Godina izdanja: 1987
Žanr: Bluz
Izdavač: MCA Records – MCAD 31040, MCA Records – 251 826-2, MCA Records – MCAD-31040
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

Omot 5/. CD 5 -
The Best Of B.B. King
B.B. King - The Best Of B.B. King album cover
Label:
MCA Records – MCAD 31040, MCA Records – 251 826-2, MCA Records – MCAD-31040
Series:
Compact Disc Compact Price
Format:
CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country:
Europe
Released:
1987
Genre:
Blues
Style:
Electric Blues, Memphis Blues, Chicago Blues
1 Hummingbird
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Jimmy Haskell*
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Merry Clayton, Sherlie Matthews, Vonetta Fields*
Bass – Bryan Garofalo
Conductor, Piano, Written-By – Leon Russell
Drums – Russ Kunkel
Engineer – Bill Szymczyk, Gary Kellgram*
Guitar – Joe Walsh
Producer – Bill Szymczyk
4:33
2 Cook County Jail Introduction 0:37
3 How Blue Can You Get
Alto Saxophone – Booker Walker
Bass – Wilbert Freeman
Drums – Sonny Freeman
Engineer – Aaron Baron
Piano – Ron Levy
Producer – Bill Szymczyk
Tenor Saxophone – Louis Hubert
Trumpet – John Browning
Written-By – Jane Feather, Leonard Feather
5:08
4 Caldonia
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Bill Perkins
Bass – Klaus Voorman*
Drums – Jim Gordon
Electric Piano – Rick Wright (4)
Engineer – Baker Bigsby, Joe Zagarino
Harmonica – Duster Bennett
Organ – Gary Wright
Producer – Ed Michel, Joe Zagarino
Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keys
Trombone – Chuck Findley
Trumpet – Jim Price, Ollie Mitchell
Written-By – F. Moore*
3:18
5 Sweet Sixteen
Alto Saxophone – Earl Turbinton, Jr.*
Bass – Wilbert Freeman
Drums – Sonny Freeman
Engineer – Baker Bigsby, Phil Schiler*
Guitar – Mel Brown
Piano – Ron Levy
Producer – Ed Michel
Tenor Saxophone – Louis Hubert
Trombone – Joe Burton*
Trumpet – John Browning
Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea
7:01
6 Ain`t Nobody Home
Arranged By [Horns] – Jim Price
Backing Vocals – Carl Hall, Joshie Armstead*, Tasha Thomas
Bass – Klaus Voorman*
Drums – Jim Keltner
Engineer – Joe Zagarino
Guitar – David Spinozza, John Uribe
Organ – Gary Wright
Piano – Jerry Ragovoy
Producer – Ed Michel, Joe Zagarino, Joe Zagarino
Saxophone – Bobby Keys
Trombone – Jim Price
Trumpet – Jim Price
Written-By – Jerry Ragovoy
3:37
7 Why I Sing The Blues
Bass – Jerry Jemmott
Drums – Herbie Lovelle
Engineer – Joe Zagarino
Guitar – Hugh McCracken
Piano – Paul Harris (2)
Producer, Remix – Bill Szymczyk
Written-By – B.B. King, Dave Clark (8)
8:37
8 The Thrill Is Gone
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Bert DeCoteaux
Bass – Jerry Jemmott
Drums – Herbie Lovelle
Electric Piano, Piano – Paul Harris (2)
Engineer – Bill Szymczyk, Joe Zagarino
Guitar – Hugh McCracken
Producer, Sounds – Bill Szymczyk
Written-By – R. Hawkins*
5:25
9 Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
Engineer – Zee Muffco
Piano, Written-By – B.B. King
Producer – Bill Szymczyk
2:01
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Cook County Jail
Recorded By – Location Recorders
Recorded At – Olympic Studios
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Recorded At – Command Studios
Recorded At – The Hit Factory
Remastered At – The Village Recorder
Published By – Skyhill Music
Published By – Modern Age Music Publ. Co.
Published By – Cherio Music Pub.
Published By – Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.
Published By – Sounds Of Lucille
Published By – Rittenhouse Music
Published By – Pamco Music Inc.
Art Direction – Ruby Mazur
Compilation Producer – Ed Michel
Compiled By, Remastered By – Baker Bigsby, Ed Michel
Graphics – Alan Sekuler
Guitar – B.B. King (tracks: 1 to 8)
Painting – Renee White
Photography By – Phil Melnick*
Remastered By [Assistant] – Dominic Lumetta, Gil Fortis*, Kathryn King, Ken Klinger, Rob Fraboni
Vocals – B.B. King
℗ 1973, 1972 MCA Records Inc © 1987, 1973 MCA Records Inc.
Manufactured in Germany by / Pressé en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH Alsdorf

This version: No `MCAD 31040` on frontside / Difference in cat# layout on disc (see images)

Track 1 recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, May and June 1970. Track 3 recorded at performance at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Ill., September, 10, 1970. Location recording by Location Recorders, Inc.
Track 4 recorded at Olympic Studios, London, and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, June, 1971.
Track 5 recorded March, 22, 1971, at The Record Plant, Los Angeles.
Track 6 recorded at Command Studios, London and The Hit Factory, New York, June, 1971.
Track 7 recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, 1969.
Track 8 recorded at performance at Cook County Jail, Chicago, lll, September, 10, 1970.
Track 9 recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles.
Barcode (Text): 0 2292-51826-2 3
Barcode: 022925182623
Label Code: LC 1056
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
SPARS Code: AAD
Price Code: WE 835
Matrix / Runout: 251826-2 @ 1
Matrix / Runout (Moulded in inner ring): 5