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| 100% Recommended by our customers. Label: Mca Catalog: Music Release date: 1998-04-21 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Format: Live, Original recording remastered Ean: 0008811176921 Upc: 008811176921  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (8) |
 Introductions - B.B. King, Every Day I Have the Blues - B.B. King, Memphis Slim How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King, Feather, Leonard | Worry, Worry - B.B. King, Davis, Pluma Medley: 3 O'Clock Blues/Darlin' You Know I Love You - B.B. King, Sweet Sixteen - B.B. King, Josea, Joe | The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King, Darnell, Rick Please Accept My Love - B.B. King, King, Riley |
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| One of the greatest concert recordings of all time. How could it be less, with B.B. King performing some of his best material before a literally captive audience in an Illinois prison? "Worry, Worry" and "How Blue Can You Get" take on deeper meanings here, although King works the latter's camp lyrics as if he were in a juke joint. His mix of down-home humility and commanding stagecraft is instantly appealing. And his guitar barks, sings, and squeals with such authority that this is a bravura performance from the first bent, soul-searing note. A true desert-island disc. --Ted Drozdowski |
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 Written on September 1, 2004 Summary: Eh I don't get it. I had high hopes for this CD. Every review I've read, including the editorial review here at Amazon, has been jubilant, and "Live In Cook County Jail" is certainly not a bad record, but it's not great either, and at times it's barely even good. I have an awful lot of blues albums, and I like to think that I know good blues when I hear it, but I just can't figure out what it is that people find so appealing about this recording. Sure, King does a very good rendition of his trademark "The Thrill Is Gone" and plays excellent guitar on a great reading of "How Blue Can You Get", but "Every Day I Have The Blues" is marred by bland vocals and horrible drumming (easily the most annoying ever heard on a blues record!). As for the rest of the seven songs, "Worry, Worry" trails off into long, sometimes tedious improvisations and is badly mixed. The first half of the medley "3 O'Clock Blues / Darlin' You Know I Love You" is pretty good, but "Darlin' You Know I Love You" is more jazz ballad than blues, and while I enjoy a good jazz ballad, I don't expect to find them on blues records. Besides, this one is not really that good either. King does a good job with "Sweet Sixteen", but the album winds down with a closing number, "Please Accept My Love", which doesn't feel like it belongs on a blues album...there's more pop than blues to it. All in all, there is some good and some bad on this album, and quite a lot in between. King's playing on "How Blue Can You Get" and "The Thrill Is Gone" rivals anything he's ever done, but those two songs by themselves are not enough to make this a great album. Written on August 31, 2004 Summary: When BB is on This is one of those concerts where BB is on fire with a very good crowd that was happy to see him. While BB is usually very good in concert some nights he is just on fire and this is one of them. Written on February 6, 2004 Summary: quite remarkable indeed i was 12 years old when i first heard b.b. king and it was this exact album.it is still relevalt to me today as it was 15 years ago.this album was recorded live and as such it captures the very essence of a live act,touching and delivering a great emotinal impact followed by a great deal of exitment of the crowd. it is a rare moment and you can take part in it. Written on October 1, 2003 Summary: Blues you have GOT to have I had this record in the '70's. I bought the CD in the '80's and I have never gotten tired of listening to it. This is one of the best all time CDs, blues of otherwise. My favorite BB King CD, and that is saying a great deal. Thank you BB! Written on August 6, 2003 Summary: King Knew He Was Having A Good Day ! This is one of the very first BB records I ever purchased. It stands the test of time as a very great live blues record. What stands out the most is BB's playing on it. Lucille had an amazing tone too. This is a blues record through and through, don't let other less knowledgable reviewers throw you. It's pretty cool he knew at the time too that is was a magical day as he announced "Me and Lucille feel very very good today...". His band is outstanding too. The only down thing I can say about it is that after repetitive listens, Worry, worry, worry seems to drag on. That's no big deal.... |
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| Collectible price | - | $11.98 | - | $13.98 | - | - |
| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1998-04-21 | 1997-07-29 | 1998-10-20 | 2001-02-27 | 1989-05-19 | 2002-06-18 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | Live, Original recording remastered | Live | - | Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Live | - | Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered |
| Ean | 0008811176921 | 0008811164621 | 0008811187927 | 0008811251529 | 0076743134326 | 0025218860628 |
| Upc | 008811176921 | 008811164621 | 008811187927 | 088112515292 | 767431343266 | 252188606288 |
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