B.B. King - Now Appearing At Ole Miss (2 CD)

Album: Now Appearing At Ole Miss
Size: 87,7 + 105,9 MB
Time: 38:02 + 45:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, booklet, tray

CD 1:
1. Intro/B.B. King Blues Theme (3:09)
2. Caldonia (2:43)
3. Blues Medley (13:56)
4. Hold On (5:38)
5. I Got Some Outside Help (I Don't Really Need) (5:25)
6. Darlin' You Know I Love You (7:09)

CD 2:
1. When I'm Wrong (9:20)
2. The Thrill Is Gone (11:10)
3. Never Make A Move Too Soon (7:15)
4. Three O'Clock In The Morning (8:53)
5. Rock Me Baby (3:55)
6. Guess Who (2:27)
7. I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone (2:55)

Now Appearing at Ole Miss is a live album by B.B. King, recorded in 1979 and released as a double album on MCA Records in 1980. The live recordings were augmented with overdubs, most notably with percussion instruments. This has been criticized by reviewers as making the album stale, and it is widely regarded as B.B. King's weakest 'live' album. One notable feature, is that the album contains the first use (on a blues recording) of the bass style of playing known as "slap" by Russell Jackson, who would go on to play in the posthumous "B.B. King Experience Band" with another B.B. King band veteran James "Boogaloo" Bolden. /Wikipedia

(For personnel info, see text file included.)

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B.B. King - Night Long

Album: Night Long
Size: 150,8 MB
Time: 65:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Please Love Me (2:51)
2. You Upset Me Baby (3:03)
3. Everyday I Have The Blues (2:51)
4. Bad Luck (2:55)
5. Three O'Clock Blues (3:01)
6. Blind Love (3:06)
7. Woke Up This Morning (2:58)
8. You Know I Love You (3:05)
9. Sweet Little Angel (3:13)
10. Ten Long Years (2:48)
11. Did You Ever Love A Woman (2:34)
12. Crying Won't Help You (3:01)
13. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby (3:14)
14. What Way To Go (3:07)
15. Long Nights (3:31)
16. Feel Like A Million (3:32)
17. I'll Survive (2:41)
18. Good Man Gone Bad (2:46)
19. If I Lost You (2:41)
20. You're On The Top (2:50)
21. Partin' Time (3:01)
22. I'm King (2:19)

B.B. King was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists. King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" along with Albert King and Freddie King. King was known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at more than 200 concerts per year on average into his 70s. In 1956, he reportedly appeared at 342 shows.

(Note: Haven't found any specific info on the origin of these remastered tracks. My guess is that this is yet another one of many un-official digital releases around. Still, it's hard to go wrong with B.B. King.)

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B.B. King - In France: Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival

Album: In France
Size: 182,7 MB
Time: 79:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Blue Monk/Caldonia (4:52)
2. Sweet Little Angel (7:17)
3. I Like To Live The Love (5:31)
4. It's Just A Matter Of Time (9:37)
5. Why I Sing The Blues (6:37)
6. I Got Some Outside Help (I Don't Really Need) (7:04)
7. The Thrill Is Gone (6:46)
8. I Need My Baby (6:38)
9. Sweet Sixteen (5:39)
10. Blues Instrumental (1:41)
11. To Know You Is To Love You (3:53)
12. When I'm Wrong (6:03)
13. Have Faith (6:14)
14. Outro Blues Instrumental (1:15)

Bluesman B.B. King was no stranger to releasing live albums, during the 1960s and '70s. He released eight in that decade, among them, some of the most acclaimed records of his career, including Live at The Regal, Blues Is King, Live & Well, Live In Cook County Jail, and Live In Japan. In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival adds significantly to that list. The 14-track show appears as the second release from Zev Feldman's cooperatively owned Deep Digs label. The first was Sister Rosetta Tharpe Live in France. The tapes were sourced from Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF) and are in excellent sonic condition.

King played with a septet that included trumpeter Eddie Rowe and alto saxophonist Cato Walker III had been with him for several years as had guitarist Milton Hopkins. Organist James Toney joined King in 1968 and remained for decades, as did tenor saxophonist musical director and nephew Walter King. Bassist Joe Turner and drummer Calep Emphrey Jr. (he also played with Freddie and Albert King, the only musician to play with all three) were new additions to King's orchestra. These 14 tracks were sequenced and arranged expansively for the festival. They reveal themselves every bit as capable as previous backing band Sonny Freeman and the Kingpins. Arguably, this band is better. Evidence of their prowess can especially be heard on the three instrumental workouts in the program's second half - "I Need My Baby," "When I'm Wrong," and "Have Faith."

King throws a curveball after his introduction with a medley of Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk" and Louis Jordan's "Caldonia," the latter an evergreen to the end. The orchestra's swing on the former tune is drenched in jazz-blues while the latter is jump blues/R&B barnstormer. With great breaks from both guitarists, honking saxophones, bright trumpets and unshakeable grooves from the rhythm section. Further, in his song choices, playing and especially sing, King drenches the concert in vintage soul reflecting the twin influences of Motown and Stax/Volt on his music during the 1970s. Check the version of "I Like to Live the Love" studio recorded in 1973 for To Know You Is to Love You, it glides, grooves, shakes and shimmies with infectious B-3 runs, bumping bass, and King's raw, resonant signing.

There's also a driving, blues funky version of that album's title track with burning horns and guitars. The reading of "The Thrill Is Gone" here surpasses the one found on Live In Cook County Jail. It starts loose, like a rehearsal version with King finding the bassline and walking slow and low in his opening solo. When he begins singing, the band falls in behind him, creating a platform for his voice. Later, "Sweet Sixteen" gives the audience a rightious taste of Chicago blues, while "To Know You Is to Love You" is a soul-blues choogler with jazzy horns, driving organ and bass and biting guitars in cut time. Though released for Record Store Day, In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival is destined to become one of the more cherished live albums on King's shelf. /Thom Jurek, AllMusic

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B.B. King & Larry Carlton - Amis Ensemble (Live) aka In Session

Size: 93.8 MB
Time: 40:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019/2024
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Medium Blues In C (Live 1983) (2:48)
02. Hummingbird (Live 1983) (5:38)
03. Blues Jam, Pt.1 (Live 1983) (5:25)
04. Theme From 'Hill Street Blues' (Live 1983) (0:39)
05. Paying The Cost To Be Boss (Live 1983) (3:19)
06. Blues Jam, Pt.2 (Live 1983) (1:06)
07. The Thrill Is Gone (Live 1983) (5:51)
08. Blues Shuffle In G (Live 1983) (7:09)
09. Rock Me Baby (Live 1983) (5:00)
10. It's Just A Matter Of Time (Live 1983) (3:01)

From A Live TV Broadcast Recorded For CHCH-TV, Ontario, Canada, 1983.

