Performer: B.B. King
Genre: Blues
Album: The Indispensable 1949-1962
Released: 2013
Style: Delta Blues
MP3 version ZIP size: 1856 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1654 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1165 mb
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 931
Other Formats: VQF DMF APE MMF TTA WAV VOX

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Miss Martha King	2:42
1-2	Take A Swing With Me	2:36
1-3	Mistreated Woman	2:48
1-4	B.B. Boogie	3:11
1-5	The Other Night Blues Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	3:39
1-6	Walkin' And Cryin' Written-By – B.B. King, Sam Ling	2:28
1-7	My Baby's Gone Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:00
1-8	Don't You Want A Man Like Me	2:20
1-9	Questionnaire Blues Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	2:58
1-10	B.B. Blues	2:27
1-11	A New Way Of Driving Written-By – B.B. King, Sam Ling	1:56
1-12	She's Dynamite Written-By – Hudson Whittaker	2:30
1-13	She's A Mean Woman Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:34
1-14	Hard Workin' Woman Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:34
1-15	Pray For You	2:31
1-16	3 O'Clock Blues Written-By – Lowell Fulson	3:07
1-17	That Ain't The Way To Do It	2:23
1-18	She Don't Move Me No More	3:08
1-19	Shake It Up And Go	2:35
1-20	My Own Fault, Darlin'	3:29
1-21	Gotta Find My Baby	2:26
1-22	Low Down Dirty Baby	3:05
1-23	Someday Somewhere	2:52
2-1	Blind Love Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:03
2-2	Everything I Do Is Wrong Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:27
2-3	You Didn't Want Me	2:32
2-4	You Know I Love You	3:04
2-5	Boogie Woogie Woman Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:51
2-6	Woke Up This Morning Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:57
2-7	Don't Have To Cry (Past Day) Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:15
2-8	Please Love Me Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:50
2-9	Highway Bound Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:45
2-10	Bye! Bye! Baby	2:30
2-11	Can't We Talk It Over (Come Back Baby) Written-By – Walter Davis	3:22
2-12	Please Hurry Home Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:42
2-13	Praying To The Lord Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:53
2-14	Why Did You Leave Me	3:10
2-15	Please Help Me Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:16
2-16	Please Remember Me Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:15
2-17	The Woman I Love Written-By – Peter J. Clayton	2:40
2-18	When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer Written-By – John Lee Williamson	2:54
2-19	Everyday I Have The Blues Written-By – Peter Chatman	2:48
2-20	Ten Long Years Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:47
2-21	Boogie Rock Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	3:00
2-22	Crying Won't Help You Written-By – Hudson Whittaker	2:59
2-23	Bad Luck Written-By – Ivory Joe Hunter	2:53
3-1	You Upset Me Baby Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:02
3-2	Did You Ever Love A Woman Written-By – Arnold Dwight Moore	2:33
3-3	Sweet Little Angel Written-By – Hudson Whittaker	3:00
3-4	You Don't Know Written-By – Walter Spriggs	2:25
3-5	I Stay In The Mood Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	2:31
3-6	Be Careful With A Fool Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	2:50
3-7	On My Word Of Honor Written-By – Buck Ram, Claude Baum	2:54
3-8	Days Of Old Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:28
3-9	Worry, Worry Written-By – David Plumber*, Jules Taub, Maxwell Davis	2:41
3-10	Please Accept My Love Written-By – Clarence Garlow	2:32
3-11	Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2) Written-By – Ahmet Ertegun	6:13
3-12	Bad Luck Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	2:18
3-13	Hold That Train Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	3:57
3-14	Walkin' Dr. Bill Written-By – Peter J. Clayton	3:40
3-15	(It's) My Own Fault Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:32
3-16	You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	5:13
3-17	Downhearted Written-By – Joe Josea	3:12
3-18	I'll Survive Written-By – B.B. King, Sam Ling	2:40
3-19	Peace Of Mind Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	2:16
3-20	Going Down Slow Written-By – James B. Oden	2:51
3-21	Down Now Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:03

