Paying The Cost To Be The Boss By B.B. King

Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA 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 ...

You can't move an inch without tripping over a superstar on this album of celebrity duets. On DEUCES WILD, B. B. looks beyond the blues world to collaborate with such unlikely folks as Willie Nelson, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, ...

Recorded between 1966 and 1985. Includes liner notes by Joseph Laredo. Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Studios, North Hollywood, California). This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. A true best-of B.B. King album should be at least ...

The two-disc GOLD compilation series does its usual superb job with B.B. KING--GOLD. Summing up the blues icon's sprawling, decades-spanning catalogue is no easy task, and the good folks at Geffen deserve all the more credit for pulling together this ...

This collection of live B.B. King recordings from the U.K. offers a unique opportunity to compare and contrast the legendary bluesman's concert performances from different eras. The album is dominated by tracks from a 1978 London show and a 1998 ...

Recorded live at the Apollo Theater, New York, New York on November 10, 1990. Includes liner notes by Andrew Whist. LIVE AT THE APOLLO is a straight reissue of a famed 1990 recording by blues guitar master B.B. King at Harlem's ...

Recorded live at the Apollo Theater, New York, New York on November 10, 1990. Includes liner notes by Andrew Whist. LIVE AT THE APOLLO is a straight reissue of a famed 1990 recording by blues guitar master B.B. King at Harlem's ...

Photographers: G. Hanekroot; Kevin Westenberg; Danny Clinch.

This isn't his most well-known stuff, but it's a very solid late '60s set. Featuring brassy arrangements by Johnny Pate (who also worked with many prominent Chicago soul acts during the '60s), it presents King's sound at its fullest without ...

Recorded live in 1972. Track Listing: Thrill Is Gone, The; Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss; Everyday I Have the Blues; How Blue Can You Get; Please Love Me; Guess Who; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now; Save ...

This is a 1983 recording of the B.B. King band playing live in Cannes, France. The King show, which has not changed all that much in recent decades, is comprised of hits such as "The Thrill Is Gone" (a decent ...

21 rip-roaring essential classics from the undisputed 'King' of the blues, B.B. King! Digitally remastered to pristine audio clarity and packaged in a digipak with rare photos. Purple Pyramid. 2003. Includes liner notes by Athan Maroulis. Editor: Liz Ohanesian. Photographers: Cisco Houston; Woody ...

Legendary bluesman B.B. King had reached his 80th year when this concert was recorded, but he was investing as much energy as ever into his soulful singing and crisp, precise guitar solos. In the latter part of his career, health ...

Track Listing: Introduction; Move to the Groove; Lover Man; Blue Rondo a La Turk; Ol Bill Basie; Thrill Is Gone, The; Guess Who; Paying the Cost to Be the Boss;

Recorded live on January 28, 1983, at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. The closing track: 'Jam' features Dave Brubeck on piano. Recording information: Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France (01/28/1983). Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Leon Warren (guitar); Edgar Sunigal Jr. ...

Track Listing: BACK2BACK: B.B. KIN/JOHN LEE: How Blue Can You Get; Paying the Cost to Be the Boss; Sweet Sixteen; Evil Child; You've Done Lost You're Good Thing Now; Letter, The; Everyday I Have the Blues; Catfish Blues; It's My ...

This double album finds the Blues Boy at his sassiest. These sessions, recorded in 1966 and '68, some with B.B.'s usual horn-driven combo, some augmented (tastefully) by an orchestra, reveal a performer at his peak, at ease with both the ...

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, ...

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 ...

The 2012 two-disc anthology The Blues King's Best compiles many of legendary guitarist B.B. King's recordings. The first disc features studio recordings from 1949 to 1960 and the second disc showcases live recordings from various dates over the years -- ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: 1949-1964: Miss Martha King; When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes; B.B. Boogie; She's Dynamite; Three O'Clock Blues; Woke Up This Morning; Blind Love; When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer; You Upset Me Baby; Ten ...

This 12-cut super budget compilation by B.B. King -- that contains no annotation whatsoever as to where these "hits" originated -- is basically a way to cheaply acquaint a new generation with the work of King. ~ Thom Jurek

Liner Note Author: Alfie Falckenbach. Recording information: Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France (01/28/1983). Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Leon Warren (guitar); Edgar Sunigal Jr. (saxophone); James Bolden, Calvin Owens (trumpet); Joseph Carrier (keyboards); Caleb Emphrey, Jr. (drums). Audio Mixer: Mack Emerman.

Track Listing: Thrill Is Gone; Guess Who; All Over Again; Sweet Little Angel; B.B.'s Theme; Precious Lord; Save a Seat For Me; How Blue Can You Get; B.B. Boogie; Sweet Sixteen; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now; Paying the ...

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