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Blues Summit by B.B. King (CD - 06/22/1993)

"Blues Summit" (06/22/1993) Blues King, B.B., MCA Records (USA)B.B. King Orchestra: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Leon Warren (guitar); Walter King, Melvin Jackson (saxophone); James Bolden (trumpet); James Toney, Michael Doster (bass); Calep Emphrey, Jr.(drums); Tony Coleman (percussion). Additional personnel: Vasti Jackson, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (guitars), Kim Wilson (harmonica); Lee Allen, Nancy Wright (saxophone); Ben Cauley (trumpet); Randy Waldman (synthesizer); Antoine Salley (percussion); Maxine Waters, Julia Tilman Waters, Maxayne Lewis (background vocals). Additional guest artists: Kim Wilson (vocals, harmonica), Irma Thomas (vocals), Katie Webster (piano, vocals), Joe Louis Walker (guitar, vocals), The Memphis Horns. Principally recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee from February 15-19, 1993 and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California from March 8-12, 1993. Contains liner notes by Andy McKaie. BLUES SUMMIT, a series of duets with a who's who of the blues, is classic B.B. King, probably his finest album of the 1990s. And if BLUES SUMMIT proves anything, it's that B.B. King is still hard, still a leader, still capable of raising the hairs on the back of your neck as he grooves into his sixth decade of preaching the blues. B.B. King isn't merely a blues innovator, he's a student of the music, an avid collector of blues, R&B and jazz recordings. It is precisely this depth of knowledge, and his abiding love for the music, that allows BLUES SUMMIT to transcend the pitfalls that usually undermine your average supersession. B.B. King consistently plays to the strengths of his collaborators on BLUES SUMMIT. Where B.B. King's modern blues style is urbane and swinging, the blues of John Lee Hooker are countrified and funky, harkening back to ancient oral traditions; yet they manage to reach a thrilling down home accord on "You Shook Me." Blues masters Robert Cray and Buddy Guy cut their teeth on B.B. King, and here they return the favor with wit and energy on "Playin' With My Friends" and "I Pity The Fool." His encounters with blues divas Koko Taylor, Ruth Brown, Etta James and Irma Thomas are dinstinguished by tenderness, good humor and soul, while Texas guitar legend Albert Collins inspires some torrid exchanges on "Call It Stormy Monday." And to top it all off is B.B.'s showcase on "I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood/Nobody Loves Me But My Mother," featuring one of his most fervent recorded solos in years. Still the King. BLUES SUMMIT won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Traditional Blues Album."

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Spotlight on Lucille by B.B. King (CD - 01/28/1992)

"Spotlight on Lucille" (01/28/1992) Blues King, B.B., Point BlankIncludes liner notes by Charles Scaar Murray. On SPOTLIGHT ON LUCILLE, B.B. King closes his mouth and lets his significant other speak for him. Featuring a dozen instrumentals recorded in 1961 and '62, this set finds a still-young King further developing his sound into the instantly recognizable trademark it would soon become. Listening to these tunes, you can hear him drawing from such diverse influences as Robert Johnson, Django Rheinhardt and Charlie Christian. But you can also hear the elements that were already influencing the next generation in Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Backed by a swingin' rhythm section and potent horns, King and Lucille explore the territory where the blues becomes rock & roll. From the medium shuffle of "Blues With B.B." and "King Of Guitar" to the up-tempo "Jump With B.B" to the Basie-esque "Powerhouse," these tunes offer a glimpse of a legend in the making, performing in a unique situation. And through it all, Lucille speaks her mind with the openness and surety of someone who knows exactly what her partner is thinking even before he does.

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His Best: The Electric B.B. King by B.B. King (CD) [IMPORT - UK]

