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B.B. King & His Orchestra
B.B. King Wails
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Sweet Thing - B.B. King, Josea, Joe
2. I've Got Papers on You, Baby - B.B. King, King, Riley
3. Tomorrow Is Another Day - B.B. King, King, Riley
4. Come by Here - B.B. King, King, Riley
5. The Fool - B.B. King, Davis, Maxwell [1]
6. I Love You So - B.B. King, King, Riley
7. The Woman I Love - B.B. King, Josea, Joe
8. We Can't Make It - B.B. King, Josea, Joe
9. Treat Me Right - B.B. King, King, Riley
10. Time to Say Goodbye - B.B. King, King, Riley
11. You've Been an Angel [Mono Version][#][*][Take] - B.B. King, King, Riley
12. Yesterday [#][*] - B.B. King,
13. My Silent Prayer [*] - B.B. King, Josea, Joe
14. I Stay in the Mood [Mono Version][*] - B.B. King, Josea, Joe
15. Why I Sing the Blues [Mono Version][#][*][Take] - B.B. King, Clark, Dave [Saxoph
16. Trouble in Mind [Mono Version][*] - B.B. King, Jones, Richard [1]
17. Every Day I Have the Blues [*] - B.B. King, Memphis Slim
18. Yes, Indeed! [*] - B.B. King, Oliver, Sy

2003 reissue of 1959 album includes eight bonus tracks, 'You've Been An Angel', 'Yesterday', 'My Silent Prayer', 'I Stay In The Mood', 'Why I Sing The Blues', 'Trouble In Mind', 'Everyday I Have The Blues' (with Count Ba... more »

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All Artists: B.B. King & His Orchestra
Title: B.B. King Wails
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ace Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/1959
Re-Release Date: 5/5/2003
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B
Styles: Regional Blues, Memphis Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 029667188227

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Inferior Jukebox material - completists only

Rohan Parkes | St. Kilda, Vic Australia | 06/16/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Although my favorite King recordings are from the 50s, this is very dispensible material. It's the throw-away jukebox recordings all black recording stars seem to have been obliged to do at some stage.

Although the big band is punchy, the songs are uniformly poor, with King sounding foolish singing about teenage themes and school girls. The arrangements are often tastless, and worst of all, King's guitar sound is bad. He sounds like someone just starting out, not the veteran he already was by that time.

The nadir is a pop song based on the "Kumbyah" theme, which is not only bad in its own right, but incompetently arranged as well."

Good Early B.B. King

S. Curnow | Central, NJ | 09/13/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A really good album. Love the orchestra and horns. If you're a casual listener of B.B. King, looking for hits or just want his straight forward blues you should look elsewhere. I'm a diehard fan and collector of B.B. and think this album is a good addition to my collection. "Every Day I Have The Blues" with the Count Basie Orchestra is definitely a stand out. I also enjoy "Sweet Thing" and "I've Got Papers on You Baby." It seems with this album B.B. King's management was trying to give him more of a poppy sound, maybe to bring in more white listeners."