The King R&B Box Set
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The King R&B Box Set | |
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Box set by Various Artists | |
Released | February 27, 1996 |
Recorded | December 19, 1945 – July 19, 1966 |
Genre | |
Length | 253:00 (4:13:00) |
Label | King Records |
Producer | Moe Lytle |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The King R&B Box Set is a four-disc box set of King Records' greatest hits.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" | Bull Moose Jackson & His Band | 2:45 | |
2. | "Bye, Bye Baby Blues" | Howard Biggs | The Ravens | 2:45 |
3. | "I Love You, Yes I Do" |
| Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats | 3:00 |
4. | "Tomorrow Night" | Lonnie Johnson | 3:05 | |
5. | "I Want a Bowlegged Woman" |
| Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats | 3:04 |
6. | "Good Rockin' Tonight" | Roy Brown | Wynonie Harris | 2:47 |
7. | "Long About Midnight" | Roy Brown | Roy Brown | 3:05 |
8. | "Blues for the Red Boy" | Todd Rhodes | Todd Rhodes | 2:41 |
9. | "Pleasing You (As Long as I Live)" | Lonnie Johnson | Lonnie Johnson | 3:06 |
10. | "Rockin' at Midnight" | Roy Brown | Roy Brown | 2:44 |
11. | "Pot Likker" | Todd Rhodes | Todd Rhodes | 2:42 |
12. | "Guess Who" | Mrs. Ivory Joe Hunter | Ivory Joe Hunter | 2:59 |
13. | "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" | Wynonie Harris | 2:33 | |
14. | "Page Boy Shuffle" | Henry Glover | Joe Thomas | 2:40 |
15. | "Ashes On My Pillow" | Oran Thaddeus Page | Eddie Vinson | 2:36 |
16. | "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" | Bull Moose Jackson | 3:01 | |
17. | "Jealous Heart" | Jenny Lou Carson | Ivory Joe Hunter | 2:52 |
18. | "Sittin' On It All The Time" | Wynonie Harris | 2:39 | |
19. | "Well, Oh Well" | Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra | 2:43 | |
20. | "Hard Luck Blues" | Roy Brown | Roy Brown | 3:01 |
21. | "Good Morning, Judge" | Louis Innis | Wynonie Harris | 2:42 |
22. | "Disgusted" | Mabel Scott | Mabel Scott | 2:30 |
23. | "Sixty Minute Man" |
| The Dominoes | 2:31 |
24. | "Flamingo" |
| Earl Bostic | 2:42 |
25. | "I'm Waiting Just For You" |
| Lucky Millinder | 2:38 |
26. | "Bloodshot Eyes" |
| Wynonie Harris & His All-Stars | 2:42 |
Total length: | 72:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Mellow Blues (Part 1)" | Sonny Thompson & His Orchestra | 2:46 | |
2. | "Lovin' Machine" |
| Wynonie Harris & Todd Rhodes Orchestra | 2:28 |
3. | "Train Kept A-Rollin'" | Myron Bradshaw & His Orchestra | 2:47 | |
4. | "It Ain't The Meat" | The Swallows | 2:35 | |
5. | "Rockin' With Fes" | Roy Byrd | Roy Byrd (Professor Longhair) | 2:03 |
6. | "Beside You" |
| The Swallows | 2:34 |
7. | "I'll Drown In My Tears" | Henry Glover | Sonny Thompson | 2:53 |
8. | "My Ding-a-Ling" | Dave Bartholomew | Dave Bartholomew & His Orchestra | 2:15 |
9. | "Have Mercy Baby" |
| The Dominoes | 2:22 |
10. | "Grandpaw Can Boogie Too" |
| Lil Greenwood & The Four Jacks | 2:50 |
11. | "Moon Rise" | Alonzo Tucker | The Royals | 2:49 |
12. | "Trying" | Billy Vaughan | Todd Rhodes | 2:37 |
13. | "K.C. Loving" |
| Little Willie Littlefield | 2:40 |
14. | "Big Ten Inch Record" | Fred Weismantel | Bull Moose Jackson | 2:29 |
15. | "Baby, I'm Doing It" |
| Annisteen Allen | 2:29 |
16. | "Jungle King" | Oran Thaddeus Page | Hot Lips Page & His Orchestra | 2:46 |