"His Best: The Electric B.B. King" (02/24/2003) Blues King, B.B., Beat Goes OnPersonnel includes: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Maya Angelou (vocals); Billy Butler (guitar); Lawrence Burdine (alto saxophone); Vernon Slater, Johnny Board, Bobby Forte (tenor saxophone); Barney Hubert (baritone saxophone); Carl Adams, Hobart Dotson, John Browning, Henry Boozier, McKinley Johnson, Kenneth Sands (trumpet); Pluma Davis (trombone); Duke Jethro (organ, keyboards); Leo Lauchie, Louis Satterfield (bass); Sonny Freeman (drums). Reissue producer: Andy McKaie Recorded between 1965 and 1968. Includes liner notes by Ritchie York. Digitally remastered by Erick Labson at MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California. Mississippi born Riley B. King began playing music on the streets of his native Indianola in the '40s, eventually moving to Memphis to pursue a career as a bluesman. He found a home as a DJ on legendary Memphis radio Station WDIA in the early '50s, a position he used to further his budding reputation as a guitarist/singer to be reckoned with. His on-air moniker, "the Beale Street Blues Boy" ultimately metamorphosed into his stage name. He spent the '50s cementing his legend as an energetic performer, playing with Johnny Ace and Bobby "Blue" Bland and on his own. His very modern, urban style was influenced not only by T-Bone Walker, but by jazz guitarist Charlie Christian. King's gestalt was miles away from the blues' rural beginnings, relying on witty, sophisticated lyrics and almost jazzy rhythms. His signature guitar style, as played on his trademark Gibson hollow-body "Lucille," combined quick vibrato with cutting, single-note lines and aggressively bent notes. His boisterous vocals, entertainment-value showmanship and gregarious personality made him beloved not just to blues aficionados, but to the larger pop audience.

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Blues on the Bayou by B.B. King (CD - 10/20/1998)

"Blues on the Bayou" (10/20/1998) Blues King, B.B., MCA Records (USA)Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Leon Warren (guitar); Melvin Jackson (saxophone); Stanley Abernathy, James Bolden (trumpet); James Sells Toney (keyboards); Michael Doster (bass); Calep Emphrey Jr. (drums); Tony Coleman (percussion). Recorded at Dockside Studio, Maurice, Louisiana. Includes liner notes by B.B. King. BLUES ON THE BAYOU won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. Personnel: B.B. King (guitar); Leon Warren (guitar); Melvin Jackson (saxophone); Stanley Abernathy, James Bolden (trumpet); James Toney (keyboards); Calep Emphrey (drums); Tony Coleman (percussion). Audio Mixers: Joe McGrath; John Porter. Recording information: Dockside Studios, Maurice. Photographer: Kevin Westenberg. Having just turned 73, B.B. King released BLUES ON THE BAYOU as a kind of retrospective look at 50 years of playing the blues. King produced BAYOU himself and recorded it at a remote studio in the heart of Lafayette, Louisiana with the band he'd been playing with for the past 10 years. A relaxed and well-oiled feeling is felt throughout this group of songs, some of which were newly written while others are older numbers that were dusted off and re-recorded specifically for these sessions. "Blues Boys Tune" and "Blues We Like" are solidly rendered King instrumentals and "I'll Survive" is a '50s nugget softly gilded by strings and horn charts punctuated by James Sells Toney's fluid piano playing. King's economical use of notes means that "Mean Ole World" becomes more than just a standard shuffle and "Blues Man" not only possesses a slow burn, but could easily become his trademark song. Digging deep into his considerable catalog, B.B. King shows impressive acumen towards life's potholes by pulling out numbers dealing with betrayal ("Broken Promise"), sassy, Louis Jordan-flavored relationship problems ("Shake It Up And Go"), jealousy ("Good Man Gone Bad") and despair ("If I Lost You," "Tell Me Baby").

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King of the Blues [Box] [Box] by B.B. King (CD - 10/20/1992)

