' Flu) and were recorded sometime in the early 60's, I believe. This is fantastic music that is just not made anymore. The songs are all short and there is a good variety on the basic instrumental combo. Every track is loaded with riffing horns, grooving organ and Albert's guitar. Think Grant Green with a sharp edge and a shuffle. If you want more, look for the enhanced version on the Blue City label titled The Cool Sound of Albert Collins. This CD expands upon the 12 tracks here and adds 11 more for a total of 23 tracks and there isn't a bad track in the lot. The sound is also great on these recordings. Either one is highly recommended!

A classic blues album with from Albert Collins. It could use a remastering job for sure but definitely good to have in your collection. It sounds a lot better on vinyl I might add.

"Truckin' with Albert Collins" is actually an abridged reissue of "The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins", which was out of print for a time (you can still get the original as an import cd). DO NOT mistake this reissue for "The Hot Cool Sounds Of Albert Collins," which is a live bootleg and not that great.

"The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins" is probably Albert's greatest album, and one of the greatest blues records ever recorded. If you can't get the original as an import cd, "Truckin" is well worth your effort. Awesome stuff.

very good blues album... the guitar licks are clearly Collins and if I had to pick a fault some songs/licks remind you of others. Still very good playing, übercool guitar tones and excellent backing. Different to the Kings' styles. Refreshing. Robben Ford loves this album and rightly so.

albert collins was one of the greatest blues guitar players of all time nuff said they used to play one of his songs on imus in the morning on msnbc so maybe he was'nt such a racist after all.