Release Date 12/7/24
The complete album + 4 bonus tracks - 180g virgin vinyl - limited edition
For more than half a century, B. B. King defined the blues for a worldwide
audience. Presented here is one of his finest albums, King of the Blues, originally issued around May 1960 by the Crown label.
The label owners, the Bihari brothers (who also ran the Modern and RPM labels),
were justifed in their choice of an album title by King's big comeback hit Sweet
Sixteen, after a year of inactivity on the charts. The album opens with the B-side
of that single, I've Got a Right to Love My Baby, and includes the single Partin'
Time, which rose to #8 on the charts.