Ten Classic Albums Plus Singles

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

Annotation

Packaging is a carboard box with carboard sleeves holding the disk. No booklet of any kind. Each carboard sleeve has a picture with no relation to the albums on the CD. Each sleeve lists the albums and tracks on the media.

The TOC on each disk identifies the album name as '6Cd'.

From Discogs...
Notes
Disc 1:
Tracks 1-12 Singin' The Blues - 1957
Tracks 13-24 The Blues - 1958

Disc 2:
Tracks 1-10 King Of The Blues - 1960
Tracks 11-20 B.B. King Sings Spiritual - 1960

Disc 3:
Tracks 1-10 My King Of Blues - 1961
Tracks 11-20 Easy Listening Blues - 1962

Disc 4:
Tracks 1-10 More B.B King - 1962
Tracks 11-20 Compositions Of Duke Ellington And Others - 1960

Disc 5:
Tracks 1-10 B.B. King Wails - 1958
Tracks 11-20 The Great B.B. King - 1960

Disc 6:
Early Singles
Tracks 1-4 1949, 5-8 1950, 9-14 1951, 15-19 1952. 20-21 1953

Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Scanned): 5036408227324
Barcode (Text): 5 036408 227324 >

Annotation last modified on 2021-10-23 00:25 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Disk One
▶CD 2: Disk Two
▶CD 3: Disk Three
▼CD 4: Disk Four
#TitleRatingLength
1Bad Case Of Love
recording of:
Bad Case of Love
writer:
Curtis Irving and Joe Josea
2:18
2Get Out Of Here
recording of:
Get Out of Here
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:39
3Bad Luck Soul
recording of:
Bad Luck Soul
writer:
B.B. King
2:17
4Shut Your Mouth
recording of:
Shut Your Mouth
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:39
5Baby Look At You
recording of:
Baby, Look at You
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:07
6You're Breaking My Heart
recording of:
You’re Breaking My Heart
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
4:12
7My Reward
recording of:
My Reward
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:14
8Don't Cry Anymore
recording of:
Don’t Cry Anymore
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
2:17
9Blues For Me
recording of:
Blues for Me
lyricist and composer:
B.B. King
2:17
10Just Like A Woman
recording of:
Just Like a Woman
writer:
B.B. King
publisher:
Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.
3:14
11Cotton Tail
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Cotton Tail
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:05
12Solitude
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Solitude
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co. and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:16
13Jack The Bear
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Jack the Bear
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:27
14Sophisticated Lady
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (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)
3:35
15Jeep Blues
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Jeep's Blues
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Johnny Hodges
4:36
16Take The 'A' Train
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:59
17Don't Get Around Much Anymore
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Never No Lament
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:19
18Main Stem
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Main Stem
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:59
19Mood Indigo
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:55
20Eastside, Westside
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
The Sidewalks of New York
lyricist:
James W. Blake
composer:
Charles B. Lawlor
3:06
▶CD 5: Disk Five
▶CD 6: Disk Six