B.B. King – The Ultimate Collection

Label:	Geffen Records – B0003854-02
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	2005
Genre:	Blues
Style:

Tracklist

1	B.B. King–	Three O'Clock Blues Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Bihari	3:01
2	B.B. King–	Please Love Me Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Bihari	2:48
3	B.B. King–	You Upset Me Baby Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Bihari	3:01
4	B.B. King–	Sweet Sixteen, Parts One & Two Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	6:12
5	B.B. King–	Rock Me Baby Written-By – B.B. King, Joe Josea	2:58
6	B.B. King–	How Blue Can You Get? Written-By – Jane Feather	2:41
7	B.B. King–	Every Day I Have The Blues (Live) Written-By – Peter Chatman	2:40
8	B.B. King–	Sweet Little Angel (Live) Written-By – B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:46
9	B.B. King–	Don't Answer The Door Written-By – James F. Johnson	5:10
10	B.B. King–	Paying The Cost To Be The Boss Written-By – B.B. King	2:33
11	B.B. King–	The Thrill Is Gone Written-By – Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins	5:25
12	B.B. King–	Nobody Loves Me But My Mother Written-By – B.B. King	1:26
13	B.B. King–	Chains And Things Written-By – B.B. King, Dave Clark (8)	4:53
14	B.B. King–	Ain't Nobody Home Written-By – Jerry Ragavoy*	3:14
15	B.B. King–	I Like To Live The Love Written-By – Charles Mann, Dave Crawford	3:17
16	B.B. King–	Never Make A Move Too Soon Written-By – Norbert "Stix" Hooper*, Will Jennings	5:30
17	B.B. King–	Better Not Look Down Written-By – Joe Sample, Will Jennings	3:20
18	B.B. King–	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere Written-By – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebbenack*	3:46
19	B.B. King–	When Love Comes To Town (7" Version) Written-By – Bono, U2	4:17
20	Eric Clapton Featuring B.B. King–	Ten Long Years Written-By – Riley B. King*, Jules Bihari	4:40
21	B.B. King–	I'll Survive Written-By – B.B. King, Sam Ling	4:51

