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Disc: 1
1. 3 O'Clock Blues
2. You Know I Love You
3. Woke Up This Morning
4. Please Love Me
5. Blind Love
See all 24 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. B.B. Boogie
2. Mistreated Woman
3. The Other Night Blues
4. Walkin' And Cryin'
5. My Baby's Gone
See all 28 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Love You Baby (aka Take A Swing With Me)
2. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
3. The Woman I Love
4. Everything I Do Is Wrong
5. Whole Lotta Love
See all 28 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4
1. I'm King
2. Baby Please Don't Go
3. Mean Old Frisco
4. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby
5. Fishin' After Me
See all 25 tracks on this disc

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly amazing!!!, 17 July 2002

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Bergman Jonas (Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vintage Years (Audio CD)

This marvellous 4-CD box contains all the seminal recordings BB King made for labels such as Kent, Crown and RPM-and this is truly exciting stuff. From 3 O'clock blues to unknown masters such as I'll survive, this is truly fabulous music that cronicles most the old recordings BB made. Of the 106 tracks and jam-packed CD's, some of these have been available on other compilations or original vinyls but the fantastic sound quality and exceptional book that provides great insight into the recordings and useful history make this a must-buy! I rate this box as necessary for anyone remotely interested in BB King and blues music! This is a monumental effort from Ace Records, showing that this is the first-stop shopping for BB's older recordings. For the collector there are several previously unreleased tracks, but even though the majority can be found on alternative releases (some from Ace Records) this package is superior and somehow the mastering have made these recordings come to life in a way I have never heard before. There is another box currently available on the market, "The King of the Blues", that focuses more on the 70-90s so this box is a great addition and will not overlap.This is where it all started and the importance of these recordings is apparent in every blues or root-based band ever since. It is known that T-Bone Walker was one of BB's favorites and his role-model for the BB King Orchestra, and here he is proving to be just as important in the history of the blues as T-Bone. The singing, guitar licks, band backing - this goes beyond ratings. Buy it!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive. And way too much for most listeners, 1 Aug 2004

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This review is from: The Vintage Years (Audio CD)

This handsomely packaged 4-disc box set brings together the vast majority of B.B. King's 50s and 60s recordings for the various labels in the Modern family.

King's many excellent 50s singles are often overlooked by compilers, which means that those who "only" own, say "The Anthology" or MCA/Chess's "Greatest Hits" will find that 95% of this material is new to them.
The large 76-page booklet is thoroughly researched and well-written, and each individual CD focuses on a theme of sort: Disc one concentrates on hits like "Sweet Little Angel", "Sweet Sixteen", "How Blue Can You Get" "3 O'Clock Blues", "Did You Ever Love A Woman" etc, and it is the best and most varied, with numerous highlights and only a couple of clunkers (two boring, saccharine ballads).
The disc titled "Memphis Blues'n'Boogie" is probably the least exciting...the material is consistent but unvaried with very few real highlights. The third disc is devoted to King's more or less succesful forays into soul, gospel, doo wop, and rock & roll, and the final one, "King Of The Blues", focuses on his later, somewhat more urbane recordings.

Serious B.B. King fans will want to add this set to their collection right away, but more casual fans will probably find that five hours of B.B. King is just too much. You can get the best of these 106 recordings on "Do The Boogie: B.B. King's Early 50s Classics" and the twofer CD reissue of his first to LPs, "Singing' The Blues/The Blues", and most people will be happy with that, especially since much of King's output in the 50s and 60s (and 70s, 80s, and 90s for that matter) was more consistent than varied.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive. And too much for most listeners, 1 Aug 2004

By Docendo Discimus - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: The Vintage Years (Audio CD)

This handsomely packaged 4-disc box set brings together the vast majority of B.B. King's 50s and 60s recordings for the various labels in the Modern family.

King's many excellent 50s singles are often overlooked by compilers, which means that those who "only" own, say "The Anthology" or MCA/Chess's "Greatest Hits" will find that 95% of this material is new to them.
The large 76-page booklet is thoroughly researched and well-written, and each individual CD focuses on a theme of sort: Disc one concentrates on hits like "Sweet Little Angel", "Sweet Sixteen", "How Blue Can You Get" "3 O'Clock Blues", "Did You Ever Love A Woman" etc, and it is the best and most varied, with numerous highlights and only a couple of clunkers (two boring, saccharine ballads).
The disc titled "Memphis Blues 'n' Boogie" is probably the least exciting...the material is consistent but unvaried with very few real highlights. The third disc is devoted to King's more or less succesful forays into soul, gospel, doo wop, and rock & roll, and the final one, "King Of The Blues", focuses on King's urbane 60s recordings.

Serious B.B. King fans will want to add this set to their collection right away, but more casual fans will probably find that five hours of B.B. King is just too much. You can get the best of these 106 recordings on "Do The Boogie: B.B. King's Early 50s Classics" and the twofer CD reissue of his first to LPs, "Singing' The Blues/The Blues", and most people will be happy with that, especially since much of King's output in the 50s and 60s (and 70s, 80s, and 90s output for that matter) was more consistent than varied.

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4.0 out of 5 stars How blue can YOU get?, 19 Dec 2008

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This review is from: The Vintage Years (Audio CD)

Like the other review said, this might be too much for some but if you managed to find this page than you must be a fan of BB King.

I picked this box set up a few years ago but didn't listen to it too much at first. But I figured it would probably be out of print eventually and I would regret not picking it up. Just last week I listened to the entire thing, and now I can't stop playing it. The discs are divided really well. You get one disc of the more popular stuff, one of the early Memphis recordings, etc. It's incredible how consistant the entire box is. BB's guitar playing is great throughout and his singing is superb. The bands are always very tight. Great arrangements that will keep your foot patting the entire time.

So go ahead and indulge yourself. There are other single CD collections from this era. But I garuntee you once you dig in you're gonna want more. You deserve it so get the whole thing and turn it up!

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