B. B. King

• EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES

• HIGH-DEFINITION VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY

• 180 gram VINYL — AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This essential LP release includes B.B. King’s splendid album, Singin’ the Blues, which was originally Nissued in 1957 and marked his first NLP on the Crown label (a subsidiary of the Bihari brothers’ Modern Records). It’s a superb collection of King’s early hits, originally released on the RPM label between 1952 and 1956. In five short years, B.B. King had matured from an artist looking for a style to the premier bluesman Nof his generation. His modern style that crossed rock & roll and R&B Nwith the jump blues is fully developed here, and his consistency from Ntrack to track is remarkable. This is the material upon which B.B.’s kingdom was built.

In addition to the original LP, this collector’s edition includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period: “Ruby Lee,” the heart-felt blues ballad “Lonely and Blue,” and the joyful “Jump with You, Baby” and “Yes, Indeed!

PERSONNEL:

• B.B. KING, vocals and guitar, plus:

• A1 & A6 / B1:
• Bill Harvey (ts), George Coleman (as), Fred Ford (bs), Floyd Jones (tp),
• James Walker (b), Mac Booker (p), Ted Curry (d),Charles Crosby (congas)
• Recorded in Houston, 1952 or 1953.

• A2, A3, A7 & A8 / B4-B7: The Maxwell Davis Orchestra, featuring:
• Maxwell Davis, Hubert “Bumps” Myers or Johnny Board (ts),
• Jewell L. Grant (as), probably Floyd Turnham (bs), Harry D. Jones (tp),
• Ralph Hamilton (bass), Willard McDaniel (piano), Jesse Sailes or
• Ted Curry (d).
• Recorded in Los Angeles, 1952-1955.

• A4 / B3:
• Johnny Board (ts), Lawrence Burdine (as), Floyd Newman (bs),
• Kenny Sands (tp), Jymie Merritt (b), Millard Lee (p), Ted Curry (d).
• Recorded in Los Angeles, November 19, 1955.

• A5 /B2:
• Richard Saunders, Billy Duncan (sax), Calvin Newborn (g), Tuff Green (b),
• Johnny Ace or Ike Turner (p), Earl Forest (d).
• Recorded in Memphis, December 1951.

• B8: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, featuring Adele Francis (female vocals).
• Recorded in January 1959.

TRACKS:

• A1 PLEASE LOVE ME
• A2 YOU UPSET ME BABY
• A3 EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES
• A4 BAD LUCK
• A5 3 O’CLOCK BLUES
• A6 BLIND LOVE
• A7 RUBY LEE (*)
• A8 JUMP WITH YOU, BABY (*)

• B1 WOKE UP THIS MORNING
• B2 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU
• B3 SWEET LITTLE ANGEL
• B4 TEN LONG YEARS
• B5 DID YOU EVER LOVE A WOMAN?
• B6 CRYING WON’T HELP YOU
• B7 LONELY AND BLUE (*)
• B8 YES, INDEED!(*)
• (*) BONUS TRACKS