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It's not, though. "Door To Door" is merely a collection of the few singles that King and Rush recorded during their short tenure with the Chess brothers in Chicago.
It's still a good album, however, and I suppose this way of re-issuing King's eight and Rush's six singles is better than putting out two seperate CDs.
Albert King, the older of the two men, does a great T-Bone Walker on "Bad Luck" (excellent piano playing on that one, courtesy of "Little" Johnny Jones), and "Won't Be Hangin' Around" is one of his greatest slow blues.
King also shines on the soulful, saxophone-driven "Searchin' For A Woman", and he does a very credible "Howlin' For My Darling" (originally written for Howlin' Wolf).
You should note that three of the six Otis Rush numbers are remakes of songs that he cut just a couple of years earlier with Cobra Records (not that they're not great), but this 1960 session also produced the original version of one of his best songs, the smouldering "So Many Roads, So Many Trains", which features what must be one of the greatest slow blues guitar solo of all time, as well as soulful blues piano playing by Lafayette Leake.
("Oddie" Payne is credited as Rush's drummer. It's "Odie". Like the dog!)
This is not an essential purchase perhaps (all the best songs can be found on other albums), but it is a very enjoyable collection of the few songs that these two excellent guitar players cut for the biggest blues label in town, and the quality of the material is high all the way through.
There is a great groove throughout this album, trademark of the chess sound, and material to match. Otis' voice is intensely passionate and captivating, mirroring his fiery guitar work. King's thick-toned vocals also seem at one with the burning notes that reasonate, brimming with tone, from his signature flying v.
If you already own king's later albums for stax, these chess sessions are essential for seeing just to see the emergence of his exquisitely expressive and much-copied guitar sound.
If you are a fan of otis' cobra sessions, the tracks on this album are equally brilliant and a superb remake of All Your Love is included.
It should also be noted that chess stalwarts and blues legends matt "guitar" murphy and willie dixon feature on this album, the former surprisingly playing electric bass.
This is one of the favourite albums in my collection. BUY IT.
It dont get much better!
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