King Of The Blues CD

MUSIC

JAZZ

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Miss Martha King - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

2. She's Dynamite ~ B.B. King

3. Three O'Clock Blues ~ B.B. King

4. Please Love Me ~ B.B. King

5. You Upset Me Baby ~ B.B. King

6. Everyday I Have The Blues ~ B.B. King

7. Rock Me Baby ~ B.B. King

8. Recession Blues ~ B.B. King

9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore ~ B.B. King

10. I'm Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In ~ B.B. King

11. Blues At Midnight ~ B.B. King

12. Sneakin' Around ~ B.B. King

13. My Baby's Comin' Home ~ B.B. King

14. Slowly Losing My Mind - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

15. How Blue Can You Get - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

16. Rockin' Awhile - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

17. Help The Poor - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

18. Stop Leadin' Me On - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

19. Never Trust A Woman - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

20. Sweet Little Angel - (live) ~ B.B. King

21. All Over Again ~ B.B. King

22. Sloppy Drunk - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

23. Don't Answer The Door (Parts 1 & 2) ~ B.B. King

24. I Done Got Wise ~ B.B. King

25. Think It Over ~ B.B. King

26. Gambler's Blues - (live) ~ B.B. King

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Goin' Down Slow - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

2. Tired Of Your Jive - (live) ~ B.B. King

3. Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2) - (previously unreleased, live) ~ B.B. King

4. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss ~ B.B. King

5. I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me ~ B.B. King

6. Lucille ~ B.B. King

7. Watch Yourself ~ B.B. King

8. You Put It On Me ~ B.B. King

9. Get Myself Somebody - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

10. I Want You So Bad ~ B.B. King

11. Why I Sing The Blues ~ B.B. King

12. Get Off My Back Woman ~ B.B. King

13. Please Accept My Love - (live) ~ B.B. King

14. Fools Get Wise - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

15. No Good ~ B.B. King

16. So Excited ~ B.B. King

Disc 3

Song Title

1. Thrill Is Gone, The ~ B.B. King

2. Confessin' The Blues ~ B.B. King

3. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother ~ B.B. King

4. Hummingbird - (with Leon Russell/Joe Walsh) ~ B.B. King

5. Ask Me No Questions ~ B.B. King

6. Chains And Things - (with Carole King) ~ B.B. King

7. Eyesight To The Blind - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

8. Niji Baby - (previously unreleased, live) ~ B.B. King

9. Blue Shadows ~ B.B. King

10. Ghetto Woman - (with Ringo Starr) ~ B.B. King

11. Ain't Nobody Home ~ B.B. King

12. I Got Some Help I Don't Need - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

13. Five Long Years ~ B.B. King

14. To Know You Is To Love You ~ B.B. King

15. I Like To Live The Love ~ B.B. King

16. Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes ~ B.B. King

Disc 4

Song Title

1. Let The Good Times Roll - (live, with Bobby Bland) ~ B.B. King

2. Don't You Lie To Me ~ B.B. King

3. Mother Fuyer ~ B.B. King

4. Never Make A Move Too Soon - (with The Crusaders) ~ B.B. King

5. When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around) ~ B.B. King

6. Better Not Look Down ~ B.B. King

7. Caldonia - (live) ~ B.B. King

8. There Music Be A Better World Somewhere - (with Dr. John) ~ B.B. King

9. Play With You Poodle - (previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

10. Darlin' You Know I Love You ~ B.B. King

11. Inflation Blues ~ B.B. King

12. Make Love To Me - (previously unreleased, piano solo) ~ B.B. King

13. Into The Night (Theme) ~ B.B. King

14. Six Silver Strings ~ B.B. King

15. When Love Comes To Town - (7" mix, previously unreleased, with U2) ~ B.B. King

16. Right Time, Wrong Place - (with Bonnie Raitt) ~ B.B. King

17. Many Miles Travelled -(previously unreleased) ~ B.B. King

18. I'm Moving On ~ B.B. King

19. Since I Met You Baby - (with Gary Moore) ~ B.B. King

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	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, Larry Williams , Lee Gatling, Bumps Myers, Brother Gene Dinwiddie, Mahlon Clark, Fred Ford, Harold Austin, 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); Herb 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, Nick Pentelow, Nicky Payne, Gary Herbig, Kurt McGettrick, Andrew Love, The Memphis Horns, Wayne Jackson, Chuck Finley, Martin Drover, Frank Mead (horns); Paul Harris , Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (piano, organ); Joe Sample (piano, keyboards); John Hobbs, Ron Levy (piano, synthesizer); Charles Brooks, Doctor Ragavoy, 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 (synthesizer); Paul Mullen , Warren Chiasson (vibraphone); Victor Feldman (electric bass); Stix Hooper (drums, percussion); Ted Curry, Calep Emphrey, Earl Forest, Earl Young, Ed Greene, Phineas Newborn, Sr., Bob Morin, Harold Potier, Graham Walker, Jackie Mills, James Gadson, Jim Gordon , Jim Keltner, John Starks, Kenny Aronoff , Larry Mullen, Jr., Luther Dixon, Oliver Jackson, Anton Fig, Ringo Starr, Russ Kunkel, Will Calhoun, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Herb Lovelle, Jesse Sailes, Sonny Freeman (drums); Earl Nash, Larry Washington, Eddie "Bongo" Brown (congas); Marcus Barnett, Lenny Castro, Nan Vasconcelos, Paulinho Da Costa, Debra Dobkin (percussion); Cindy Mizelle, Luther Waters, Valerie Pinkston-Mayo, Phyllis Duncan, Rebecca Evans Russell, Helen Duncan, Julia Tillman Waters, Rebecca Russel, Paulette Brown, Joshie Armstead, Linda Taylor, Lisa Fisher, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Carol Kenyon, Tasha Thomas, Bunny Hull, Carl Hall (background vocals).
	Audio Remixers: Ron Jacobs ; Louis Silas, Jr.; Shelly Yakus; Bill Inglot.
	Liner Note Authors: Colin Escott; B.B. King.
	Recording information: H (05/1949-12/1991); Hollywood, CA (05/1949-12/1991); Houston, TX (05/1949-12/1991); Los Angeles, CA (05/1949-12/1991); Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, TN (05/1949-12/1991); Miami, FL (05/1949-12/1991); New York, NY (05/1949-12/1991); Regal Theatre, Chicago, IL (05/1949-12/1991); Village Gate, New York, NY (05/1949-12/1991); WDIA Studio "A", Memphis, TN (05/1949-12/1991); YMCA, Memphis, TN (05/1949-12/1991).
	Director: Calvin Owens.
	Photographer: Geary Chansley.
	Unknown Contributor Roles: Nick Pentelow; Duke Ellington Orchestra; Nicky Payne; Fred Ford; Sammie Jett; Adam Clayton; Ben Branch; Gary Moore; Martin Drover; Bobby "Blue" Bland; Bonnie Raitt; Frank Mead.
	Arrangers: Dave Crawford ; Edward Rowe; Ira Newborn; Johnny Pate; Maxwell Davis; B.B. King.
	This 4-CD box set contains 7 previously unreleased tracks and 12 rarities. KING OF THE BLUES begins with B.B.'s first-ever recording, 1949's "Miss Martha King," and culminates 40 years later with 1991's "Since I Met You Baby," a duet with Gary Moore. Also included is a 72-page booklet with photos, a complete discography, comprehensive liner notes by Colin Escott and first-person commentary by King on his life and music.
	Disc 1 features King's earliest Memphis work, where he began his career as a disc jockey, then progresses to a selection of music he recorded for the Bihari brothers (Kent, Modern and RPM labels), and concludes with recordings made for ABC Records. On this disc you can hear King's guitar playing gradually evolve, moving from his roots in Charlie Christian and T-Bone Walker, into the sweet, sensual, concise melodic style which became his trademark.
	Disc 2 chronicles King's rise to blues stardom, while Disc 3 shows him crossing over to reach the rock and pop audience. "The Thrill Is Gone" (his breakthrough single) set the standard for King's collaborations with rock and jazz royalty that make up much of Discs 3 and 4. No matter what the setting was, no matter who the collaborators were, B.B. King has always maintained his sound, his style and his focus.
Producer: Dave Crawford; John Landis; Don Was; Ed Michel; Esmond Edwards; Barry Moore; Howie Leder; Ian Taylor; Ira Newborn; Jimmy Iovine; Joe Sample; Joe Zagarino; Johnny Pate; Jon Tiven; Lou Zito; Quincy Jones; Sid Feller; Sidney A. Seidenberg; Stewart Levine; St
Musical Guests
	Bobby "Blue" Bland
	Ringo Starr
	U2
	Bonnie Raitt
	Joe Walsh
	Leon Russell
	The Crusaders
	Carole King
	Stevie Wonder