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Recorded At – Regal Theater

Credits

Alto Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: 2), Hank Crawford (tracks: 18), Jewel Grant* (tracks: 3), Lawrence Burdine (tracks: 4, 6, 10)
Arranged By – Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Johnny Pate (tracks: 10), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 3, 6)
Arranged By [Horns] – Hank Crawford (tracks: 18), Jim Price (tracks: 14)
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Bert "Supercharts" DeCoteaux* (tracks: 11)
Arranged By [Strings] – Jimmie Haskell (tracks: 13)
Art Direction – Vartan (4)
Backing Vocals – Carl Hall (tracks: 14), Charles Mann (tracks: 15), Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Helen Duncan (tracks: 19), Joshie Armstead* (tracks: 14), Julie Waters Tillman* (tracks: 17), Luther Waters (tracks: 17), Maxine Waters (tracks: 17), Oren Waters (tracks: 17), Phyllis Duncan (tracks: 19), Rebecca Evans Russell (tracks: 19), Tasha Thomas (tracks: 14)
Baritone Saxophone – Barney Hubert (tracks: 4, 10), Jerome Richardson (tracks: 6), Kim Hutchcroft (tracks: 17), Ronald Cuber* (tracks: 18)
Bass – Adam Clayton (tracks: 19), Bryan Garofalo (tracks: 13), James Walker (13) (tracks: 2), Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott* (tracks: 11), Klaus Voorman* (tracks: 14), Leo Lauchie (tracks: 6 to 10), Marshall York (tracks: 4), Michael Doster (tracks: 21), Nathan East (tracks: 20), Robert "Pops" Popwell* (tracks: 16), Ronnie Baker* (tracks: 15), Tuff Green (tracks: 1), Wilbur Bascomb (tracks: 18)
Compiled By – Andy McKaie
Conductor – Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 6)
Congas – Larry Washington (tracks: 15)
Design – Meire Murakami
Drum Programming – Paul Weller (tracks: 20)
Drums – Norbert "Stix" Hooper* (tracks: 17), Bernard "Pretty" Purdie* (tracks: 18), Caleb Emphrey, Jr. (tracks: 21), Earl Forest (tracks: 1), Earl Young (tracks: 15), Herbie Lovelle (tracks: 11), James Gadsen* (tracks: 16), Jesse Sailes* (tracks: 3, 5), Jim Keltner (tracks: 14), Larry Mullen, Jr.* (tracks: 19), Russ Kunkel (tracks: 13), Sonny Freeman (tracks: 4, 6-10), Steve Gadd (tracks: 20), Ted Curry (tracks: 2)
Electric Piano – Carole King (tracks: 13)
Executive-Producer – Sidney A. Seidenberg (tracks: 18, 21)
Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low* (tracks: 20), B.B. King, David Spinozza (tracks: 14), Doyle Bramhall II (tracks: 20), Eli Tartarsky* (tracks: 15), Eric Clapton (tracks: 20), Hugh McCrackin* (tracks: 11), John Uribe (tracks: 14), Leon Warren (tracks: 21), Norman Harris (tracks: 15), Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* (tracks: 17), Roland Chambers (tracks: 15), The Edge (tracks: 19)
Horns – Andrew Love (tracks: 15), The Memphis Horns (tracks: 15), Wayne Jackson (tracks: 15)
Keyboards – Charles Mann (tracks: 15), Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Dr. John (tracks: 18), James Sells Tony* (tracks: 21), Joe Sample (tracks: 16, 17), Paul Harris (2) (tracks: 11), Ron Kersey (tracks: 15), Stevie Wonder (tracks: 15), The Edge (tracks: 19)
Lead Vocals – Bono (tracks: 19)
Leader [Bandleader] – James Bolden (2) (tracks: 21)
Liner Notes – Charles Sawyer
Organ – Duke Jethro (tracks: 7 to 10), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 5), Tim Carmon (tracks: 20)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: 17), Tony Coleman (2) (tracks: 21)
Photography By – Baron Wolman, Danny Clinch, Frank Driggs Collection, Jay Blakesberg, Keith Morris (8), Kevin Westenberg, Michael Putland
Photography [Research] – Ryan Null
Piano – B.B. King (tracks: 12), Charles Brooks (5) (tracks: 6), Connie Mack Booker (tracks: 2), Doctor Ragavoy* (tracks: 14), Johnny Ace (tracks: 1), Millard Lee (tracks: 2, 4), Willard McDaniel (tracks: 3)
Piano [Wurlitzer] – Joe Sample (tracks: 20)
Producer – Norbert "Stix" Hooper* (tracks: 16, 17), B.B. King (tracks: 21), Bill Szymczyk (tracks: 11-13), Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Ed Michel (tracks: 14), Eric Clapton (tracks: 20), Jimmy Iovine (tracks: 19), Joe Sample (tracks: 16, 17), Joe Zagarino (tracks: 14), Johnny Pate (tracks: 7 to 10), Lou Zito* (tracks: 10), Sid Feller (tracks: 6), Simon Climie (tracks: 20), Stewart Levine (tracks: 16 to 18), Wilton Felder (tracks: 16, 17)
Product Manager – Robin Kirby
Production Manager – Beth Stempel
Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie
Remastered By – Erick Labson
Remix [Remixed By] – Ron Jacobs* (tracks: 19), Shelly Yakus (tracks: 19)
Rhythm Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: 16, 17), Hugh McCracken (tracks: 18), Roland Bautista (tracks: 16)
Saxophone – Billy Duncan (3) (tracks: 1), Bobby Keys (tracks: 14), Dennis Gutman (tracks: 17), Larry Williams (tracks: 17), Melvin Jackson (2) (tracks: 21), Richard Sanders (2) (tracks: 1)
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Harvey (tracks: 2), Bobby Forte (tracks: 7, 8), "Bumps" Myers* (tracks: 3), David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: 18), Johnny Board (tracks: 4, 7, 8, 10), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 3), Vernon Slater (tracks: 6), Wilton Felder (tracks: 16)
Trombone – Charles Fendley (tracks: 17), Jack Redmond (tracks: 17), Jim Price (tracks: 14), Pluma Davis (tracks: 4, 10), Tom Malone (tracks: 18)
Trumpet – Carl Adams (9) (tracks: 6), Charles Miller* (tracks: 18), Gary Grant (tracks: 17), Henry Boozier (tracks: 4, 10), Hobart Dotson (tracks: 10), James Bolden (2) (tracks: 21), Jim Price (tracks: 14), John Browning (tracks: 10), Kenneth Sands (tracks: 4), Kenny Sands* (tracks: 6 to 8), Stanley Abernathy* (tracks: 21), Steve Madail (tracks: 17), Waymon Reed (tracks: 18)
Vocals – B.B. King