1983 TELEVISION SESSION BY TWO MUSIC LEGENDS When session guitar supremo Larry Carlton first picked up the instrument at six years old, he was already a huge music lover. Inspired to learn how to play jazz after hearing the great Joe Pass on the radio, he would go on to study players such as Wes Montgomery and Barney Kessel to help him develop his passion further. However, after being exposed to the legendary blues stylings of B.B. King, his powerful influence helped shape Carlton’s playing into the all-rounder that he remains to this very day. So when the opportunity came to record a live television show with B.B. in 1983, Larry jumped at the chance. Titled “In Session”, the 40-minute joint performance contains a mix of classic blues and fusion jams, conversations on phrasing, and performances of some favourites including; ‘The Thrill Is Gone’, ‘Hummingbird’ and ‘Rock Me Baby’ Finally released on this CD, the entire set these incomparable musicians performed that hallowed evening more than 35 years ago, is now available for all to hear.

Amis Ensemble (Live) MP3
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B.B. King - Hollywood, Jan '72 aka Live At Sunset Sound

Size: 171.7 MB
Time: 73:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015/2024
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Intro ( 0:26)
02. Everyday I Have The Blues / How Blue Can You Get ( 7:34)
03. Just A Little Bit Of Love ( 5:55)
04. I Got Some Outside Help (I Don't Really Need) ( 5:17)
05. Ghetto Woman ( 4:45)
06. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother / Don't Answer The Door / Rock Me Baby / Just Like A Woman (14:29)
07. Hummingbird ( 4:35)
08. I Need My Baby ( 5:22)
09. Ain't Nobody Home ( 5:27)
10. The Thrill Is Gone ( 5:32)
11. Instrumental Jam ( 9:31)
12. Guess Who ( 3:27)
13. Outro ( 1:30)

Personnel:
B.B. King: Guitar, Vocals
Ron Levy: Keyboards
Milton Hopkins: Guitar
Wilbert Freeman: Bass
Eddie Rourke: Trumpet
Earl Turpenton: Alto Sax
Bobby Forte: Tenor Sax
Louis Hubert: Tenor Sax
Sonny Freeman: Drums
Joe Burton: Trombone

In the early 1970's, B.B. King was basking in the glow of crossover success, hi brand of soulful blues reaching all audiences, not jus african-american ones.

On this 74 minute radio recording, broadcast on KMET-FM from October 1, 1972, his stinging guitar paces, a mix of old and new classics, from his mid-'50s R&B hit"Everyday I Have The Blues" to Leon Russel "Humming Bird". Other hilights include the standard "Rock Me Baby" and his biggest hit, "The Thril Is Gone".

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B.B. King - Lucille

Size: 242 MB
Time: 37:17
File: Flac
Released: 1968
Styles: Memphis Blues
Art: Front

1. Lucille (10:16)
2. You Move Me So ( 2:03)
3. Country Girl ( 4:25)
4. No Money No Luck ( 3:49)
5. I Need Your Love ( 2:22)
6. Rainin' All The Time ( 2:56)
7. I'm With You ( 2:31)
8. Stop Puting The Hurt On Me ( 3:04)
9. Watch Yourself ( 5:47)

A bit of a forgotten gem, 1968’s Lucille opens with a ten-minute love letter to BB’s guitar. He famously rescued it from a fire, and then named every guitar he played, usually a Gibson ES-345, Lucille. ‘Lucille took me from the plantation/Oh and you might say brought me fame,’ he says, before claiming, ‘Lucille don’t wanna play nothin’ but the blues.’ Bowing to Lucille’s wishes, King and his six-string partner wring ever ounce of emotion out of Ivory Joe Hunter’s late-40s sob story No Money, No Luck and BB’s own Rainin’ All The Time and Stop Puttin’ The Hurt On Me. The stomping, horn-driven You Move Me So is one of the record’s non-tear-jerkers.

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B.B. King - One Kind Favor

Size: 341 MB
Time: 57:09
File: Flac
Released: 2008
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

1. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (4:49)
2. Backwater Blues (7:36)
3. Sitting On Top Of The World (3:41)
4. Tomorrow Night (5:00)
5. I Get So Weary (4:17)
6. Get These Blues Off Me (4:30)
7. How Many More Years (3:10)
8. Waiting For Your Call (6:02)
9. My Love Is Down (5:25)
10. The World Gone Wrong (4:24)
11. Blues Before Sunrise (4:21)
12. Midnight Blues (3:49)

That BB King’s final studio record is so strong is in part thanks to producer T Bone Burnett. One Kind Favour is a stripped-down affair and all old-school blues, with King paying tribute to idol Lonnie Johnson on three maudlin classics: My Love Is Down, Backwater Blues and Tomorrow Night. A sprint through Howlin’ Wolf’s How Many More Years and the soulful lament of T-Bone Walker’s Waiting For Your Call are among the best tracks here, but they’re pipped at the post as the album’s high point by King’s take on Blind Lemon Jefferson’s 1927 recording See That My Grave Is Kept Clean.

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B.B. King - Guess Who

Album: Guess Who
Size: 100,7 MB
Time: 43:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1972
Styles: Soul/Blues
Art: Full

1. Summer In The City (3:16)
2. Just Can't Please You (4:21)
3. Any Other Way (4:21)
4. You Don't Know Nothin' About Love (4:16)
5. Found What I Need (2:46)
6. Neighborhood Affair (3:17)
7. It Takes A Young Girl (3:26)
8. Better Lovin' Man (4:37)
9. Guess Who (4:10)
10. Shouldn't Have Left Me (3:39)
11. Five Long Years (5:13)

Guess Who is a studio album by B.B. King. It was released in 1972 by ABC Records. As often with King, several of the tracks are re-recordings of songs he had recorded before. "Any Other Way" had appeared with a different arrangement as the b-side of "Help the Poor" in 1964. "Neighborhood Affair" originally dates back to 1953 and was the b-side of "Please Hurry Home". He would re-record the song again in 2003 for the album Reflections.

