More B.B. King [Lp]

This essential LP edition includes King's superlative album, More B. B. King, originally issued in late 1961, and long unavailable on vinyl. It marked his seventh budget-priced LP on the Bihari brothers' Crown label (a subsidiary of Modern Records). The majority of the tracks were recorded just before B. B. King changed record labels from Kent to ABC Paramount in 1962 (the exceptions being "Shut Your Mouth" and "Baby, Look at You," which date back to the mid-'50s). The album is an entertaining mix of booting R&B, blues ballads and instrumentals, drawn primarily from the Kent singles of the period. Stylistically, the compositions embrace mature, string-laden ballads alongside straight R&B shuffles and urban blues. These are quality recordings orchestrated by the great Maxwell Davis. In addition to the original LP, this PanAm collector's release includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period: the heart-felt ballads "Lonely and Blue" and "Downhearted", plus "I Need You Baby" and the joyful blues "Jump with You Baby."

B. B. KING, vocals and guitar, plus:

The Maxwell Davis Orchestra. Featuring Johnny

Board (tenor saxophone), Kenny Sands (trumpet),

Millard Lee (piano), Maxwell Davis (keyboards),

Sonny Freeman (drums). Further personnel

information is unknown.

Arranged and conducted by Maxwell Davis.

Recorded in Los Angeles, California, 1960 and 1961.

Produced by Joe Bihari.

With the exception of:

"Shut Your Mouth," "Baby, Look at You," and "Jump

with You Baby": B. B. King (vocals and guitar), Maxwell

Davis, Johnny Board (tenor saxophone), Willard

McDaniel (piano), Ted Curry or Jessie Sailes (drums).

Further personnel information is unknown. Recorded

in Los Angeles, California, 1954 and 1955.

"Downhearted" and "I Need You Baby":

B. B. King (vocals and guitar), Plas Johnson (tenor

saxophone), Maxwell Davis (keyboards). Probably also

featuring: Ralph Hamilton (bass), Lloyd Glenn (piano),

Jesse Sailes (drums). Produced by Joe Bihari.

Recorded in Los Angeles, California, late 1961.