King of the Blues

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Reissue with 10 bonus tracks:
Tracks 1-10 Crown CLP 5167/CST 195 (1960)
11. Things are Not the Same - Kent 351 (1960)
12. Growing Old - Kent 470 (1967)*
13. That's How Much You Mean to Me - Kent LP KST 529 (1967)*
14. Tell Me Baby - Kent 381 (1962)*
15. Going Down Sow - Kent 838 (1962)
16. Whole Log of Lovin' (aka Whole Lotta' Love) - Kent 383 (1962)
17. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer (aka Million Years Blues) - Kent 383 (1962)
18. I Can't Lose (aka I Can't Lose With the Stuff I See) - Kent 393 (1964)*
19. 3 O'Clock Blues - Kent 386 (1962)*
20. Worried Life - Kent 4526 (1970)

Stereo except * Mono

Annotation last modified on 2020-07-27 08:10 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I’ve Got a Right to Love My Baby
recording of:
I’ve Got a Right to Love My Baby
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:13
2What Way to Go
recording of:
What Way to Go
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.
3:04
3Long Nights
recording of:
Long Nights (The Feeling They Call the Blues)
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:29
4Feel Like a Million
recording of:
Feel Like a Million
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:29
5I’ll Survive
recording of:
I’ll Survive
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:29
6Good Man Gone Bad
recording of:
Good Man Gone Bad
writer:
B.B. King, Jules Taub and Ferdinand Washington
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
2:44
7If I Lost You
recording of:
If I Lost You
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:38
8You’re on the Top
recording of:
You’re on the Top
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:48
9Partin’ Time
recording of:
Partin’ Time
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:58
10I’m King
recording of:
I’m King
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:18
11Things Are Not the Same
recording of:
Things Are Not the Same
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:06
12Growing Old
recording of:
Growing Old
writer:
B.B. King, Sam Ling and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:07
13That's How Much You Mean to Me
recording of:
That's How Much You Mean to Me
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:28
14Tell Me Baby
recording of:
Tell Me Baby
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:17
15Going Down Slow
cover recording of:
Going Down Slow
lyricist and composer:
James Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:49
16Whole Lot of Lovin' aka Whole Lotta' Love
recording of:
Whole Lot of Lovin'
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:42
17When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer aka Million Years Blues
recording of:
When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Powerforce Music and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:46
18I Can't Lose aka I Can't Lose With the Stuff I Use
cover recording of:
I Can't Lose
writer:
L. Williams
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
2:35
193 O'Clock Blues
recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
cover recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
3:44
20Worried Life
cover recording of:
Worried Life Blues
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
3:23

Credits

Release

manufactured in:United Kingdom
photography:Joseph Tauber
liner notes:John Marlo
John Broven (in 2003)
mixer:Duncan Cowell (United Kingdom mastering engineer)
mastering:Nick Robbins (engineer)
compiler:John Broven
design:Chris Popham
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.) (in 2003)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5776130 [info]