The title track "Guess Who" had appeared on his first ABC album, Mr. Blues, in 1963. It went on to become a live staple, appearing on Now Appearing at Ole Miss, Live at the Apollo and Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011, among others. "You Shouldn't Have Left" was first recorded in 1959 and released on (The Soul of) B.B. King in 1963. A 1965 recording of "Five Long Years" was first released by Kent on the album The Jungle. /Wikipedia

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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B.B. King - Live At North Sea Jazz Festival 2009

Size: 182.0 MB
Time: 78:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Introduction (5:30)
02. Announcing B.B. King (7:48)
03. I Need You So (4:45)
04. Let The Good Times Roll (4:39)
05. Key To The Highway (6:25)
06. Everyday I Have The Blues (7:15)
07. Darling You Know I Love You (8:44)
08. Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (4:24)
09. When Love Comes To Twon (4:19)
10. Why I Sing The Blues (5:41)
11. You Are My Sunshine (8:53)
12. Rock Me Baby/Thrill Is Gone (9:42)

Personnel: BB King (vocals, guitar); James Bolden (musical director, trumpet); Stanley Abernathy (trumpet); Melvin Jackson, Walter King (sax); Charlie Dennis (guitar); Ernest Vantrease (piano, keyboards); Reggie Richards (bass); Tony Coleman (drums, percussion).

At first glance, BB King may seem somewhat indecisive. For instance, he announced that he would never again perform live, onlyto be convinced later to go on a world tour. Whatever the case,this giant from Indianola, Mississippi, is a pioneer of the blues and in a class of his own. With his guitar, which he has named Lucille, he has created countless classics. In 1988, he recorded the song When Love Comes to Town with the pop band U2 and he now has a following among a younger generation of fans. In 2000, his duo album Riding with the King, recorded with close friend and fan Eric Clapton, became a huge hit. BB King recorded his first album in 1949 and 60 years later he is still going strong. According to the critics, his most recent album One Kind Favor, released last year, is his best work in years. BBKing's voice is still deep and dark with a catch in it and his guitar solos are recognizable among thousands. Recently, a museum in his birthplace was dedicated to this living blues legend. The museum not only pays tribute to the man but to the whole genre as well. BB King is the blues personified.

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Muddy Waters Blues Band - Live At Ebbets Field (Feat. B.B. King)

Size: 127.5 MB
Time: 54:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Piano Jam (Feat. B.B. King) (1:34)
02. Instrumental (Feat. B.B. King) (3:12)
03. Instrumental With Muddy Intro (Feat. B.B. King) (2:40)
04. My Sweet Little Baby (Feat. B.B. King) (5:55)
05. Rock Me (Feat. B.B. King) (5:36)
06. Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) (Feat. B.B. King) (3:59)
07. I've Got My Mojo Working (Feat. B.B. King) (2:49)
08. Forty Days And Forty Nights (Feat. B.B. King) (3:09)
09. Band Introductions (Feat. B.B. King) (3:09)
10. I Know You Didn't Want Me (Feat. B.B. King) (6:27)
11. Thrill Is Gone (Feat. B.B. King) (4:23)
12. Instrumental (Feat. B.B. King) (5:59)
13. Caldonia (Feat. B.B. King) (5:34)

Muddy Waters had only recently completed his Australasia tour that had started in late April and finished in Perth on 11th May 1973. He arrived just two days later in Vancouver before performing five dates at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles. Waters then made his way into a small downtown Denver nightclub called Ebbet's Field for five shows.

Klondike proudly presents a milestone in vintage blues with a rare and exclusive performance from Mississippi giants Muddy Waters and B. B. King. Sharing the stage for one night only, this 1973 joint appearance is finally available. Long considered to be a classic performance, but lost to time, Klondike brings you this inspiring performance with a fully re-mastered original FM broadcast.

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B.B. King - Four Classic Albums (2 CD)

Album: Four Classic Albums
Size: 143,4 + 155,7 MB
Time: 61:43 + 67:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Please Love Me (2:51)
2. You Upset Me Baby (3:03)
3. Everyday I Have The Blues (2:50)
4. Bad Luck (2:54)
5. Three O'Clock Blues (3:02)
6. Blind Love (3:06)
7. Woke Up This Morning (2:58)
8. You Know I Love You (3:06)
9. Sweet Little Angel (3:01)
10. Ten Long Years (2:49)
11. Did You Ever Love A Woman (2:34)
12. Crying Won't Help You (3:00)
13. Sweet Thing (2:56)
14. I've Got Papers On You, Baby (2:23)
15. Tomorrow Is Another Day (2:56)
16. Come By Here (2:17)
17. The Fool (2:41)
18. I Love You So (2:53)
19. The Woman I Love (3:04)
20. We Can't Make It (2:39)
21. Treat Me Right (2:23)
22. Time To Say Goodbye (2:06)

CD 2:
1. Why Do Everything Happen To Me (2:48)
2. Ruby Lee (2:38)
3. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer (2:55)
4. Don't Have To Cry aka Past Day (3:16)
5. Boogie Woogie Woman (2:49)
6. Early In The Morning (2:35)
7. I Want To Get Married (3:03)
8. That Ain't The Way To Do It (2:19)
9. Troubles, Troubles, Troubles (2:59)
10. Don't You Want A Man Like Me (2:40)
11. You Know I Go For You (2:39)
12. What Can I Do (2:49)
13. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (5:15)
14. Mr. Pawn Broker (3:15)
15. Understand (2:40)
16. Someday Baby (2:53)
17. Driving Wheel (2:51)
18. Walking Dr. Bill (3:42)
19. My Own Fault Baby (3:33)
20. Cat Fish Blues (2:33)
21. Hold That Train (3:58)
22. Please Set The Date (2:48)

AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Blues album series with a re-mastered 2 CD release by B.B.King complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'Singin' The Blues'; 'B.B.King Wails'; 'The Blues' and 'My Kind Of Blues'. To most of us music fans living in the 21st century, B.B. King was the 'real thing', the epitome of the 'Blues Man', a genuine living legend! Here was a guy who had actually lived the classic blues story. He was born Riley B. King into poverty on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers. A broken family was followed by being raised by his maternal grandmother and he was singing gospel in the local church from a very young age. Legend has it that he was given his fist guitar at age 12 by a relative named Bukka White! Following White to Memphis in 1946 he stayed with the great blues man until returning home 10 months later.

By 1948 he was singing and DJ'ing on local radio station WDIA and when he met T-Bone Walker he made the decision to get himself an electric guitar. The rest as they say is a legendary blues history and the early results can be heard on our four classic selections.

