Slated for release by Elemental Music exclusively for Record Store Day on April 18, 2026, the album Feeling Alright: The Complete 1975 Nancy Jazz Pulsation Concerts is a limited-edition 3-LP set capturing Blues guitarist Freddie King live before more than 50,000 fans at France’s Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival in October 1975. That was also the final full year of his life.
Previously unreleased and sourced from original ORTF (Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française) recordings, the newly restored 180-gram vinyl set documents an essential Blues artist who deeply impacted modern Blues and Rock.
Issued in cooperation with the Freddie King Estate, the set is produced by award-winning reissue producer Zev Feldman. Mixing and sound restoration for the recordings was done by Marc Doutrepont (EQuuS), with mastering by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. CD and digital editions will also follow on April 24, 2026.
Freddie King was known as “the Texas Cannonball” and fused tradition with modern energy. Onstage, his commanding presence directly influenced players from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The set includes King’s classic instrumentals, including “Sen-Sa-Shun,” and Magic Sam’s “Lookin’ Good” and vocal performances such as “Have You Ever Loved a Woman,” seguéd into B.B. King’s “Whole Lot of Lovin’.”
King also delivers readings of Blues standards including “Sweet Little Angel,” “Got My Mojo Working,” “The Things I Used to Do,” “Sweet Home Chicago,” “Messin’ with the Kid,” “Danger Zone,” and “Stormy Monday.”
King also includes two Rock staples that had become part of his live repertoire: Dave Mason’s “Feelin’ Alright” (popularized by Traffic and Joe Cocker) and Don Nix’s “Goin’ Down.” In all, the collection features sixteen performances across six sides of vinyl.
The album features King on guitar and vocals, joined by Alvin Hemphill on organ, Ed Lively, guitar, Lewis Stephens, piano, Benny Turner on bass, and Calep Emphrey, on drums. At the time, King was appearing at the Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival as part of a five- or six-week run through France.
The set also includes liner notes by music journalist and historian Cary Baker, author of Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music, along with comments from reissue producer Zev Feldman and appreciations from King’s daughter and estate administrator Wanda King, as well as ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons.
As Feldman notes in his reissue producer’s statement:
Freddie King is and remains a king indeed — a defining figure in blues and rock guitar. These recordings capture a moment when he was transcending audiences and influencing players around the world. It’s also been deeply meaningful to work with his daughter, Wanda King, as we set out not only to release this music, but to celebrate Freddie’s legacy and the impact he made. These performances present him at his very best — and they’re thrilling to hear.
