The Vintage Years

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1: The Great B.B.
CD 2: Memphis Blues’n’Boogie
CD 3: Take A Swing With Me
#TitleRatingLength
1Love You Baby (Take a Swing With Me)
recording of:
Take a Swing With Me
writer:
B.B. King
2:41
2When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer2:56
3The Woman I Love2:41
4Everything I Do Is Wrong2:26
5Whole Lotta’ Love
recording of:
Whole Lotta Love
writer:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B") and Joe Josea
3:09
6Boogie Rock (House Rocker)
recording of:
Boogie Rock
writer:
B.B. King
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:03
7Dark Is the Night, Part 1
partial recording of:
Dark Is the Night (The Blues Has Got Me)
writer:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B"), B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:38
8Dark Is the Night, Part 2
partial recording of:
Dark Is the Night (The Blues Has Got Me)
writer:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B"), B.B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:44
9Let’s Do the Boogie
recording of:
Let's Do the Boogie
writer:
B.B. King and Sam Ling
2:28
10Sweet Little Angel
recording of:
Sweet Little Angel
writer:
Jules Bihari and B.B. King
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Powerforce Music, Sounds Of Lucille, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
3:14
11Confessin’ the Blues
cover recording of:
Confessin’ the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
2:54
12Baby, Look at You
recording of:
Baby, Look at You
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:09
13You Don’t Know
cover recording of:
You Don’t Know
lyricist and composer:
Walter Spriggs
2:27
14Be Careful With a Fool
recording of:
Be Careful With a Fool
composer:
Joe Bihari and B.B. King
2:52
15Recession Blues
recording of:
Recession Blues
lyricist and composer:
Riley B. King
2:22
16Days of Old2:30
17You Know I Go for You2:41
18Don’t Look Now, but I’ve Got the Blues
recording of:
Don't Look Now But I Got The Blues (Don't Look Now But I've Got The Blues)
writer:
Lee Hazlewood (from 1958 to present)
publisher:
Gregmark Music Inc (Gregmark) (from 1958 to present)
2:43
19Sweet Thing
recording of:
Sweet Thing
writer:
Joe Josea and B.B. King
3:04
20I’ve Got Papers on You, Baby2:23
21Tomorrow Is Another Day2:57
22Sneakin’ Around
cover recording of:
Sneakin' Around
lyricist and composer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Cherio Corporation and Crawford Music
3:03
23Please Accept My Love
cover recording of:
Please Accept My Love
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Garlow
publisher:
Kamar Music and Universal Music Careers
2:34
24Early in the Morning
cover recording of:
Early in the Morning
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
2:36
25On My Word of Honor
cover recording of:
On My Word of Honor
writer:
Katherine Harrison and Jean Miles (Buck Ram)
2:57
26Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
conductor:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B")
cover recording of:
Never No Lament
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:16
27Why Not
recording of:
Why Not
writer:
B.B. King
2:09
28Precious Lord
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
3:23
CD 4: King Of The Blues

Credits

Release

manufactured in:United Kingdom
producer:John Broven
mastering:Duncan Cowell (United Kingdom mastering engineer)
compiler:John Broven
design:Chris Popham
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.) (in 2002)
produced for:Ace Records Ltd (Do not use as label, use only for copyright and distribution credits.)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7327214 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00005QX62 [info]
US: B000254H34 [info]