CD 1: Tracks 1-12 from "Singin' The Blues (1957). Tracks 13-22 from "B.B. King Wails (1958).
CD 2: Tracks 1-12 from "The Blues" (1958). Tracks 13-22 from "My Kind Of Blues" (1961).

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B.B. King - Live At Midem 1983

Size: 167.2 MB
Time: 72:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. The Thrill Is Gone (Live) ( 5:00)
02. Guess Who (Live) ( 5:48)
03. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (Live) ( 6:11)
04. All Over Again (Live) ( 7:15)
05. Every Day I Have The Blues (Live) ( 4:52)
06. Sweet Little Angel (Live) ( 5:58)
07. B.B.'s Theme (Live) (10:55)
08. Darling You Know I Love You (Live) ( 5:09)
09. Caldonia (Live) ( 3:29)
10. Why I Sing The Blues (Live) ( 4:32)
11. Jamming With Brubeck (Live) (13:10)

This 1983 live set showcases B.B. King in Cannes, France, backed by a tight, powerful band led by trumpeter Calvin Jones. Fitting their set into a jazz festival program that included Pat Metheny and Dave Brubeck, King's orchestra, with a full horn section and a diesel-powered rhythm section (uncredited in the liner notes), took the opportunity to stretch their arrangements. The eleven minute opener, "B.B.'s Theme," is a testament to the band's muscular precision, and it's only a warm-up for the introduction of the star himself. King's guitar is an ample match for the band's horn-lined kick, starting with the instrumental "Why I Sing the Blues" on which King trades solos with a funked-up bass before jokily segueing into a blue funk riff borrowed from "Dueling Banjos." Even when taken down-tempo for "Darling You Know I Love You," the band's horns provide plenty of punch and Jones' trumpet serves as a soulful foil to King's guitar. The set features several King favorites, including "Sweet Little Angel" and the 1970 crossover hit "The Thrill is Gone," played and sung with plenty of verve. Additional highlights include a moody and pained take of King's original "All Over Again" and an instrumental arrangement of Jesse Belvin's "Guess Who?" that includes Stax-like horn accompaniment and a searing muted trumpet solo. The disc closes with a brash take on Louis Jordan's "Caldonia" and the original "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss."

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B.B. King - Four Classic Albums Plus: Second Set

Album: Four Classic Albums Plus: Second Set
Size: 187,4 + 191,2 MB
Time: 80:49 + 82:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues, R&B, gospel
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Precious Lord (3:22)
2. Save A Seat For Me (3:05)
3. Ole Time Religion (2:30)
4. Sweet Chariot (2:09)
5. Servant's Prayer (3:04)
6. Jesus Gave Me Water (3:03)
7. I Never Heard A Man (2:37)
8. Army Of The Lord (3:07)
9. I Am Willing To Run All The Way (3:39)
10. I'm Working On The Building (2:49)
11. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby (3:15)
12. What Way To Go (3:07)
13. Long Nights (The Feeling They Call The Blues) (3:31)
14. Feel Like A Million (3:32)
15. I'll Survive (2:41)
16. Good Man Gone Bad (2:47)
17. If I Lost You (2:41)
18. You're The Top (2:50)
19. Partin' Time (3:00)
20. I'm King (2:21)
21. Everyday I Have The Blues (Bonus) (5:06)
22. Yes, Indeed! (Bonus) (3:22)
23. Jump With You Baby (Bonus) (2:13)
24. Lonely And Blue (Bonus) (3:01)
25. Ruby Lee (Bonus) (3:01)
26. I'm In Love (Bonus) (2:16)
27. Bye! Bye! Baby (Bonus) (2:29)

CD 2:
1. Bad Case Of Love (2:20)
2. Get Out Of Here (2:40)
3. Bad Luck Soul (2:19)
4. Shut Your Mouth (2:41)
5. Baby, Look At You (3:08)
6. You're Breaking My Heart (4:14)
7. My Reward (2:15)
8. Don't Cry Anymore (2:18)
9. Blues For Me aka Groovin' Twist (2:19)
10. (Ain't That) Just Like A Woman (3:16)
11. Easy Listening Blues (2:36)
12. Blues For Me (2:54)
13. Night Long (2:58)
14. Confessin' (2:40)
15. Don't Touch (2:44)
16. Slow Walk aka Slow Burn (3:14)
17. Walkin' (2:46)
18. Hully Gully Twist (2:57)
19. Shoutin' The Blues (2:42)
20. Rambler (2:31)
21. Things Are Not The Same (Bonus) (3:08)
22. Tell Me Baby (Bonus) (3:20)
23. Going Down Slow (Bonus) (2:52)
24. Whole Lot Of Lovin' aka Whole Lotta Love (Bonus) (2:44)
25. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer aka Million Years Blues (Bonus) (2:49)
26. Three O'Clock Blues (Bonus) (3:47)
27. TThree O'Clock Stomp aka Poontwangie (Bonus) (2:33)
28. Talkin' The Blues (Bonus) (2:20)
29. Boogie Rock aka House Rocker (Bonus) (3:03)

The four albums on this compilation – the second such set issued by Avid – are among the first King recorded in his long career, an album career which began with a couple of compilation albums filled with singles in 1956 and 1958 and then revved up with original material after 1959. Recorded for Crown Records between April 1959 and 1962, these four albums showcase the early development of a man to some extent still finding his own musical space.

CD 1: Tracks 1-10 from the album "B.B. King Sings The Blues" (1960). Tracks 11-20 from the album "King Of The Blues" (1960). Tracks 21-27 bonus tracks.

CD 2: Tracks 1-10 from the album "More B.B. King" (1961). Tracks 11-20 from the album "Easy Listening Blues" (1962). Tracks 21-29 bonus tracks.

