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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: COLLINS,ALBERT
EAN: 0014551471929
Label: Alligator Records
Manufacturer: Alligator Records
MPN: 014551471929
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Alligator Records
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Alligator Records
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Media Type: CD
Artist: COLLINS,ALBERT
Title: FROSTBITE
Street Release Date: 07/22/1988
Domestic
Genre: BLUES
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Rating:  - Albert Collins' Frostbite CD a winner
Albert Collins' "Frostbite" CD is a winner, and is great old-school material. This album was recorded during an era when musicians actually played their axes in the studio and live in concert.
The old-school guitarists were so busy playing, they forgot to pose for the cameras. Sadly, the reverse is true in many contemporary settings.
A bit of historical perspective is needed in order to appreciate the late blues guitarist Albert Collins, who was a natural juke joint musician ... Read More
Rating:  - Fine follow-up to "Ice Pickin'"
"Frostbite" may not be as well known as Albert Collins' commercial zenith, the 1978 album "Ice Pickin'", but it is nevertheless a fine effort.
Featuring a handful of excellent musicians, "Frostbite" includes some of Collins' best songs, like the supremely funky "If You Love Me Like You Say" and the wonderful piano-driven "The Highway Is Like A Woman", and he is backed by a five-man horn section which plays soulful riffs and fills without ever overwhelming Collins himself.
The excellent drummer ... Read More
Rating: - Brick (but not goldbricking)
The instrumental tunes really kick, and the lyrics Collins comes up with are so cold, you can feel the Hawk comin' across Lake Michigan...
Get this one from Alligator records - it's definitely worth the cost of admission, folks. You'll not find a better Telecaster player than Albert Collins. (I'd heard that his volume knob on his amp went past 10, to 11, but I didn't believe it 'til I saw him live in California - I couldn't verify that it wasn't simply painted on, but it sure did sound like he was ... Read More
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