Ben E. King Rough Edges

Wilson Pickett and Steve Cropper’s “In the Midnight Hour” has proved durable enough to survive countless interpretations over the years. This version shows up on King’s aptly named Rough Edges, a 1970 one-off LP for Maxwell Records. The record finds the former Drifter delivering an uncharacteristically loose, but truly gorgeous, set of almost psychedelic country-soul. King would never release another record like this, so enjoy.