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B.B. King - Blues & Rhythm Series 5148: The Chronological B.B. King 1952-1953

Size: 327 MB
Time: 64:10
File: FLAC
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

01. Gotta Find My Baby (2:27)
02. Low Down Dirty Baby (3:07)
03. I'm So Glad (2:11)
04. I Got A Gal (2:44)
05. Some Day Some Where (2:54)
06. You Didn't Want Me (2:33)
07. You Know I Love You (3:09)
08. Story From My Heart And Soul (2:59)
09. Boogie Woogie Woman (2:49)
10. Woke Up This Morning (3:01)
11. Blind Love (3:06)
12. Don't Have To Cry (3:16)
13. Please Love Me (2:50)
14. Highway Bound (2:47)
15. Bye! Bye! Baby (2:31)
16. Can't We Talk It Over (3:24)
17. Neighborhood Affair (2:56)
18. Please Hurry Home (2:45)
19. Why Did You Leave Me (3:11)
20. Praying To The Lord (2:50)
21. Please Help Me (3:17)
22. Please Remember Me (3:14)

His reign as King of the Blues has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. Yet B.B. King continues to wear his crown well. At age 76, he is still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with relentless passion. Time has no apparent effect on B.B., other than to make him more popular, more cherished, more relevant than ever. Don’t look for him in some kind of semi-retirement; look for him out on the road, playing for people, popping up in a myriad of T.V. commercials, or laying down tracks for his next album. B.B. King is as alive as the music he plays, and a grateful world can’t get enough of him.

For more than half a century, Riley B. King – better known as B.B. King – has defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925, on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola. In his youth, he played on street corners for dimes, and would sometimes play in as many as four towns a night. In 1947, he hitchhiked to Memphis, TN, to pursue his music career. Memphis was where every important musician of the South gravitated, and which supported a large musical community where every style of African American music could be found. B.B. stayed with his cousin Bukka White, one of the most celebrated blues performers of his time, who schooled B.B. further in the art of the blues.

B.B.’s first big break came in 1948 when he performed on Sonny Boy Williamson’s radio program on KWEM out of West Memphis. This led to steady engagements at the Sixteenth Avenue Grill in West Memphis, and later to a ten-minute spot on black-staffed and managed Memphis radio station WDIA. “King’s Spot,” became so popular, it was expanded and became the “Sepia Swing Club.” Soon B.B. needed a catchy radio name. What started out as Beale Street Blues Boy was shortened to Blues Boy King, and eventually B.B. King.

In the mid-1950s, while B.B. was performing at a dance in Twist, Arkansas, a few fans became unruly. Two men got into a fight and knocked over a kerosene stove, setting fire to the hall. B.B. raced outdoors to safety with everyone else, then realized that he left his beloved $30 acoustic guitar inside, so he rushed back inside the burning building to retrieve it, narrowly escaping death. When he later found out that the fight had been over a woman named Lucille, he decided to give the name to his guitar to remind him never to do a crazy thing like fight over a woman. Ever since, each one of B.B.’s trademark Gibson guitars has been called Lucille.

Soon after his number one hit, “Three O’Clock Blues,” B.B. began touring nationally. In 1956, B.B. and his band played an astonishing 342 one-night stands. From the chitlin circuit with its small-town cafes, juke joints, and country dance halls to rock palaces, symphony concert halls, universities, resort hotels and amphitheaters, nationally and internationally, B.B. has become the most renowned blues musician of the past 40 years.

Over the years, B.B. has developed one of the world’s most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarist’s vocabulary. His economy, his every-note-counts phrasing, has been a model for thousands of players, from Eric Clapton and George Harrison to Jeff Beck. B.B. has mixed traditional blues, jazz, swing, mainstream pop and jump into a unique sound. In B.B.’s words, “When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.”

In 1968, B.B. played at the Newport Folk Festival and at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West on bills with the hottest contemporary rock artists of the day who idolized B.B. and helped to introduce him to a young white audience. In “69, B.B. was chosen by the Rolling Stones to open 18 American concerts for them; Ike and Tina Turner also played on 18 shows.

B.B. was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He received NARAS’ Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 1987, and has received honorary doctorates from Tougaloo(MS) College in 1973; Yale University in 1977; Berklee College of Music in 1982; Rhodes College of Memphis in 1990; Mississippi Valley State University in 2002 and Brown University in 2007. In 1992, he received the National Award of Distinction from the University of Mississippi.

In 1991, B.B. King’s Blues Club opened on Beale Street in Memphis, and in 1994, a second club was launched at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. A third club in New York City’s Times Square opened in June 2000 and most recently two clubs opened at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut in January 2002. In 1996, the CD-Rom On The Road With B.B. King: An Interactive Autobiography was released to rave reviews. Also in 1996, B.B.’s autobiography, “Blues All Around Me” (written with David Ritz for Avon Books) was published. In a similar vein, Doubleday published “The Arrival of B.B. King” by Charles Sawyer, in 1980.

B.B. continued to tour extensively, averaging over 250 concerts per year around the world. Classics such as “Payin’ The Cost To Be The Boss,” “The Thrill Is Gone,” How Blue Can You Get,” “Everyday I Have The Blues,” and “Why I Sing The Blues” are concert (and fan) staples. Over the years, the Grammy Award-winner has had two #1 R&B hits, 1951’s “Three O’Clock Blues,” and 1952’s “You Don’t Know Me,” and four #2 R&B hits, 1953’s “Please Love Me,” 1954’s “You Upset Me Baby,” 1960’s “Sweet Sixteen, Part I,” and 1966’s “Don’t Answer The Door, Part I.” B.B.’s most popular crossover hit, 1970’s “The Thrill Is Gone,” went to #15 pop.

B.B. passed away in his sleep on May 14th 2015

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VA - Unlock The Lock: The Kent Records Story 1958-1962, Vol. 1

Size: 328 MB
Time: 129:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. B.B. King - Why Do Everything Happen To Me (2:52)
02. Danny Boy - All Of Me (2:34)
03. The Barker Brothers - Hey Little Mama (2:10)
04. Etta James - Baby, Baby Every Night (2:24)
05. Don Cole - Sweet Lovin' Honey (1:48)
06. Flash Terry & His Orchestra - On My Way Back Home (2:42)
07. Lee Denson - Devil Doll (2:03)
08. Sonny Knight - Madness (2:44)
09. Van Robinson - Basis Of Rock 'n' Roll (2:30)
10. Chuck Tequila' Rio - Bye Bye Baby (2:01)
11. Artie Wilson - That's My Baby (2:15)
12. Floyd Dixon & His Orchestra - Dance The Thing (2:39)
13. B.B. King - Please Accept My Love (2:37)
14. Jesse James - Red Hot Rockin' Blues (2:20)
15. Betty & Dupree - If It Ain't One Thing (2:19)
16. Van Robinson - You You You (2:42)
17. Jesse James - South's Gonna Rise Again (1:54)
18. B.B. King - Worry Worry (2:58)
19. The Senders - The Ballad Of Stagger Lee (3:19)
20. Hadda Brooks - The Thrill Is Gone (4:46)
21. B.B. King - The Fool (2:39)
22. The Senders - Everybody Needs To Know (2:23)
23. Jesse Belvin - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (2:15)
24. B.B. King - Mean Ole Frisco (2:29)