"King of the Blues [Box] [Box]" (10/20/1992) Blues King, B.B., MCA Records (USA)Personnel includes: B.B. King (vocals, guitar, piano); Bobby Bland, Bonnie Raitt (vocals); Hugh McCracken, Joe Walsh, Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, Ray Parker, Jr., Dean Parks, Bobby Caldwell (guitar); Ernie Watts, Hank Crawford (alto saxophone); Bobby Forte, David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone); Ronald Cuber (baritone saxophone); Ben Webster (saxophone); Carole King, Gary Wright (electric piano); Johnny Ace, Al Kooper, Leon Russell (piano); Stevie Wonder (keyboards); Red Callender, Brian Garofalo (bass); Sonny Freeman, Russ Kunkel, Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Wil Calhoun (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Merry Clayton (background vocals). U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen (drums). The Crusaders: Wilton Felder (guitar); Joe Sample (keyboards); Stix Hooper (drums). The Memphis Horns: Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson (horns). Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Studios, No. Hollywood, California). Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Gary Moore, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bonnie Raitt, Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, keyboards); Cornell Dupree, Thek Edge, David Spinozza, Dean Parks, Bobby Cadwell, Johnny Jones, Julio Ferrer, Hugh McCracken, Irving Ashby, Milton Hopkins, Jesse Daniels, Eli Tartarsky, Leonard Gill, Jesse Ed Davis , Joe Walsh , John Uribe, Jon Tiven, Al Hendrickson, Lee Ritenour , Mac Rebennack, Michael Landau, Norman Harris, Ray Parker, Jr., Roland Chambers, Sally Tiven, Arthur Adams , Steve Watson , Billy Butler, Calvin Newborn (guitar); Fred Jackson, Jr. (flute, tenor saxophone); Jewell L. Grant, Earl Turbinton, Lawrence Burdine (saxophone, alto saxophone); Louis Hubert, Bobby Forte (saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Johnny Board (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Quitman Dennis (saxophone, horns); David McMurray, Don Wilkerson, Lee Gatling, Bumps Myers, Brother Gene Dinwiddie, Mahlon Clark, Fred Ford, Harold Austin, Larry Williams , Trevor Lawrence, Ben Branch, Ben Webster, Bill Hood, Bobby Keys (saxophone); David Sanborn, Ernie Watts, Howard E. Johnson , Cato Walker, George Coleman, Hank Crawford, William Green (alto saxophone); Herbert Hardesty (tenor saxophone, trumpet); Maxwell Davis (tenor saxophone, organ); Bill Havey, Vernon Slater, David "Fathead" Newman , Hilton Joseph, Adolph Duncan, Richard Sanders, Jimmy Forrest, Red Holloway, Arnett Cobb, Wilton Felder, Bill Harvey (tenor saxophone); Floyd Turnham, James Walker , Barney Hubert, Eddie Saxman Synigal, Jerome Richardson, Kim Hutchcroft, Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet, trombone, electric piano); Steve Madaio (trumpet, horns); Waymon Reed, Conte Candoli, Tom Branch, John Willie Cook, Ernie Royal, Ken Sands, Edward Rowe, Lonny Lalanne, Carl Adams, Gary Grant, Henry Boozier, Hobart Dotson, Jake "Vernon" Porter, James Bolden, Jerry Hey, Al Porcino, Oscar Brashear, Patrick Williams, Ray Linn, Snooky Young, Woody Shaw, Al Aarons, John Browning , Bobby Bryant , Roy Poper, Calvin Owens, Charlie Miller (trumpet); Dick Noel, Steve Sherard, Garnett Brown, Charles Fendley, Sammie Jett, Tommy Pedersen, Joseph Burton, Jimmy Henderson , Juan Tizol, Pluma Davis, Tom "Bones" Malone, Benny Powell, Tommy Pederson , Jack Redmond, Lloyd Ulyate (trombone); George Bohannon, Nicky Payne, Gary Herbig, Kurt McGettrick, Andrew Love, The Memphis Horns, Wayne Jackson, Chuck Finley, Martin Drover, Nick Pentelow, Frank Mead (horns); Paul Harris , Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (piano, organ); Joe Sample (piano, keyboards); John Hobbs, Ron Levy (piano, synthesizer); Doctor Ragavoy, Charles Brooks, Dan Willard, Millard Lee, Sonny Burke , Jimmy Rowles, Joe Zagarino, Johnny Ace , Al Kooper, Leon Russell, Lloyd Glenn, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Robert Anderson, Frank Owens (piano); Gary Wright, Carole King (electric piano); Charles Bowles, James Toney, Duke Jethro, Ronnie Barron (organ); Dave Crawford, Charles Mann (keyboards, background vocals); Dr. John, Phil Blackman, Neil Larsen, Ron Kersey, Stevie Wonder, Tommy Eyre, Paul Griffin (keyboards); Randy Kerber (synthesizer, bass synthesizer); Jim Cook, Lawrence Dermer (syn

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Spotlight On Lucille

"Spotlight on Lucille" (12/20/2004) Blues King, B.B., Ace Records (UK)Includes liner notes by Charles Scaar Murray. On SPOTLIGHT ON LUCILLE, B.B. King closes his mouth and lets his significant other speak for him. Featuring a dozen instrumentals recorded in 1961 and '62, this set finds a still-young King further developing his sound into the instantly recognizable trademark it would soon become. Listening to these tunes, you can hear him drawing from such diverse influences as Robert Johnson, Django Rheinhardt and Charlie Christian. But you can also hear the elements that were already influencing the next generation in Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Backed by a swingin' rhythm section and potent horns, King and Lucille explore the territory where the blues becomes rock & roll. From the medium shuffle of "Blues With B.B." and "King Of Guitar" to the up-tempo "Jump With B.B" to the Basie-esque "Powerhouse," these tunes offer a glimpse of a legend in the making, performing in a unique situation. And through it all, Lucille speaks her mind with the openness and surety of someone who knows exactly what her partner is thinking even before he does.

