I’d Rather Be Blind

~ Recording by Freddie King

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5I’d Rather Be Blind3:46Freddie KingTexas CannonballFreddie KingAlbum
Shelter Records (70s US label)SW 8913
1.10I'd Rather Be Blind3:44Freddie KingThe Best of Freddie KingFreddie KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-04-02
DCC Compact Classics8010, SRZ-8010
1.5I’d Rather Be Blind3:46Freddie KingThe Texas CannonballFreddie KingAlbum
  • US1991-07-01
DCC Compact Classics, Shelter Records (70s US label)SRZ-8018
1.15I'd Rather Be Blind3:44Freddie KingKing of the BluesFreddie KingAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)CDEM 1580
1.5I’d Rather Be Blind3:46Freddie KingTexas CannonballFreddie KingAlbum
Shelter Recording Company Inc., The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG)72438 5386725
1.7I'd Rather Be Blind3:45Freddie KingThe Best of Freddie King: The Shelter Records YearsFreddie KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-06-20
The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG)72435-27245-2-9
7.3I’d Rather Be Blind3:46Freddie KingTaking Care of BusinessFreddie KingAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 16979

Relationships

recording engineer:Peter Nicholls (engineer)
producer:Denny Cordell
Leon Russell
mixer:John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios)
bass guitar:Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
guitar:Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist)
Don Preston (blues guitarist)
instruments:Al Jackson (drummer)
piano:Leon Russell
lead vocals:Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist)
recorded at:Skyhill Studios (Leon Russell's home studio) in Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
sampled by:Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210 by 3rd Bass
recording of:I’d Rather Be Blind

Related works

I’d Rather Be Blind

lyricist and composer:Leon Russell