Artist Overview

The great Memphis guitarist and singer B.B. King has been the most high-profile figure in blues since the 1960s, ever since his LIVE AT THE REGAL album established him as a superstar. King has collaborated successfully with everyone from Bobby Bland to U2, but he made his name as a soulful, enthusiastic bandleader. His beloved Gibson ES-345 guitar, "Lucille," is the source of King's trademark sound--percussive attack, dramatic string-bending, and spare lead lines with a vocal-like quality.

Compilation Appearances

	Thelma & Louise
	Rattle & Hum
	Vol. 2-Greatest Hits
	Best Of The Blues
	Pure Blues
	Deluxe Edition (Bonus Tracks)
	Martin Scorsese Presents: The Best Of The Blues
	Blues Story
	Genius Loves Company
	Gold:blues
	Last Man Standing
	Shepherd Kenny Wayne-Ten Days Out
	Definitive Collection
	Gold:crusaders
	Best Of Van Morrison Vol 3
	Goin Home:tribute To Fats Domingo
	Complete Clapton
	Blue Moo
	Songs
	Four Kings Of Blues Guitar:bb Freddie
	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out [40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set]
	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out [40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set]
	6 String Theory
	25Th Anniv Rock Roll Hall Of Fame C
	25Th Anniv Rock Roll Hall Of Fame C
	Living Proof
	All Time Gospel Vol 3
	Smooth Soul
	Sun 60Th Anniversary
	All Time Greatest Blues Songs

Associated Artists and Works

	Original Greatest Hits ~ BB King
	Berry, Chuck
	Bland, Bobby
	Bland, Bobby "Blue"
	Brubeck, Dave
	Riding With The King ~ Clapton, Eric
	Danger Danger
	Ears, Rabbit
	Naruyoshi, Kikachi
	Rabbit Ears
	Santana
	Schuur, Diane
	Webster, Ben
	Williamson, Sonny Boy

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/20/1992
	Original Release Date : 1992
	Catalog ID : MCAD4-10677
	Label : MCA (USA)
	Number of Discs : 4
	Studio/Live : Mixed
	Mono/Stereo : Mixed
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00008811067724

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (12/11/92, p.66)
- "...a near perfect collection...The best work of a legendary artist, respectfully distilled into one lengthy, joyous listening experience...Absolutely first-rate..." - Rating: A

Q (1/93, p.95)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...It's all here--the entire life's work of the music's foremost ambassador, a man who, while he may not appear as driven as the great stylists of the post-War blues boom, is nonetheless its foremost gentleman and player..."

Musician (1/93, p.88)
- "...What's most striking about this chronology is not Mr. B.B.'s longevity or output, but his growth and consistency, moving easily through soul, funk, rock and jazz without compromising the essential core truth in his blues, remaining contemporary from generation to generation..."

Living Blues (Jan/Feb 93, p.52)
- "...does striking justice to King's remarkable royal tenure...sound quality is stunning throughout the entire box, spotlighting every nuance of King's remarkable guitar technique and patented crying vocal style..."

Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5)
- Ranked #6 in the Village Voice's list of the 10 Best Reissues Of 1992.