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This two-disc set's jewel-case comes embossed with King's gold-inked signature, presumably a seal of approval for this bountiful summation of his MCA years. Beginning with B.B.'s work for ABC in the mid-1960s (the label was later swallowed up by MCA), the compilation moves through B.B.'s cream-flared 70s output, then proceeds to sew up the 1980s. The title's promise is fulfilled within this given time-period, but King's first 15 recording years are missing, as are examples of his very successful 90s work. Massed strings add drama to "The Thrill Is Gone", "Paying The Cost To Be The Boss" swaggers with crisp horn feints, "Why I Sing The Blues" is a prime example of the extended funky vamp, these 60s cuts invariably swamped with eerie guitar reverb. The 70s provided an evocative canvas for exaggerated gesture, strings and electric piano infusing the moody "Chains & Things", B.B. picking funky figures throughout "Ghetto Woman". The synthesised piano and rock-ballad melody of "Into The Night" typify his 80s flirtations with the mainstream, while 1974's collaboration with Bobby Bland set a precedent for later collaboration with U2 and Gary Moore. Tracks are chronologically jumbled, but the closing six-song run of live numbers provides a flaming finish. --Martin Longley
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Track Listing
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King, Bill Szymczyk, Joe Zagarino, Paul Harris, Hugh McCracken, Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott, Herbie Lovelle, Bert DeCoteaux
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B.B. King, Johnny Pate, Lou Zito, Hobart Dotson, John Browning, Henry Boozier, Pluma Davis, Lawrence Burdine, Johnny Board, Barney Hubert, Duke Jethro, Leo Lauchie, Sonny Freeman
Don't Answer The Door, Parts 1 & 2 - B.B. King, Johnny Pate, Duke Jethro, Leo Lauchie, Sonny Freeman
I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King, Dave Crawford, Earl Young, Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Eli Tartarsky, Larry Washington, Stevie Wonder, Charles Mann, Ron Kersey
How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King, Sid Feller, Maxwell Davis, Kenny Sands, Carl Adams, Lawrence Burdine, Vernon Slater, Jerome Richardson, Charles Brooks, Leo Lauchie, Sonny Freeman
Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King, Bill Szymczyk, Paul Harris, Hugh McCraken, Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott, Herbie Lovelle
Chains And Things - B.B. King, Bill Szymczyk, Jimmie Haskell, Carol King, Bryan Garofalo, Russ Kunkel
To Know You Is To Love You - B.B. King, Dave Crawford
When Love Comes To Town - Jimmy Iovine, U2, B.B. King, Shelly Yakus, Rob Jacobs
Playin' With My Friends - B.B. King, Dennis Walker, John Hampton, Robert Cray, Skidd Mills, Kevin Hayes, Jim Pugh, Richard Cousins, Robert Murray
Never Make A Move Too Soon - B.B. King, Stewart Levine, Wilton Lewis Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Robert "Pops" Popwell, James Gadson, Dean Parks, Roland Bautista, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams, Paulinho Da Co
Better Not Look Down - B.B. King, Joe Sample, Stewart Levine, Stix Hooper, Wilton Felder, Wilton Lewis Felder, The Crusaders
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere - B.B. King, Sidney A. Seidenberg, Stewart Levine
Hummingbird - B.B. King, Bill Szymczyk, Jimmie Haskell, Leon Russell, Joe Walsh, Bryan Garofalo, Russ Kunkel, Merry Clayton, Sherlie Matthews, Clydie King, Venetta Fields
Introduction / Everyday I Have The Blues - B.B. King, Johnny Pate, Pervis Spann, Kenny Sands, Johnny Board, Bobby Forte, Duke Jethro, Leo Lauchie, Sonny Freeman
Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King, Johnny Pate, Kenny Sands, Johnny Board, Bobby Forte, Duke Jethro, Leo Lauchie, Sonny Freeman
Help The Poor - B.B. King, Sid Feller
So Excited - B.B. King, Bill Szymczyk, Joe Zagarino
Broken Heart - B.B. King, Sidney A. Seidenberg
Ghetto Woman - B.B. King, Ed Michel, Joe Zagarino, Jimmie Haskell, Gary Wright, Jim Price, Mac Rebennack, Klaus Voormann, Ringo Starr, Jim Gordon
Ain't Nobody Home - B.B. King, Ed Michel, Joe Zagarino, Jim Price, Bobby Keys, Doctor Ragavoy, John Uribe, David Spinozza, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner, Joshie Armstead, Tasha Thomas, Carl Hall
Darlin' You Know I Love You - B.B. King, Sidney A. Seidenberg
In The Midnight Hour - B.B. King, Ira Newborn, John Landis
Into The Night - B.B. King, John Landis, Ira Newborn, Edward Greene, Randy Kerber, Jim Cook, Neil Stubenhaus, Steve Watson, John Hobbs
My Lucille - B.B. King, Ira Newborn, John Landis
The Blues Come Over Me - B.B. King, Stewart Levine, Sidney A. Seidenberg, Daren Klein
Since I Met You Baby - B.B. King, Gary Moore, Ian Taylor
I'm Moving On - B.B. King, Stewart Levine, Sidney A. Seidenberg, Daren Klein
Let The Good Times Roll - B.B. King, Esmond Edwards, Bobby Bland, Johnny Pate
Woke Up This Mornin' - B.B. King, Johnny Pate
Three O' Clock Blues - B.B. King, Steve Barri, Bobby Bland
Please Love Me - B.B. King, Johnny Pate
Caldonia - B.B. King
Rock Me Baby - B.B. King |
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