Universally hailed as the King of the Blues, the legendary B.B. King’s nearlyseven-decade career came to a close when he passed away in Las Vegas,on May 14, 2015. One of the most imitated of all the blues giants, Kingprojected tremendous presence on stage, both singing and playing guitar.His musical influence around the world remains incalcubale.

This essential collector’s edition includes one of King’s lesser-known gemsfrom his most inspired years, the wonderful Mr. Blues. The dozen-songlp was a great breakthrough for King on the ABC-Paramount label (afterhis tenure on the Bihari brothers’ Modern/Kent Records) with the contentstaken from three different recording sessions. Long unavailable on CD, thisblues masterpiece has been remastered on this very special edition, whichalso contains 12 bonus tracks from the same period. All of these fabuloussongs provide a solid and revealing portrait of B.B. King’s versatility as wellas his rightful place in the blues pantheon.

B.B. KING, vocals and guitar, plus:Maxwell Davis(tenor saxophone), Jewell Grant, William Green(alto saxophone),Floyd Turnham(bartitone saxophone), Lloyd Glenn(piano), Ralph Hamilton(bass), Jesse Sailes(drums), among others. Further personnel information is detailed inside.

Arranged by Teacho Wiltshire, Belford Hendricks or Maxwell Davis.

Original recordings produced by Sid Feller and Clyde Otis.

Recorded in 1962, in Los Angeles and New York, USA.

• 1. Young Dreamers
• 2. Be Myself
• 3. Chains of Love
• 4. A Mother's Love
• 5. Blues At Midnight
• 6. Sneakin' Around
• 7. On My Word of Honor
• 8. Tomorrow Night
• 9. My Baby's Comin' Home
• 10. Guess Who?
• 11. You Ask Me
• 12. I'm Gonna Sit In Til You Give In
• 13. Tell Me Baby
• 14. Lonely
• 15. Blues For Me
• 16. Beautician Blues
• 17. I Can Hear My Name
• 18. The Worst Thing In My Life
• 19. You're Breaking My Heart
• 20. Mashed Potato Twist
• 21. Understand
• 22. Your Letter
• 23. Going Down Slow