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Live Wire/Blues Power is a blues album by Albert King.[7] It was recorded live in 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium.[8] Leftovers from the recordings were released on the albums Wednesday Night in San Francisco and Thursday Night in San Francisco.[9]

Live Wire / Blues Power
Live album by Albert King
Released	November 1968
Recorded	1968
Venue	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
Genre	Blues
Length	38:16
Label	Stax[1]
Producer	Al Jackson Jr.
Albert King chronology
Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) Live Wire / Blues Power (1968) Years Gone By (1969)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

The album peaked at No. 150 on the Billboard 200.[10]

Production

The album was produced by Al Jackson Jr.[4]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone called the album "one man’s reworking of a classic format to make an intensely personal statement, invoking all the cliches without becoming for one second a cliche itself."[11] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music deemed it a "classic [that] introduced [King's] music to the white rock audience."[3]

Track listing

1. "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 4:04
2. "Blues Power" (Albert King) – 10:18
3. "Night Stomp" (Raymond Jackson, King) – 5:49
4. "Blues at Sunrise" (King) – 8:44
5. "Please Love Me" (B.B. King, Jules Taub) – 4:01
6. "Look Out" (King) – 5:20[2]

Personnel

• Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
• Willie James Exon – guitar
• James Washington – organ
• Roosevelt Pointer – bass
• Son Seals – drums

Technical

• Bill Halverson, Ron Capone - engineer
• Ivan Nagy - cover photograph

References

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