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Socadisc – SC 228

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jewell Grant (tracks: 2-2, 2-17 to 2-19), Lawrence Burdine (tracks: 3-3 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-18), Raymond Hill (tracks: 1-22)
• Bass – Barney Hubert (tracks: 3-8 to 3-10, 3-18), Floyd Newman (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7, 3-12), Fred Ford (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7, 3-12), George Joyner (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21, 1-23), Herman Green (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7, 3-12), James Walker (tracks: 1-11, 1-16 to 1-18, 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15), Jymie Merritt (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7, 3-12), Marshall York (tracks: 3-8 to 3-10, 3-18, 3-21), Ralph Hamilton (tracks: 3-13 to 3-16), Richard Green* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
• Congas – Charles Crosby (tracks: 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15)
• Drums – Earl Forest (tracks: 1-3 to 1-10, 1-16 to 1-21, 1-23), Jessie Sailes (tracks: 2-2, 2-17 to 2-19, 2-20 to 2-23, 3-2, 3-13 to 3-16), Phineas Newborn Sr. (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), Solomon Hardy (tracks: 1-11), Sonny Freeman (tracks: 3-18, 3-21), Ted Curry (tracks: 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15, 2-20 to 2-23, 3-2, 3-3 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-18)
• Guitar – Calvin Newborn (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10, 1-12 to 1-17)
• Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – B.B. King
• Piano – Connie Mack Booker (tracks: 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15), Ford Nelson (tracks: 1-11), Ike Turner (tracks: 1-16, 2-3 to 2-5), Johnny Ace (tracks: 1-17 to 1-21, 1-23), Lloyd Glenn (tracks: 3-13 to 3-16, 3-18), Millard Lee (tracks: 3-3 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-21), Phineas Newborn Jr. (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Willard McDaniel (tracks: 2-2, 2-17 to 2-23, 3-2)
• Tenor Saxophone – Adolph "Billy" Duncan (tracks: 1-16, 1-18), Ben Branch (tracks: 1-2, 1-5), Bill Harvey (tracks: 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15), Bumps Myers (tracks: 2-2, 2-17 to 2-19), E.A. Kamp (tracks: 1-11), Johnny Board (tracks: 2-20 to 2-23, 3-2 to 3-8, 3-12, 3-18, 3-21), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 2-2, 2-17 to 2-23, 3-2, 3-17, 3-20), Plas Johnson (tracks: 3-4 to 3-6, 3-17, 3-20), Richard Sanders (tracks: 1-12 to 1-14, 1-19 to 1-21, 1-23)
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15)
• Trombone – Pluma Davis (tracks: 3-18), Sammie Jett (tracks: 1-1, 1-2)
• Trumpet – Calvin Owens (tracks: 3-3 to 3-7, 3-12), Floyd Jones (tracks: 2-1, 2-6 to 2-15), Henry Boozier (tracks: 3-8 to 3-10, 3-18), John Browning (tracks: 3-18, 3-21), Kenneth Sands (tracks: 3-3 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-18, 3-21), Thomas Branch (tracks: 1-1, 1-2)
• Vibraphone – Onzie Horn (tracks: 1-21 to 1-23)

Notes

Comes with a 20 pages booklet and notes by Bruno Blum.
Recorded:
June 1949, Memphis - tracks 1-1, 1-2;
July 1950, Memphis - tracks 1-3 to 1-6;
January 8, 1951, Memphis - tracks 1-7 to 1-11;
May 27, 1951, Memphis - track 1-12;
June 18, 1951, Memphis - tracks 1-13 to 1-15;
September 1951, Memphis - tracks 1-16 to 1-18;
January 24, 1952, Memphis - tracks 1-19 to 1-23;
late 1952, Houston - track 2-1;
1952, Memphis - tracks 2-3 to 2-5;
January 1953, Covington (poss.), Tennessee - track 2-16;
August 1953, Cincinnati - tracks 2-6 to 2-15;
February 6, 1954, Los Angeles - track 2-2;
March 2, 1954, Los Angeles - tracks 2-17 to 2-19;
August 18/19, 1954, Los Angeles - track 3-1;
1955 Los Angeles - tracks 2-20 to 2-21;
1955 Chicago - track 2-22;
November 19, 1955, Los Angeles - track 2-23;
December 10, 1955, Los Angeles - track 3-2;
April/May 1955, Los Angeles - track 3-3;
September 16, 1956, Los Angeles - tracks 2-4, 2-5;
1956 Chicago, track 3-6;
January 1958, Los Angeles - tracks 3-7, 3-8;
August 1958, Houston, tracks 3-9, 3-10;
October 26, 1959, Los Angeles - track 3-11;
March 3, 1960, Los Angeles (poss.) - track 3-12 to 3-16;
March 16, 1960, Los Angeles - track 3-18;
January 10, 1961, Los Angeles - track 3-20, 3-21;
April 10, 1961, Los Angeles - track 3-19;
January 9, 1962, Los Angeles - track 3-17.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 3 561302 541426
• Other (Distribution Code): SC 228