tracks

3 O'Clock Blues
You Know I Love You
Woke Up This Morning
Please Love Me
Blind Love
You Upset Me Baby
Every Day I Have The Blues
Ten Long Years
Crying Won't Help You
Did You Ever Love A Woman
Bad Luck
Sweet Little Angel (1957)
Why I Sing The Blues
Worry Worry
Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2)
My Own Fault (Aka It's My Fault) (1960)
Good Man Gone Bad
I'll Survive
Walking Dr. Bill
You're Breaking My Heart
Gonna Miss You Around Here
Downhearted (Aka How Blue Can You Get)
Ain't Nobody's Business
Rock Me Baby
B.B. Boogie
Mistreated Woman
The Other Night Blues
Walkin' And Cryin'
My Baby's Gone
Don't You Want A Man Like Me
She's Dynamite
B.B. Blues
A New Way Of Driving
Questionnaire Blues
Hard Workin' Woman
She's A Mean Woman
Pray For You
That Ain't The Way To Do It
She Don't Move Me No More
Fine Lookin' Woman
My Own Fault Darlin' (Aka It's My Fault) (1952)
Shake It Up And Go
Gotta Find My Baby
Some Day, Somewhere
You Didn't Want Me
Story From My Heart And Soul
Boogie Woogie Woman
Highway Bound
Neighborhood Affair
Why Did You Leave Me
Praying To The Lord
Please Help Me
Love You Baby (AKA Take A Swing With Me)
When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
The Woman I Love
Everything I Do Is Wrong
Whole Lotta Love
Boogie Rock (AKA House Rocker)
Dark Is The Night, Pt. 1
Dark Is The Night, Pt. 2
Let's Do The Boogie
Sweet Little Angel (1956)
Confessin' The Blues
Baby, Look At You
You Don't Know
Be Careful With A Fool
Recession Blues
Days Of Old
You Know I Go For You
Don't Look Now, But I've Got The Blues
Sweet Thing
I've Got Papers On You, Baby
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Sneakin' Around
Please Accept My Love
Early In The Morning
On My Word Of Honor
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Why Not
Precious Lord
I'm King
Baby Please Don't Go
Mean Old Frisco
I've Got A Right To Love My Baby
Fishin' After Me (Aka Catfish Blues)
Partin' Time
Bad Luck Soul
You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
Get Out Of Here
Hold That Train
Bad Case Of Love
Let Me Love You
Mashed Potato Twist
Got 'Em Bad
Christmas Celebration
Down Now
Beautician Blues
The Worst Thing In My Life
Blue Shadows
It's A Mean World
Five Long Years
Make Me Blue
Blues Stay Away From Me
Long Gone Baby
The Jungle
That Evil Child

notes

Includes 74 page booklet with history, discography, credits, annotations and so on.
Made in the U.K.
Ⓟ + ⓒ 2002 Ace Records Ltd. (Ace owns all King's mastertapes from Modern and affiliates)
Credits, durations and original releasedates can be found on enclosed images.

credits

Alto Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-15 to 2-26), Hank Crawford (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Jewell Grant (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-19 to 3-22, 3-24 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Lawrence Burdine (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23)
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Floyd Turnham (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25)
Baritone Saxophone – Barney Hubert (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23), Fred Ford (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-26)
Bass – Billy Hadnott (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), George Joyner (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), James "Shinny" Walker, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), James Walker (13) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-15 to 2-26), Marshall York (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23), Ralph Hamilton (2) (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-19 to 3-22, 3-24 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Red Callender (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-19 to 3-22, 3-24 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Tuff Green (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23)
Compiled By, Liner Notes, Producer – John Broven
Congas – Charles Crosby (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-15 to 2-26)
Coordinator, Edited By – Carol Fawcett
Design [Cover] – Phillip Lloyd Smee,
Design [Package] – Chris Popham
Drums – EA Kamp, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Earl Forest (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Earl Palmer (tracks: 1-14 to 1-24, 3-19 to 3-213-26 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Jesse Price (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), Jessie Sailes (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-19 to 3-22, 3-24 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Phineas Newborn Sr. (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Sonny Freeman (tracks: 1-14 to 1-24, 3-19 to 3-213-26 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Ted Curry (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-26, 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23)
Guitar – Calvin Newborn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23)
Liner Notes – Colin Escott
Mastered By – Duncan Cowell
Photography [Box Cover, Booklet Cover] – Ace Records Ltd.
Piano – Connie Mack Booker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-15 to 2-26), Ford Nelson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Ike Turner (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Johnny Ace (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Lloyd Glenn (tracks: 1-14 to 1-24, 3-19 to 3-213-26 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Milliard Lee (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23), Phineas Newborn Jr. (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Willard McDaniel (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25)
Piano, Organ – Maxwell Davis (tracks: 1-14 to 1-24, 3-19 to 3-213-26 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26)
Research [Archive] – Roger Armstrong
Research [Original Archive] – Ray Topping, Ted Carroll
Tenor Saxophone – Billy Duncan, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Ben Branch (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23), Bill Harvey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-26), Bobby Forte (tracks: 1-14 to 1-24, 3-19 to 3-213-26 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Bumps Myers (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), Charles Waller, (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), Evelyn Young (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-15 to 2-26), Jack McVea (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), Johnny Board (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23), Lorenzo Holden (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), Maurice Simon, (tracks: 1-6 to 1-13, 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-22, 3-24 to 3-25), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-19 to 3-22, 3-24 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Plas Johnson (tracks: 1-14 to 1-24, 3-19 to 3-213-26 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Solomon Hardy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23)
Trombone – Sammie Jett (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23)
Trumpet – Floyd Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-15 to 2-26), Henry Boozier (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23), Jake Porter (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-1 to 3-14, 3-19 to 3-22, 3-24 to 3-28, 4-1 to 4-26), Kenneth Sands (tracks: 3-15 to 3-18, 3-23), Nathaniel Woodard, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23)
Vibraphone – Onzie Horne, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-2, 2-1 to 2-23)
Vocals, Guitar – B.B. King

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ace Records Ltd.
Made By – Universal M & L, UK
Remastered At – Sound Mastering

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