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Sings Spirituals/Sings Freedom Songs by B.B. King (CD - 03/03/2003)

"Sings Spirituals/Sings Freedom Songs" (03/03/2003) Blues King, B.B., P-Vine Records (Japan)Liner Note Author: Frank Evans . In 2003, P-Vine released Sings Spirituals/Sings Freedom Songs, which contained two albums -- B.B. King's Sings Spirituals (1960) and Little Richard's Sings Freedom Songs (1964), both originally issued on Crown) -- on one compact disc. ~ Wade Kergan

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Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters [Digipak] [Remaster] by B.B. King (CD - 01/30/2007)

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Reflections by B.B. King (CD - 06/10/2003)

"Reflections" (06/10/2003) Blues King, B.B., MCA Records (USA)This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. Personnel: B.B. King (guitar); Doyle Bramhall II (guitar); Toby Baker (Fender Rhodes piano); Tim Carmon (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Joe Sample (keyboards); Nathan East (bass); Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums). Recorded at Record One, Sherman Oaks, California. Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, electric guitar); Doyle Bramhall II (guitar); Joe Sample (Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano); Tom Baker (Fender Rhodes piano); Tim Carmon (acoustic piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Nathan East (bass); Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums). Recorded at Record One, Sherman Oaks, California. Having plied his trade for well over a half century, B.B. King kicks back with 2003 outing REFLECTIONS that finds him tackling a baker's dozen worth of pop, jazz, country and blues standards. Teaming up with Eric Clapton producer Simon Climie, King is also joined by a coterie of respected sidemen including jazz great Joe Sample and blues-rocker Doyle Bramhall II. Among the many influential idols this Mississippi native tips his hat to include Louis Armstrong (a stirring "What a Wonderful World"), Nat "King Cole (the snappy "Exactly Like You"), and Frank Sinatra (a lush "I'll String You Along.") Oftentimes in the quest to lend an air of sophistication to a project that leans so heavily on older and more classic material, there's always the danger of an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach when it comes to adding additional orchestration. Thankfully, Alan Douglas uses a light touch with his string arrangements on cuts like "On My Word of Honor" and "Neighborhood Affair," a pair of songs previously recorded by King. With REFLECTIONS, this guitar-playing septuagenarian shows he's hasn't lost a step.

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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King by B.B. King (CD - 09/09/2003)

"Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King" (09/09/2003) Blues King, B.B., Hip-O RecordsPersonnel includes: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Hugh McCrackin, David Spinozza, John Uribe (guitar); Lawrence Burdine (alto saxophone); Bump Mayers, Vernon Slater (tenor saxophone); Floyd Turnham, Jerome Richardson (baritone saxophone); Richard Sanders, Billy Duncan, Bobby Keys (saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet, trombone); Kenny Sands, Carl Adams, Henry Boozier, Hobart Dotson, John Browing (trumpets); Pluma Davis (trombone); Johnny Ace, Lloyd Glenn, Charles Brooks, Doctor Ragavoy (piano); Paul Harris (keyboards); Duke Jethro (organ); Tuff Green, Ralph Hamilton, Leo Lauchie, Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott, Klaus Voorman (bass); Earl Forest, Jesse Sailes, Sonny Freeman, Herbie Lovelle, Jim Keltner (drums); Joshie Armstead, Tasha Thomas, Carl Hall (background vocals). Producers includes: Sid Feller, Johnny Pate, Lou Zito, Bill Szymczyk, Ed Michael. Compilation producers: Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1963 & 1998. Includes liner David McGee, Martin Scorsese. Issued as part of a series in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues, this is a hop-skip-jump 12-song compilation of tracks spanning nearly half a century, from the early '50s to the late '90s. For a man whose prolific career has actually been the subject of more than one box set, it's a rather skimpy overview. Still, the kind of listeners who buy this sort of thing aren't looking for box sets, but for a sampler or introductory portal. What's here is certainly worthy, including his 1950s hits "Three O'Clock Blues" and "Every Day (I Have the Blues)"; a few of his more fully produced, brassy 1960s ABC sides; the 1969 breakthrough pop hit "The Thrill Is Gone"; and just three post-1976 tracks, one of which ("Playin' With My Friends") features Robert Cray as co-lead vocalist and guitarist. "Sweet Sixteen," "Sweet Little Angel," and "Rock Me Baby" are just a few of the substantial hits conspicuous by their absence. There's something to be said for a single-disc King anthology that cross-licenses from throughout his career, but the best compilations focusing on specific eras of his work give a much better idea of his scope and depth. ~ Richie Unterberger

