Ladies and Gentlemen\u2026. MR B.B. KING – OUT 24TH SEPTEMBER 2012 ON UNIVERSAL<\/p>\n
In celebration of B.B. King\u2019s 50th Anniversary signing to ABC-Paramount Records in 1962, comes this multi-format career retrospective, leading the way with a slick 10-CD, 194 track collection chronicling his entire career from his first recordings in 1949 through to his most recent studio album all housed in a beautiful luxe box including a 72-page silver gilded hardback book, featuring essays from Ashley Kahn and Dick Shurman. The set is also packed with glorious images and memorabilia, illustrating this incredible career, all lovingly assembled and engineered by Grammy Award-winning consultant Bill Levenson.<\/p>\n
The title is also being released on a 4-CD Cutdown Version and Digital Deluxe (mirror of 4-CD physical cutdown plus bonus album Lucille Talks Back).<\/p>\n
\u201cB.B. King is one of America\u2019s few, long-standing musical treasures whose stature has grown to an unassailable, international level. Despite his 85 years, King continues to tour, perform and to grow in influence, casting a shadow that reaches far beyond the blues scene from whence he first came. His warm, downhome vocal style, his distinctive, \u201ctalking\u201d blues guitar playing, and his songs that sing of love\u2019s joys and hardships \u2013 \u201cSweet Sixteen\u201d, \u201cHow Blue Can You Get?\u201d, \u201cHelp The Poor\u201d, \u201cThe Thrill Is Gone\u201d and countless others \u2013 are all indelibly imprinted elements in the modern musical heritage.\u201d \u2013 Ashley Kahn<\/p>\n
KEY FEATURES:
\n\u2022 Two CDs chronicling his early years on Bullet, Modern\/RPM and Kent\/Crown Records
\n\u2022 Eight CDs chronicling his recording achievements on ABC-Paramount, ABC Bluesway, ABC, ABC\/Impulse, MCA and Geffen Records, as well as high profile collaborations
\n\u2022 Highlights include key recordings from every ABC\/MCA\/Geffen era album
\n\u2022 Rare, non-album singles
\n\u2022 Rare album tracks
\n\u2022 Previously unreleased recordings from his historic May 2, 1970 Carnegie Hall Concert
\n\u2022 Rare \u201cOne Touch\u201d EP tracks:
\n\u2022 Collaborations with Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, U2,Elton John, Robert Cray, Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, Gary Moore, Bobby \u201cBlue\u201d Bland, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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