After his two recordings for the Atlantic/Cotillion label (see my previous post) and his notable appearance at the 1969 Texas Pop Festival, he was was signed to Leon Russell's Shelter Records label, where he was to release 3 records. 'Getting Ready...' was the first of these, including some well-known blues covers and some fine originals, notably the first recording of the Don Nix composition 'Going Down', later covered by Jeff Beck and many others.
The album was recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago in October 1970, released in April 1971, and features :
Freddie King - Guitar & Vocals, Leon Russell - Piano & Guitar, Don Preston - Guitar, Jon Gallie - Organ, Donald 'Duck' Dunn - Bass, Charles Blackwell & Charles Myers - Drums, plus Backing Vocals
This is from my CD version on Sequel Records and includes 2 bonus tracks :
01 Same Old Blues 02 Dust My Broom 03 Worried Life Blues 04 Five Long Years 05 Key To The Highway 06 Going Down 07 Living On The Highway 08 Walking By Myself 09 Tore Down 10 Palace Of The King ... Bonus Tracks... 11 Gimme Some Lovin' 12 Send Me Someone To Love
I will post the next 2 Shelter albums 'The Texas Cannonball' (1972) and 'Woman Across The Water' (1973) in the near future ... Enjoy
