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); 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, 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); 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, 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.
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