B.B. King - The Best Of B.B. King (LP, Comp, Qua) (Good Plus (G+))

Media Condition:  Good Plus (G+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country:    US  
Released:  1973
Genre:       Blues
Style:         Chicago Blues

Comments:
plastic still on sleeve lower end VG on LP Scuffing
 

Notes:

This album was assembled and remastered at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles by Ed Michel and Baker Bigsby, with the assistance of Kathryn King, Dominic Lumetta, Rob Fraboni, Ken Klinger and Gil Fortis. Throughout, the tracks were recorded and mixed to have their most profound effect at maximum volume. (P) 1972 / 1973 by ABC Records Inc. 

A1 recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, May and June 1970. A3 recorded at performance at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Ill., September, 10, 1970. Location recording by Location Recorders, Inc. A4 recorded at Olympic Studios, London, and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, June, 1971. At the request of a participating artist, this is a shortened version of the master originally released. A5 recorded March, 22, 1971, at The Record Plant, Los Angeles. B1 recorded at Command Studios, London and The Hit Factory, New York, June, 1971. B2 recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, 1969. B3 recorded at performance at Cook County Jail, Chicago, lll, September, 10, 1970. B4 recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles.

Timings on labels (above) differ from those on the back cover:
Side A
1. 4:33
2. :37
3. 5:09
4. 3:20
5. 7:01
Side B
1. 3:37
2. 8:39
3. 5:30
4. 2:0x 

Side B track 4 has a locked groove with some sounds that play infinitely. 

 

A1. Hummingbird 4:33
A2. Cook County Jail Introduction 0:37
A3. How Blue Can You Get 5:08
A4. Caldonia 3:18
A5. Sweet Sixteen 7:04
B1. Ain't Nobody Home 3:37
B2. Why I Sing The Blues 8:40
B3. The Thrill Is Gone 5:28
B4. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother 3:05

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout ABCX-767-A-X PT 1 OF 2
Matrix / Runout 5567A
Matrix / Runout ABCX-767-B PT 2 OF 2
Matrix / Runout 5567B

 

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