CD 2:
01. B.B. King - Sweet Sixteen Parts 1 & 2 (6:13)
02. Jimmy Witherspoon - Your Cheating Heart (2:55)
03. Jimmy Nelson - Unlock The Lock (2:43)
04. B.B. King - Good Man Gone Bad (2:48)
05. Hadda Brooks - Tomorrow Night (2:48)
06. B.B. King - You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (3:27)
07. Charlie Owens & The Sensational Ink Spots - Diane (3:36)
08. Tony Allen & The Wanderers - If Love Was Money (2:02)
09. B.B. King - Bad Case Of Love (2:23)
10. Billy Ray - Texas Queen (3:15)
11. Tony Allen & Group - Dreamin' (2:41)
12. Joe Houston - Doing The Twist (2:39)
13. Little Joe Hinton - Get In The Car (2:37)
14. Etta James - Crazy Feeling Aka Do Something Crazy (3:20)
15. Little Joe Hinton - The Whip Twist (2:33)
16. Pat Hunt - Goodnight My Love (2:28)
17. Teddy Reynolds - Do You Wanna Twist (2:06)
18. Billy Ray - Playboy (2:25)
19. The Classicals - Camel Caravan (2:32)
20. Hal Davis - Without You (2:03)
21. Bobby 'Blue' Bland & Ike Turner And His Orchestra - Love You Baby (2:25)
22. The Newports - The Wonder Of Love (2:09)
23. Bobby Sanders - Maybe I'm Wrong (2:25)
24. B.B. King - Mashing The Popeye (2:49)

The Bihari Brothers obtained the rights to Kent Records from Lee Silver in 1954 -- Silver never released more than two singles on the imprint -- but didn't turn it into their primary concern until 1958, when they shuttered RPM and Modern. The brothers turned to Kent as a way to shed their roster, but they kept their biggest stars, B.B. King, Etta James, and Jesse Belvin. Within a year or so, James and Belvin defected to other labels, leaving King the big man at Kent. Ace's 2015 Unlock the Lock: The Kent Records Story, Vol. 1 chronicles these early years, running from 1958 to 1962 in the form of a 48-track, double-disc set where 30 cuts make their CD debut (14 of these, mostly alternate takes of well-circulated material, see their first-ever release here). Ten of these cuts belong to King, and he's often the touchstone for the jumping blues and rhythm that make up the rest of the collection: it's robust, rocking R&B and blues that walk the crossover line. There are several attempts to ride the Twist bandwagon -- Joe Houston is "Doing the Twist," Little Joe Hinton attempts "The Whip Twist," Teddy Reynolds tries "Do You Wanna Twist," and King gets into the game with "Mashing the Popeye" -- and there are also hints of string-saturated pop (Pat Hunt's "Goodnight My Love"), plus a bit of wild rockabilly (the Barker Brothers' "Hey Little Mama" is an anomaly but Jesse James' rampaging "South's Gonna Rise Again" kicks, carving a niche between R&B and rock & roll). Generally, though, Unlock the Lock finds a comfortable place between uptown R&B and juke joint blues, proof that as the '50s became the '60s, R&B records started getting wilder and sillier as they tried to find their way onto the charts. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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B.B. King - Mr. Blues (Remastered + Bonus Tracks)

Size: 156,3 MB
Time: 65:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Young Dreamers (2:55)
02. By Myself (2:23)
03. Chains Of Love (2:36)
04. A Mother's Love (2:51)
05. Blues At Midnight (3:00)
06. Sneakin' Around (2:08)
07. On My Word Of Honor (2:37)
08. Tomorrow Night (2:22)
09. My Baby's Comin' Home (2:09)
10. Guess Who? (2:14)
11. You Ask Me (2:11)
12. I'm Gonna Sit In 'til You Give In (2:15)
13. Tell Me Baby (3:20)
14. Lonely (2:15)
15. Blues For Me (2:54)
16. Beautician Blues (2:00)
17. I Can Hear My Name (2:22)
18. The Worst Thing In My Life (3:50)
19. You're Breaking My Heart (4:14)
20. Mashed Potatoe Twist (2:29)
21. Understand (2:39)
22. Your Letter (3:32)
23. Going Down Slow (2:52)
24. Long Nights (3:30)

B.B. King - Mr. Blues + 12 bonus tracks Collector's limited edition featuring 12 bonus tracks in Deluxe 3-panel digipak presentation with a comprehensive booklet with updated liner notes. This essential collector's limited edition includes one of King's lesser-known album gems from his most inspired years, the wonderful Mr. Blues. The album was a great breakthrough for King on the ABC-Paramount label, the label he signed to after his tenure with Kent Records. Featuring songs from three different recording sessions, this album masterpiece has been reissued as a special edition with 12 bonus tracks from the same period and packaged in a 3-panel digipak with a comprehensive booklet with updated liner notes. All of these fabulous songs provide a solid and revealing portrait of B.B. King's versatility as well as his rightful place in the blues pantheon. Universally hailed as the King of the Blues, the legendary B.B. King's seven-decade career came to a close when he passed away in Las Vegas, on May 14, 2015. One of the most imitated of all the blues guitarist and singers, King projected tremendous presence on stage. His musical influences around the world remain incalculable. B.B. King - vocals & guitar; Maxwell Davis - tenor sax; Jewell Grant & William Green - alto sax; Floyd Turnham - baritone sax; Lloyd Glenn - piano; Rapph Hamilton - bass; Jesse Sales - drums, among others. Recorded 1962 in Los Angels and New York.

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B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (Deluxe Edition)

Size: 166,1 MB
Time: 71:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Riding With The King (4:23)
02. Ten Long Years (4:40)
03. Key To The Highway (3:40)
04. Marry You (4:59)
05. Three O'clock Blues (8:36)
06. Help The Poor (5:06)
07. I Wanna Be (4:45)
08. Worried Life Blues (4:25)
09. Days Of Old (3:00)
10. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer (7:09)
11. Hold On I'm Coming (6:20)
12. Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:12)
13. Rollin' And Tumblin' (4:32)
14. Let Me Love You (5:07)

Two guitar legends - Eric Clapton and B.B. King - first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the album will be expanded and remastered by Bob Ludwig will be released on June 26th. Two additional previously unreleased tracks have been added to the album: The blues standard “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” and a cover of Willie Dixon’s “Let Me Love You Baby”. Both tracks were recorded during the original sessions and were produced and mixed especially for this release by Simon Climie, who produced the original album with Clapton. The album features five Dixon originals, plus a selection of covers from writers as diverse as Isaac Hayes (“Hold On I’m Coming”), Johnny Mercer (“Come Rain Or Come Shine”) and “Big” Bill Broonzy (“Key To The Highway”). John Hiatt wrote the album’s title track. The album features an all-star line-up of musicians: Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Joe Sample, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, and Jim Keltner. The celebrated producer and arranger Arif Martin contributed string arrangements and orchestration to two tracks.

