Product Details
- SKU: 772032LP
- Format: LP
- UPC: 8436542018180
- Street Date: 07/07/15
- PreBook Date: 06/02/15
- Label: Wax Time »
- Genre: Blues
- Run Time: 41 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1956
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US
- Language: English
Product Assets
B.B. King - Singin' The Blues + 2 Bonus Tracks
180 gram vinyl - audiophile pressing. The way this music was meant to be heard!
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This quintessential collector's edition includes one of his finest albums: Singin' the Blues (1957), originally released by the Crown label at the beginning of King's career. The LP it's a superb collection of King's early hits, originally released on the RPM label. In five short years, B.B. King had matured from an artist looking for a style to the premier bluesman of his generation. His modern style that crosses rock & roll and R&B with the jump blues is fully developed here, and his consistency from track to track is remarkable. On "Please Love Me", King combines T-Bone Walker's hard-picking, distorted guitar style with his own mournful singing. The arrangements are smooth and elegant, frequently displaying a hint of jazz, and King is backed by a well-arranged horn section in true Memphis blues fashion. This blues-meets-urban-soul style masterpiece has been packaged in this very special release, which also includes 2 bonus tracks from the same period. Contained here is the cream of the crop from B.B. King's hit-making stretch for Crown Records during his most inspired years. Without a doubt, this is the material upon which B.B.'s kingdom was built. Recorded at different locations between 1951 and 1956.
