Description
Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Kenny Sands (trumpet); Johnny Board, Bobby Forte (tenor saxophone); Duke Jethro (piano); Leo Lauchie (bass); Sonny Freeman (drums).
Producer: Johnny Pate.
Reissue producer: Andy McKaie.
Recorded live at The Regal Theatre Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 1964. Includes liner notes by Dick Shurman & Rick Ward.
Digitally remastered by Eric Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).
No matter how good the studio sessions were, B.B. King was at his best on stage in front of an appreciative, if not ecstatic crowd. This set, recorded at Chicago's premier black theater on Novermber 21, 1964, delivered just that. Despite the less than perfect recording conditions, at a time when technology had yet to catch up with the demands placed upon it, the King of the Blues delivers a definitive performance on a programm that includes his recent single "Help The Poor." Also included in this set is a clutch of songs that were responsible for much of his success, "Everyday I Have The Blues," "Sweet Little Angel," "It's My Own Fault," "You Upset Me Baby" and "Woke Up This Morning" among them. The band, including tenorman Johnny Board and organist Duke Jethro, is lean but tight, providing King with a springboard from which to leap into flights of immaculate guitar playing and singing.
Producer: Johnny Pate.
Reissue producer: Andy McKaie.
Recorded live at The Regal Theatre Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 1964. Includes liner notes by Dick Shurman & Rick Ward.
Digitally remastered by Eric Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).
No matter how good the studio sessions were, B.B. King was at his best on stage in front of an appreciative, if not ecstatic crowd. This set, recorded at Chicago's premier black theater on Novermber 21, 1964, delivered just that. Despite the less than perfect recording conditions, at a time when technology had yet to catch up with the demands placed upon it, the King of the Blues delivers a definitive performance on a programm that includes his recent single "Help The Poor." Also included in this set is a clutch of songs that were responsible for much of his success, "Everyday I Have The Blues," "Sweet Little Angel," "It's My Own Fault," "You Upset Me Baby" and "Woke Up This Morning" among them. The band, including tenorman Johnny Board and organist Duke Jethro, is lean but tight, providing King with a springboard from which to leap into flights of immaculate guitar playing and singing.
Product Details
- Artist
- B.B. King
- Year of release
- 1998
- Label / Studio
- UNI / MCA
- Media Content Format
- Album
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #14274
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Recording Environment
- Live
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Run Time (minutes)
- 34
- Original year of release
- 1964
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #10383
- Cast & Crew
- B.B. King (Music Performer)
Press Reviews
...one of the all-time great blues documents... JazzTimes (12/97, p.144)
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Vibe (12/99, p.158)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Every Day I Have the Blues
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Sweet Little Angel
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Its My Own Fault
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How Blue Can You Get
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Please Love Me
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You Upset Me Baby
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Worry, Worry
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Woke Up This Mornin
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You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
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Help the Poor