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B. B. King - Blues & Rhythm Series 5053: The Chronological B.B. King 1949-52

Size: 183 MB
Time: 62:59
File: FLAC
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Miss Martha King (2:43)
02. When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes (2:29)
03. Got The Blues (2:48)
04. Take A Swing With Me (2:34)
05. Mistreated Woman (2:52)
06. B. B. Boogie (3:12)
07. The Other Night Blues (3:41)
08. Walkin' And Cryin' (3:29)
09. My Baby's Gone (2:01)
10. Don't You Want A Man Like Me (2:20)
11. Questionaire Blues (2:59)
12. B. B. Blues (2:28)
13. A New Way Of Driving (1:57)
14. Fine Lookin' Woman (2:24)
15. She's Dynamite (2:31)
16. She's A Mean Woman (2:34)
17. Hard Workin' Woman (2:35)
18. Pray For You (2:33)
19. 3 O'clock Blues (3:02)
20. That Ain't The Way To Do It (2:18)
21. She Don't Move Me No More (3:12)
22. Shake It Up And Go (2:38)
23. My Own Fault, Darlin' (3:28)

This excellent compilation presents the very beginning of the Riley "B.B." King story as documented on phonograph records made between the years 1949 and 1952. Born in Mississippi, influenced by his uncle Bukka White as well as by Lowell Fulson, Wynonie Harris, and Ivory Joe Hunter, King cut his first four sides in 1949 for the Bullet label in Memphis, TN. Backed by trumpet, trombone, two saxes, and a rhythm section containing both Phineas Newborns Jr. and Sr., "Blues Boy" King sang his own kind of blues in a high and spirited voice. Moving over to the RPM label, King made a series of recordings in 1950 and 1951 that began to define his style, putting him on the map, as it were, and on the road to popularity. There seems to have been an amiable fire lit under the band during the session of January 8, 1951. "My Baby's Gone" moves like a New Orleans rhumba. "Questionnaire Blues" deals with the troublesome topic of conscription, a subject also handled by J.B. Lenoir, Titus Turner, and Sunnyland Slim during those Korean War years. Solomon Hardy's screaming tenor sax introduction jacks up "B.B. Blues" to a high level of emotional intensity from the get-go. It was always King's heart that spoke so directly to the people. The New Orleans-inspired authentic rock & roll energy is wonderfully exciting but King's heartfelt emotional honesty, so beautifully expressed on the slow and powerfully delivered "She's a Mean Woman," fills in the rest of the picture and makes his music uncommonly relevant to the listener. By September of 1951, B.B. King had steadily developed into a performer of stunning depth and immediacy. Note the presence of a pianist Ike Turner with alto saxophonist Hank Crawford on this session, and the legendary Johnny Ace at the piano on two sides dating from 1952. Here are some of the men who changed the very course of popular music midway through the 20th century, and these records are exactly how they went about it. ~arwulf arwulf

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VA - The Ultimate Black History Collection

Size: 564 MB
Time: 4:00:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock, Soul, Pop
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Ray Charles - I'm Movin' On (3:09)
02 Barack Obama - We Are The Ones We Are Waiting For (0:46)
03 Baby Washington - Nobody Cares (2:11)
04 Memphis Slim - Blue & Disgusted (3:00)
05 Paul Robeson - American Crusade Against Lynching (0:58)
06 Percy Sledge - When Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
07 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (Re-Recorded Version) (2:31)
08 Charles Brown - Black Night (Re-Recorded Version) (3:06)
09 Ralph Bunche - First Afican American To Receive Noble Peace Prize (0:56)
10 Chic - Good Times (7:17)
11 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (2:48)
12 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (2:21)
13 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (5:52)
14 Ohio Players - A Thing Called Love (Re-Recorded Version) (3:15)
15 Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (2:59)
16 Magic Johnson - Retires After Testing Positive For HIV Virus (0:44)
17 Dinah Washington - Unforgettable (Re-Recorded Version) (2:43)
18 Al Wilson - Show & Tell (Re-Recorded Version) (3:25)
19 Ray Charles - What'd I Say (Re-Recorded Version) (2:22)
20 Count Basie - Tarrersfield Stomp (2:33)
21 B.B. King - Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (2:37)
22 Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:02)
23 Big Maybelle - I Won't Cry Anymore (2:54)
24 Louis Armstrong - Interview (0:42)
25 Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind (Re-Recorded Version) (2:43)
26 The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Re-Recorded Version) (3:09)
27 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (Re-Recorded Version) (3:30)
28 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Re-Recorded Version) (2:53)
29 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mountain Top (0:57)
30 Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Re-Recorded Version) (3:29)
31 Tiger Woods - Interview (0:55)
32 General Colin Powell - Declines Bid For Presidency (1:26)
33 Muhammad Ali - On His Foreman Fight (0:43)
34 Gladys Kinight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart (Re-Recorded Version) (2:05)

