Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Same Old Blues Written-By – Don Nix
A2	Dust My Broom Written-By – Elmore James
A3	Worried Life Blues Written-By – Big Maco*
A4	Five Long Years Written-By – Eddie Boyd
A5	Key To The Highway Written-By – Bill Broonzy*, Charles Segar
B1	Going Down Written-By – Don Nix
B2	Living On The Highway Written-By – Don Nix, Leon Russell
B3	Walking By Myself Written-By – Lane*
B4	Tore Down Written-By – Freddie King
B5	Palace Of The King Written-By – Don Nix, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Leon Russell

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Ter Mar Studios
• Remixed At – Ardent Studios

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Claudia Lennear, Don Preston , Joey Cooper, Kathi McDonald
• Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn
• Design [Album] – Delusions Of Grandeur
• Drums – Charles Myers, Chuck Blackwell
• Engineer – John Fry
• Guitar – Don Preston
• Guitar, Vocals – Freddie King
• Organ – Jon Gallie
• Photography [Cover] – Ed Caraeff
• Photography [Liner] – Mark Robyn
• Piano, Guitar – Leon Russell
• Producer – Don Nix, Leon Russell

Notes

On front of the sleeve:
Stereo SW-8905
Freddie King
Getting Ready...
Shelter Records with Superman egg logo with bar (see below)

There exist two copies, the original pressings have the red label with the "superman egg" logo without a bar across it. After a lawsuit about the Superman logo, the later editions were released with a black bar across this Superman logo.

On the label:
Superman egg logo with bar
Getting Ready
Freddie King
Stereo SW-8905 (SW 1-8905 and SW 2-8905)
Distributed by Capitol Records, Inc.

Title of A3 on the label, Worried My Life No More, differs from the title on the back of the sleeve, Worried Life Blues. The writer of this song on the label is Willie Dixon, while on the back of the sleeve it is Big Maco.
Title of B4 on the label, I'm Tore Down, differs from the title on the back of the sleeve, Tore Down. The writer of this song on the label is Sonny Thompson, while on the back of the sleeve it is Freddie King.

Recorded at Ter-Mar Chess Studios, Chicago
Remixed at Ardent Studios, Memphis

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Run-Out Groove Side 1): SHE-1-8905-F1
• Matrix / Runout (Run-Out Groove Side 2): SHE-2-8905-F1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SHE-8905	Freddie King	Getting Ready... ‎(LP, Album)	Shelter Records	SHE-8905	US	1971
6369 102	Freddie King	Getting Ready... ‎(LP, Album)	Philips	6369 102	Brazil	1973
APB-8905, SHE-8905	Freddie King	Getting Ready... ‎(LP, Album, RE, 200)	Analogue Productions, Analogue Productions	APB-8905, SHE-8905	US	2011
AMLS 65004	Freddie King	Getting Ready... ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	AMLS 65004	UK	1971
SW-8905	Freddie King	Getting Ready... ‎(LP, Album)	Shelter Records	SW-8905	Canada	1971