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Truckin' with Albert Collins
Studio album by Albert Collins
Released	1969
Recorded	1962, 1963, 1965
Studio	Gold Star (Houston, Texas)
Genre	Blues
Label	Blue Thumb
Producer	Bill Hall
Albert Collins chronology
Alive and Cool (1969) Truckin' with Albert Collins (1969) There's Gotta Be a Change (1971)

Truckin' with Albert Collins is an album by the American musician Albert Collins, released in 1969. It was originally released as The Cool Sounds of Albert Collins, in 1965. It was reissued by MCA Records in 1991.

Production

Produced by Bill Hall, the album was recorded at Gold Star Studios, in Houston, Texas. Nine of the tracks, recorded in 1962 and 1963, had already been released as singles; "Icy Blue", "Kool Aide", and "Shiver 'n Shake" date to April 1965 sessions. The initial Blue Thumb release was channeled for stereo sound. Many of the tracks employ a horn section. Collins used open D-minor and F-minor tunings and played without a pick. He sings on "Dyin' Flu", perhaps his first recorded vocal performance.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues

The Detroit Free Press opined that "the dynamic levels, moods, metronomic speeds, and rhythms ... are so very similar that it's practically impossible to tell one selection from another." The Province said that Collins has "striven for an instrumental approach that, while acknowledging the profound influence of Walker and King, is an immediately recognizable, wholly personable mode of expression." The Edmonton Journal praised the "hard-drivin, fast-rollin contemporary blues... Easily the best modern interpreter of old-style 'truckin'' blues."

The San Francisco Examiner stated that the 1991 reissue "restores a crucial classic of the literature." AllMusic wrote that "his trademark sound is in place—his leads are stinging, piercing and direct." The Rolling Stone Album Guide noted the "eerie tone clusters."

Track listing

References

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2. Gregory, Hugh (2003). Roadhouse Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Texas R&B. Backbeat. p. 180.
3. Richmond, Dick (Aug 10, 1984). "Blues in the Night with Albert Collins". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 3C.
4. ^ Selvin, Joel (Dec 8, 1991). "Pop CDs". Datebook. San Francisco Examiner. p. 51.
5. ^ Bradley, Andy; Wood, Roger (2010). House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios. University of Texas Press. p. 129.
6. ^ Hadley, Frank-John (1993). The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD. Grove Press. p. 47.
7. Sunier, John (Jul 4, 1970). "Truckin' with Albert Collins". Daily Independent Journal. p. TV8.
8. Brewer, Steve (Jan 24, 1992). "CD Revival Brings Blues Back to Life". Albuquerque Journal. p. C4.
9. Lawson, Terry (Nov 1, 1979). "'The cool sound': That's Albert Collins' guitar style". Journal Herald. Dayton. p. 25.
10. Iglauer, Bruce; Roberts, Patrick (2018). Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story. University of Chicago Press. p. 112.
11. ^ "Truckin' with Albert Collins Review by Thom Owens". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
12. MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 86.
13. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 129.
14. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 152.
15. Larkin, Colin (2013). The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Virgin.
16. Ashby, Dorothy (Jul 20, 1969). "Record Reviews". Detroit Free Press. p. 8D.
17. Darrell, Wayne (Aug 15, 1969). "Collins goes truckin' to success". Grooves. The Province. p. 10.
18. Harvey, Lana (Sep 5, 1969). "Popular Records". Edmonton Journal. p. 58.

• Albert Collins albums
• 1969 albums
• Blue Thumb Records albums