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Best of B.B. King: 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection by B.B. King (CD - 09/23/2003)

"Best of B.B. King: 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection" (09/23/2003) Blues King, B.B., MCA Records (USA)Personnel: Leon Warren (guitar); Melvin Jackson (saxophone); Stanley Abernathy, James Bolden (trumpet); James Sells Tony (keyboards); Calep Emphrey (drums); Tony Coleman (tambourine). Audio Mixers: John Hobrock; John Holbrook; Josiah Gluck. Liner Note Author: B.B. King. Recording information: Dockside Studios, Maurice, LA; Sound on Sound; Unique Studios, NY. Photographer: Kevin Westenberg. Unknown Contributor Role: Nashville String Machine. Arranger: B.B. King. This edition in Universal's discount-priced compilation series 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection is actually a re-titled reissue of the 2001 collection A Christmas Celebration of Hope. It took B.B. King a long time to get around to his first Christmas album, which didn't appear until about half a century into his recording career. It's an adequate, good-humored reprisal of various holiday chestnuts, among them some material with blues/R&B origins, like "Merry Christmas Baby." King wrote just one new song for the album, the instrumental "Christmas Love," though he did originally record another of the tracks, "Christmas Celebration," back in 1960. Wisely he plays "Auld Lang Syne" as a funky instrumental instead of vocalizing the singalong lyrics. In addition to periodic bursts of King's trademark guitar, there is plenty of brass and organ in the peppy arrangements. The Nashville String Machine adds its strings to just three tracks, which cuts down on over-produced excess (which is only a problem on "Please Come Home for Christmas"). It's hardly the first King you'll pull off your shelf, and not the first R&B Christmas album you'll turn to, either, but you could do worse in the holiday season. ~ Richie Unterberger

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"The Soul of B.B. King [Expanded]" (01/27/2004) Blues King, B.B., AcePersonnel: B.B. King (vocals); George Coleman (tenor); Connie Mack Booker (piano). Audio Mixer: Duncan Cowell. Liner Note Author: Jon Broven. Arrangers: Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis ; Riley King. As sometimes happens in the careers of blues legends who recorded for labels that recycled material in multiple formats, the release most commonly known as The Soul of B.B. King has a complicated history. The ten-track LP originally appeared under the title B.B. King on Crown CLP 5359 in 1963, getting retitled as The Soul of B.B. King in future reissues. This 2003 expanded CD reissue on Ace includes the original ten tracks from B.B. King aka The Soul of B.B. King. However, it also adds eight bonus cuts from multiple sources, including Kent singles that hadn't been anthologized on CD; a few tracks that only appeared on scattered King compilations; and two Modern label recordings that hadn't been issued anywhere, "Green and Lucky Blues" and "Don't Let It Shock You." Since the original ten-track LP was itself a vault-clearing hodgepodge of odds and ends spanning the early '50s to the early '60s, even the spruced-up CD is something for the B.B. King collector, not the general B.B. King fan. For all its lack of a thematic or chronological center, however, the expanded CD edition of The Soul of B.B. King is a pretty good collection of vintage King material, though not one of the first CDs of the great bluesman you should buy. The ten songs from the original The Soul of B.B. King include some real tough, swinging numbers with organ and horns, even if some of the tracks (like "You Won't Listen" and "Shake Yours") suffer from harsh upper-end distortion that should have been avoided in the original recording. In a different style, "Boogie Rock (aka House Rocker)" (an alternate take of a 1955 single) is a smoking instrumental. The eight bonus tracks aren't as strong, but they do of course do much to bring the collection up to speed as far as providing value for money, and include King's interpretations of two blues standards, "Dust My Broom" and Sonny Boy Williamson's "Eyesight to the Blind." Another bonus cut, the single "Love, Honor and Obey," is a highly enjoyable Latin rhythm-tinged blues number, along the lines of something like Junior Wells' "Messin' With the Kid." Ace's liner notes to the CD reissue of this unwieldy hunk of King on Kent do an admirably concise job of sorting out the confusion of what was issued when, and (in the absence of hard data) what might have been recorded when. ~ Richie Unterberger