17. | "Cherry Wine" | Henry Glover | Little Esther | 2:14 |
18. | "Nervous Man Nervous" | Dwight Davis | Big Jay McNeely | 2:35 |
19. | "Rags To Riches" | Billy Ward & His Dominoes | 2:42 | |
20. | "Space Guitar" | Johnny Watson | Young John Watson | 2:39 |
21. | "Work with Me, Annie" | Hank Ballard | The Midnighters | 2:46 |
22. | "Only You (And You Alone)" | Buck Ram | The Platters | 3:06 |
23. | "Sexy Ways" | Hank Ballard | The Midnighters | 2:31 |
24. | "Hearts of Stone" |
| The Charms | 2:36 |
25. | "Rock Love" | Henry Glover | Lula Reed | 2:09 |
26. | "Walking The Blues" | Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear | 2:55 | |
Total length: | 67:36 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Don't Take It So Hard" |
| Earl "Connely" King | 2:43 |
2. | "All Around The World" | Titus Turner | Little Willie John | 2:57 |
3. | "Ivory Tower" |
| Otis Williams & His Charms | 2:18 |
4. | "I'm Tore Up" |
| Billy Gayles | 2:23 |
5. | "Fever" |
| Little Willie John | 2:43 |
6. | "Honky Tonk (Part I)" |
| Billy Doggett | 3:08 |
7. | "Honky Tonk (Part II)" |
| Billy Doggett | 2:38 |
8. | "It Hurts To Be In Love" |
| Annie Laurie | 2:45 |
9. | "Ram-Bunk-Shush" |
| Billy Doggett | 2:32 |
10. | "Think" | Lowman Pauling | The "5" Royales | 2:36 |
11. | "Miss You So" | Morgan Babb | Tiny Topsy | 2:09 |
12. | "Dedicated To The One I Love" |
| The "5" Royales | 2:45 |
13. | "Talk To Me, Talk To Me" | Joe Seneca | Little Willie John | 2:43 |
14. | "No, No, No" |
| The Chanters | 2:16 |
15. | "The Twist" | Hank Ballard | Hank Ballard | 2:36 |
16. | "What Makes You So Tough?" | Henry Glover | Teddy Humphries | 2:22 |
17. | "Finger Poppin' Time" | Hank Ballard | Hank Ballard | 1:51 |
18. | "Come On Rock, Little Girl" |
| Smokey Smothers | 2:49 |
19. | "Sleep" | Earl Lebieg | Little Willie John | 2:55 |
20. | "Hide Away" |
| Freddy King | 2:37 |
21. | "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" | Hank Ballard | Hank Ballard | 2:27 |
22. | "I'm Tore Down" | Sonny Thompson | Freddy King | 2:39 |
23. | "It Won't Be This Way (Always)" |
| The King Pins | 2:26 |
24. | "San-Ho-Zay" |
| Freddy King | 2:38 |
25. | "Gangster of Love" | John Watson | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 2:54 |
26. | "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1)" | James Brown | James Brown | 2:05 |
Total length: | 66:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Me and My Crazy Self" | Lonnie Johnson | 2:36 | |
2. | "That's What You're Doin' To Me" |
| Billy Ward & His Dominoes | 2:32 |
3. | "No Troubles Bubbles" | Unknown | Earl Bostic | 4:41 |
4. | "Wild Stage Of Life" | Unknown | Lula Reed & Sonny Thompson | 2:22 |
5. | "Fever" (with String Overdub) |
| Little Willie John | 2:47 |
6. | "Dr. Lover" |
| Hank Ballard | 2:36 |
7. | "Get That Hump In Your Back" | Mark Ward | Hank Ballard | 2:56 |
8. | "Syd Nathan And Eli Oberstein Address A Sales Meeting, September 22, 1951" | Syd Nathan | Syd Nathan | 8:35 |
9. | "Syd Nathan Talks About His European Trip, October 1952" | Syd Nathan | Syd Nathan | 7:50 |
10. | "Syd Nathan Addresses An A&R Meeting, December 11, 1954" | Syd Nathan | Syd Nathan | 9:01 |
Total length: | 45:56 |
- Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The King R&B Box Set at AllMusic
- ^ The King R&B Box Set (liner notes). Various artists. King. 1996.
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