CD 2:
01 Big Joe Williams - Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall (1:55)
02 Radio Broadcast - Little Rock School Integration (0:48)
03 Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home (Re-Recorded Version) (2:38)
04 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 3 (0:15)
05 Percy Sledge - When Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
06 Mahalia Jackson - Tell It, Sing It, Shout It (2:37)
07 Jackie Robinson - Speaks Of Racist Heckling (0:47)
08 Memphis Slim - 44 Blues (3:32)
09 Buddy Guy - Blue Monday (5:02)
10 Cassius Clay - Clay On His Fight With Liston - Took Him In 7 (0:56)
11 Lloyd Price - I'm Gonna Get Married (Re-Recorded Version) (2:41)
12 Venus Williams - Venus Williams Wins Wimbledon (0:56)
13 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (Re-Recorded Version) (4:46)
14 Malcolm X - Speech (0:26)
15 Sly Stone - Life Of Fortune And Fame (3:21)
16 Ike & Tina Turner - In The Morning Blues (2:45)
17 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Unknown Blues (4:09)
18 Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues (3:08)
19 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (2:16)
20 Booker T. Washington - Speech Against Slavery (0:45)
21 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded Version) (2:39)
22 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 1 (0:20)
23 A. Philp Randolph - March On Washington Speech (0:48)
24 The Commodores - I Know I'm Losing You (3:09)
25 Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia (Re-Recorded Version) (4:01)
26 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - First Black Congressman From New York (0:31)
27 Robert Kenndey - Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination (0:49)
28 Wilson Pickett - It's Too Late (3:09)
29 Leadbelly - The Bourgoeis Blues (3:03)
30 Martin Luther King, Jr. - We're Marching By (0:31)
31 Arthur Ashe - Remains The Only African American Men's Single Champion (0:51)
32 The Marvelettes - Don't Mess With Bill (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
33 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (4:45)

CD 3:
01 Serena Williams - Interview (0:47)
02 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Prize (0:45)
03 Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (Re-Recorded Version) (3:04)
04 The Spinners - I'll Be Around (3:08)
05 Muhammad Ali - Interview (0:23)
06 The Miracles - I Second That Emotion (Re-Recorded Version) (2:44)
07 Radio Broadcast - Rodney King - Radio Broadcast Of The Verdict (0:50)
08 James Brown - It's A Man's, Man's Man's World (4:12)
09 Bob Marley - Soul Rebel (3:19)
10 Shiley Chisholm - First African American Woman Elected To Congress (0:33)
11 Ike & Tina Turner - Poor Fool (2:45)
12 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (Re-Recorded Version) (3:04)
13 Nat King Cole & The King Cole Trio - My Lips Remember Your Kisses (3:07)
14 Miles Davis - Out Of Nowhere (4:05)
15 Radio Broadcast - Barry Bonds Breaks Home Run Record (0:55)
16 B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get (3:24)
17 Buddy Guy - No Use Cryin' (3:02)
18 Big Maybelle - Don't Let Him See You Cry (2:44)
19 Jessie Jackson - Speech (0:57)
20 Sam & Dave - Land Of 1,000 Dances (Re-Recorded Version) (2:30)
21 Wilson Pickett - I Can't Stop (2:31)
22 James Baldwin - Interview (0:54)
23 Billie Holiday - Lover Man (3:17)
24 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 4 (0:10)
25 Ray Charles - Blues Is My Middle Name (3:11)
26 Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Big Fat Mama (3:22)
27 Sam & Dave - Soul Man (Re-Recorded Version) (2:55)
28 Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have A Dream (0:58)
29 Bo Diddley - Walin' And Talkin' (2:38)
30 Reggie Jackson - Death Threat (0:33)
31 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 2 (0:06)
32 Lightnin' Hopkins - Last Night (5:09)
33 Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (Re-Recorded Version) (4:40)


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B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get?: Classic Live Performances 1964-1994

Size: 344 MB
Time: 146:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. Every Day I Have The Blues (Live At The Regal Theater, Chicago, 1964) (3:09)
02. Sweet Little Angel (Live At The Regal Theatre, Chicago, 1964) (3:45)
03. Please Love Me (Live At The Regal Theater, Chicago, 1964) (2:57)
04. You Upset Me Baby (Live At The Regal Theater, Chicago, 1964) (2:22)
05. Gambler's Blues (Live At The International Club, Chicago, 1966) (4:45)
06. Buzz Me (Live At The International Club, Chicago, 1966) (4:09)
07. Baby, Get Lost (Live At The International Club, Chicago, 1966) (4:09)
08. Blind Love (Live At The International Club, Chicago, 1966) (3:29)
09. Don't Answer The Door (Live At The Village Gate, New York, 1969) (5:58)
10. Please Accept My Love (Live At The Village Gate, New York, 1969) (2:35)
11. Worry, Worry, Worry (Live At Cook County Jail, Chicago, 1970) (9:51)
12. How Blue Can You Get? (Live At Cook County Jail, Chicago, 1970) (5:11)
13. Eyesight To The Blind (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 1971) (4:04)
14. Chains And Things (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 1971) (5:42)
15. Sweet Sixteen (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 1971) (5:57)
16. The Thrill Is Gone (Live At Sankei Hall, Tokyo, 1971) (5:50)

CD 2:
01. Let The Good Times Roll (Live At Coconut Grove, Los Angeles, 1976) (5:32)
02. I Got Some Outside Help (I Don't Really Need) (Live At Ole Miss, Mississippi, 1980) (5:14)
03. Caldonia (Live At Ole Miss, Mississippi, 1979) (2:47)
04. Night Life (Live At Royal Festival Hall, London, 1981) (6:45)
05. Never Make A Move Too Soon (With The Crusaders) (Live At Royal Festival Hall, London, 1981) (3:43)
06. All Over Again (Live At Royal Festival Hall, London, 1981) (6:49)
07. Please Send Me Someone To Love (Live At Ebony Showcase, Los Angeles, 1987) (4:11)
08. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (Live At San Quentin Prison, CA, 1990) (8:11)
09. When Love Comes To Town (Live At Apollo Theater, New York, 1990) (4:47)
10. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (Live At Apollo Theater, New York, 1990) (2:26)
11. Ain't Nobody's Business (Live At B.B. King's Blues Club, Memphis, 1993) (9:22)
12. T-Bone Shuffle (Live At B.B. King's Blues Club, Memphis, 1993) (6:41)
13. Rock Me Baby (Live At The Rosengarten, Mannheim, 1994) (6:21)

The double-disc collection How Blue Can You Get: Classic Live 1964-94 covers 30 years of B.B. King's remarkably popular and groundbreaking career, picking out choice live performances from a variety of sources. King has always been acknowledged as one of the most electrifing blues guitarists, as well as one of the best all-around entertainers that the genre has to offer, so it stands to reason that the compilation is filled with terrific music. And it certainly is -- from his astonishing performance at the Regal to recent performances in Japan, B.B. shines throughout the set. Despite all of the fine music this has to offer, it doesn't capture the spark of one of his live shows, where he interacts brilliantly with the audience; you still have to pick up Live At the Regal to experience that. Even though How Blue Can You Get lacks the kinetic energy of a live concert, there's enough prime material to make it an essential addition to any B.B. King fan's library. ~Thom Owens

How Blue Can You Get? MP3
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