Title from box. Includes 7 previously unreleased selections. Compact discs. Program notes by Colin Escott and interview with King (71 p. : ill.) included. B.B. King, vocals and guitar ; with assisting instrumentalists and vocalists. Recorded May or June 1949-Dec. 1991.
Contents:
1949-1966. Miss Martha King. She's dynamite. Three o'clock blues. Please love me. You upset me, baby. Everyday I have the blues. Rock me, baby. Recession blues. Don't get around much anymore. I'm gonna sit in 'til you give in. Blues at midnight. Sneakin' around. My baby's comin' home. Slowly losing my mind. How blue can you get. Rockin' awhile. Help the poor. Stop leadin' me on. Never trust a woman. Sweet little angel. All over again. Sloppy drunk. Don't answer the door, parts one and two. I done got wise. Think it over. Gambler's blues -- 1966-1969. Goin' down slow. Tired of your jive. Sweet sixteen, parts one and two. Paying the cost to be the boss. I'm gonna do what they do to me. Lucille. Watch yourself. You put it on me. Get myself somebody. I want you so bad. Why I sing the blues. Get off my back, woman. Please accept my love. Fools get wise. No good. So excited -- 1969-1975. The thrill is gone. Confessin' the blues. Nobody loves me but my mother. Hummingbird. Ask me no questions. Chains and things. Eyesight to the blind. Niji baby. Blue shadows. Ghetto woman. Ain't nobody home. I got some help I don't need (single edit). Five long years. To know you is to love you. I like to live the love. Don't make me pay for his mistakes -- 1976-1991. Let the good times roll. Don't you lie to me. Mother fuyer. Never make a move too soon. When it all comes down (I'll still be around). Better not look down. Caldonia. There must be a better world somewhere. Play with your poodle (solo). Darlin', you know I love you. Inflation blues. Make love to me. Into the night. Six silver strings. When loves comes to town. Right time, wrong place. Many miles travelled. I'm moving on. Since I met you, baby.
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