Eight Classic Albums

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Identical to the first four discs of Ten Classic Albums on their subsidiary.

Tracklist

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1CD: Singin’ the Blues / The Blues
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1Please Love Me
producer:
Joe Bihari
alto saxophone:
George Coleman (in 1952-12)
bass:
James Walker (in 1952-12)
congas:
Charles Crosby (in 1952-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Curry (in 1952-12)
guitar:
B.B. King (in 1952-12)
piano:
Connie McBooker (in 1952-12)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Harvey (in 1952-12)
trumpet:
Floyd Jones (in 1952-12)
vocals:
B.B. King (in 1952-12)
arranger:
Bill Harvey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (in 1953) and P‐VINE RECORDS (in 1953)
recorded at:
ACA Studios in Houston, Texas, United States (in 1952-12)
recording of:
Please Love Me (in 1952-12)
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
2:48
2You Upset Me Baby
alto saxophone:
Jewell Grant (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
guitar:
B.B. King (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
piano:
Willard McDaniel (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
saxophone:
Floyd Turnham (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
trumpet:
Harry D. Jones (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
vocals:
B.B. King (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
arranger:
Maxwell Davis
publisher:
Intersong Music
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (in 1954) and P‐VINE RECORDS (in 1954)
recorded at:
Modern Studios in Culver City, California, United States (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
recording of:
You Upset Me Baby (from 1954-08-18 until 1958-08-19)
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control
3:01
3Everyday I Have the Blues2:48
4Bad Luck
cover recording of:
Bad Luck Blues
writer:
Ivory Joe Hunter
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited
2:53
5Three O’Clock Blues
cover recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
3:00
6Blind Love
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1953)
recording of:
Blind Love (in 1953)
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.
2:55
7Woke Up This Morning (My Baby’s Gone)2:56
8You Know I Love You3:04
9Sweet Little Angel3:00
10Ten Long Years2:47
11Did You Ever Love a Woman2:33
12Crying Won’t Help You2:58
13Why Do Things Happen to Me
cover recording of:
Why Do Everything Happen to Me?
lyricist and composer:
Roy Hawkins
2:45
14Ruby Lee
recording of:
Ruby Lee
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:35
15When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer2:53
16Past Day
recording of:
Past Day
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:14
17Boogie Woogie Women
recording of:
Boogie Woogie Woman
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:47
18Early Every Morning
recording of:
Early Every Morning
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
2:34
19I Want to Get Married
recording of:
I Want to Get Married
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:01
20That Ain’t the Way to Do It2:19
21Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
cover recording of:
Troubles, Troubles, Troubles
composer:
J.J. Cale
2:57
22Don’t You Want a Man Like Me2:38
23You Know I Go for You2:37
24What Can I Do
recording of:
What Can I Do
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:47
2CD: King of the Blues / B.B. King Sings Spiritual
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1I’ve Got a Right to Love My Baby3:14
2What Way to Go3:06
3Long Nights (The Feeling They Call the Blues)3:31
4Feel Like a Million3:31
5I’ll Survive2:40
6Good Man Gone Bad2:45
7If I Lost You2:40
8You’re on the Top2:50
9Partin’ Time3:00
10I’m King
recording of:
I’m King
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:19
11Precious Lord
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey
composer:
[traditional]
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen
3:22
12Save a Seat for Me3:03
13Ole Time Religion
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Old-Time Religion (Gospel song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
2:20
14Sweet Chariot
cover recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music, Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
2:07
15Servant’s Prayer
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Thy Servant's Prayer Amen
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey
3:01
16Jesus Gave Me Water
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Jesus Gave Me Water
lyricist and composer:
Lucie E. Campbell
3:02
17I Never Heard a Man2:34
18Army of the Lord
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Army of the Lord
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
publisher:
Hamblen Music
3:03
19I Am Willing to Run All the Way2:13
20I’m Working on the Building
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Working on a Building (Bowles and Hoyle version)
writer:
Lillian Bowles and Winifred O. Hoyle
version of:
Working on the Building
2:46
3CD: My Kind of Blues / Easy Listening Blues
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1You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now5:12
2Mr. Pawn Broker3:12
3Understand2:38
4Someday Baby2:51
5Driving Wheel
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Driving Wheel Blues
lyricist and composer:
Roosevelt Sykes
publisher:
Prestige Music ltd.
2:49
6Walking Dr. Bill3:39
7My Own Fault, Baby3:31
8Cat Fish Blues
cover recording of:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Wabash Music Company
recording of:
Catfish Blues (Robert Petway)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Petway
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Wabash Music Company
2:30
9Hold That Train
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Hold That Train (on 1960-03-03)
writer:
Doctor Clayton
publisher:
Wabash Music Co.
recording of:
Hold That Train
writer:
Doctor Clayton
publisher:
Wabash Music Co.
3:56
10Please Set the Date2:48
11Easy Listening Blues2:35
12Blues for Me
recording of:
Blues for Me
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
2:53
13Night Long
recording of:
Night Long
writer:
B.B. King
2:57
14Confessin’
2:39
15Don’t Touch
recording of:
Don't Touch
writer:
B.B. King
2:43
16Slow Walk
recording of:
Slow Walk
writer:
B.B. King
3:14
17Walkin’
recording of:
Walkin' and Cryin'
writer:
Sam Ling and Riley B. King
2:45
18Hully Gully
recording of:
Hully Gully Twist
writer:
B.B. King
2:56
19Shoutin’ the Blues2:42
20Rambler
recording of:
Rambler
writer:
B.B. King
2:29
4CD: More B.B King / Compositions of Duke Ellington and Others
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1Bad Case of Love
recording of:
Bad Case of Love
writer:
Curtis Irving and Joe Josea
2:19
2Get Out of Here
recording of:
Get Out of Here
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:40
3Bad Luck Soul
recording of:
Bad Luck Soul
writer:
B.B. King
2:18
4Shut Your Mouth
guitar:
B.B. King (in 1954-12)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (in 1954-12)
vocals:
B.B. King (in 1954-12)
arranger:
Maxwell Davis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (in 1955) and P‐VINE RECORDS (in 1955)
recorded at:
Modern Studios in Culver City, California, United States (in 1954-12)
recording of:
Shut Your Mouth (in 1954-12)
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:40
5Baby Look at You
recording of:
Baby, Look at You
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:08
6You’re Breaking My Heart4:13
7My Reward
recording of:
My Reward
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:15
8Don’t Cry Anymore
recording of:
Don’t Cry Anymore
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:18
9Blues for Me
recording of:
Blues for Me
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
2:18
10Just Like a Woman3:14
11Cotton Tail
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
Cotton Tail
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington
3:06
12Solitude3:17
13Jack the Bear
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
Jack the Bear
composer:
Duke Ellington
recording of:
Jack the Bear
composer:
Duke Ellington
3:28
14Sophisticated Lady
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc., Famous Music Corporation (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc., Famous Music Corporation (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:36
15Jeep Blues
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
Jeep’s Blues
composer:
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges
4:37
16Take the A’ Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
3:00
17Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
Never No Lament
lyricist:
Bob Russell
composer:
Duke Ellington
3:20
18Main Stem
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
Main Stem
composer:
Duke Ellington
recording of:
Main Stem
composer:
Duke Ellington
2:59
19Mood Indigo3:57
20Eastside Westside
conductor:
Maxwell Davis
cover recording of:
The Sidewalks of New York
lyricist:
James W. Blake
composer:
Charles B. Lawlor
3:05