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The Great B.B. King [9/13]

"The Great B.B. King [Ace]" (09/13/2005) Blues King, B.B., Ace Records (UK)Liner Note Author: Jon Broven. Photographers: Jon Broven; Roger Armstrong; Victor Pearlin. Released in early 1960, the LP The Great B.B. King was actually a budget-priced compilation of songs he'd recorded for the Modern label over the past five or so years. This CD reissue nearly doubles the length of the original album with eight mostly previously unreleased bonus cuts, as well as adding historical liner notes. Of the ten songs found on the original The Great B.B. King, four ("Sweet Sixteen," "Ten Long Years," "Sneakin' Around," and "Whole Lotta' Love") had been big R&B hits, with "Sweet Sixteen" getting all the way up to number two; a fifth track, "Be Careful with a Fool," had made the bottom of the pop listings without showing up on the R&B charts at all. The emotional ballad "Sweet Sixteen" (actually a cover of a Big Joe Turner song) is presented here in all its six-minute, two-part glory. While the most of the rest of the LP doesn't scale the same heights, it's a respectable mix of brassy shuffles and slow tunes with more than a tinge of doo wop, King's guitar work on "Whole Lotta' Love" ranking among his most stinging. Of the eight bonus tracks, only "Bim Bam" (an anomalous 1956 rock & roll novelty single) and the Lightnin' Hopkins number "Shotgun Blues" (which showed up on a 1969 compilation LP) were previously released. The other six tracks are also not always typical of King's most celebrated style, including as they do the violin-drenched "Young Dreamers" and the much-covered ballad "Trouble in Mind," though the rest are in his more standard electric blues approach. ~ Richie Unterberger

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Gold by B.B. King (CD - 06/27/2006)

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Got My Mojo Working [Universal] by B.B. King (CD - 08/02/1994)

"Got My Mojo Working [Universal]" (08/02/1994) Blues King, B.B., Universal Special ProductsPersonnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar). Mississippi born Riley B. King began playing music on the streets of his native Indianola in the '40s, eventually moving to Memphis to pursue a career as a bluesman. He found a home as a DJ on legendary Memphis radio Station WDIA in the early '50s, a position he used to further his budding reputation as a guitarist/singer to be reckoned with. His on-air moniker, "the Beale Street Blues Boy" ultimately metamorphosed into his stage name. He spent the '50s cementing his legend as an energetic performer, playing with Johnny Ace and Bobby "Blue" Bland and on his own. His very modern, urban style was influenced not only by T-Bone Walker, but by jazz guitarist Charlie Christian. King's gestalt was miles away from the blues' rural beginnings, relying on witty, sophisticated lyrics and almost jazzy rhythms. His signature guitar style, as played on his trademark Gibson hollow-body "Lucille," combined quick vibrato with cutting, single-note lines and aggressively bent notes. His boisterous vocals, entertainment-value showmanship and gregarious personality made him beloved not just to blues aficionados, but to the larger pop audience.

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The Blues Biography Series: B.B. King [2/21] *

"Blues Biography" (02/21/2006) Blues King, B.B., United MultimediaThe B.B. King installment in the BLUES BIOGRAPHY SERIES, like the ones for Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, gives a brief, tasteful overview of a seminal blues artist. King weighs in here at the opposite end of the spectrum from the primal, modal blues of someone like Hooker; instead, his smooth, soulful guitar style and rollicking full-band arrangements swing with a certain weary elegance. Yet songs like "Everything I Do Is Wrong" and "My Baby's Gone" are pure, unadulterated blues, and they qualify as such thanks to King's dazzling, inimitable touch.

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Three O'Clock Blues [Digipak] by B.B. King (CD - 10/26/2004)

"Three O'Clock Blues [Digipak]" (10/26/2004) Blues King, B.B., SnapperPersonnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Johnny Ace , Phineas Newborn, Jr., Ford Nelson (piano); James Walker (bass instrument); E. A. Kamp (drums).

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