Limited edition of 400 sets worldwide! Box set of 17 CDs + 1 LP + 1 book!
B.B. King, The Complete RPM/Kent Recording Box 1950-1965. The Life, Times and the Blues of B.B. in All His Glory』
【CONTENTS】
● 17 CDs containing almost all RPM/Kent Records recordings (many previously unreleased recordings)
● LPs (heavy vinyl) focusing on relatively unknown hard blues from a number of masterpieces and superb records.
56-page booklet in LP jacket size, featuring rare photographs owned by the late Ernest Withers, a photographer who also had contact with the artist.
●The Arrival of B.B. King (1980), the world's first published book on B.B. King, translated into English by Charles Sawyer (The Arrival of the Blues - B.B. King), translated by Kazumi Someya.
Revolutionary modern blues from the king of the blues, Mr Blues, who has never been unleashed as the days passed since he wandered with a stone as his pillow!
B.B., who has only been newly married for just over a year, says: "Now I want to go home and see my wife's face. But the recording session was so heated that no one even noticed when they stopped in the middle of a song. This real blues production scene, B.B. at the height of his enthusiasm, can only be heard on this box.
Two years in conception; a true celebration of P Vine's 40th anniversary project.
B.B. King, the king of the blues, who passed away on 14 May 2015. This truly unprecedented box set, fully supervised by its P Vine founder, Yasufumi Higurashi!
■An unprecedented box set, supervised by P Vine founder Yasufumi Higurashi, containing all the recordings from the RPM/Kent era, 1950-65, at the beginning and peak of B.B. King's career.
■B.B. King himself understood and cheered for P Vine's active introduction of his RPM/Kent work in the Japan/Asia area, with regular master record ownership; B.B. and P Vine had a direct artist contract, and if he had lived to see P Vine's 40 anniversary celebrations, it would have been a project box that he would have been supremely happy with. The album cover, which B.B. signed for P Vine before his death, is also included in the booklet.
■The CDs are based on the concept that Yasufumi Nigure has thoroughly re-examined the existing and unreleased material, and compiled each CD with a particular focus: all of B.B. King's SPs and singles for RPM and Kent, including alternate takes of those releases, which were later released on LP and CD, plus rare session scenes, 1965. Compiled on 17 CDs, including his last session with Kent in December 1965.
■For the first time, we will hear previously unknown B.B. works, tracked down for the first time on multi-tracks that have survived in existence for decades after they were recorded.
■The first time around 100 songs are presented, including 10 completely unreleased songs plus two separate takes and incomplete takes from the sessions.
■Many rare photographs owned by the late Ernest Withers, a photographer who had a close relationship with B.B., are shown for the first time in Japan. The booklet is the size of an LP record and is full of power.
■As it is dedicated to B.B. in the 1950s and early 1960s, it provides a translation of how popular he was as a star in the black community at the time, and what kind of personality he had, which is extracted from articles in black magazines and other sources.
■Bobby Rush contributed a tasteful piece of writing about his memories of B.B. We also conducted a survey 'When I first heard B.B. King'. We received responses from Otis Rush, veteran bluesmen and prominent Western blues researchers.
■In addition to Yasufumi Higurashi, general supervisor, and Akira Takachi, booklet supervisor, detailed commentaries by Keishi Suzuki, Hitoshi Koide, Akira Bunya, Mie Seo, Toshio Imazawa, Takashi Nagai-Hotoke, Shinya Akimoto and Mitsuyoshi Agatsuma are also worth reading.
■The LP contains 14 tracks from the many masterpieces and masterpieces, focusing on relatively unknown (and that's the beauty of it) hard blues, which do not overlap with the CD takes, so you can fully enjoy the greatness and magnitude of B.B. in analogue form.
■A translation of The Arrival of B.B. King (1980), the world's first published book about B.B. King, The Arrival of the Blues - B.B. King, written by Charles Sawyer and translated by Kazumi Someya, is also included. Please enjoy listening to the sound.
■The box set reveals all about how B.B. King pioneered and established his own style of blues - modern blues - that would have an immeasurable impact on later blues and rock.... This box set reveals the entire story of how B.B. King pioneered and established his own style of blues (modern blues) that would have an immeasurable impact on later blues and rock.
This is a B.B. exploration unlike any other B.B. work to date. It's not just a compilation, it's an exploration of B.B. like no other! This is the ultimate B.B. king seeking project!
What's more! With exclusive benefits only on our website and P-VINE OFFICIAL SHOP "SPECIAL DELIVERY"! Special offer] 2 rare promo photos of B.B. King (A4 size) + postcard set.
(In addition, a release from the P-VINE warehouse is included as a bonus.)
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《Product Information》
ARTIST：B.B. KING
TITLE：The Complete RPM-Kent Recording Box 1950-1965 - The Life,Times and the Blues of B.B. in All His Glory
Release date:16 December 2015.
item's stock number：PCD-LP-3/20
list price：￥38,500＋tax
●17 CD + 1 LP + 1 BOOK
●56-page booklet (detailed commentary/lyrics).
●Limited First Edition
[Track List]
1. The Road I Travel - take 1 2. Blues At Sunrise 3. Army Of The Lord - alt. version 4. Broke And Hungry - take 2 5. So Much Trouble 6. Questionnaire Blues 7. Bad Breaks 8. Someday Baby (aka Some Day, Some Where) 9. B.B. Blues (with B.B. on KOMA, Oklahoma) 10. Sunny Road 11. Why I Sing The Blues - take 4 12. Sweet Little Angel - alt. take 13. My Silent Prayer 14. I Want To Get Married - alt. take 15. Sundown 16. Mean Ole Frisco - take 2 17. B.B. King Radio Spot on WOKJ, Jackson, MS 18. Everyday I Have The Blues - take 5 (incomplete) 19. Down Now - take 1 20. We Can't Make It 21. My Own Fault - take 1 (incomplete) 22. The Worst Thing In My Life - alt. overdubbed version 23. I'll Survive 24. Young Dreamers 25. I'm King 26. Growing Old - take 2 27. Time To Say Goodbye - take 4 28. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
1. Mistreated Woman 2. B.B. Boogie 3. The Other Night Blues 4. Walkin' And Cryin' 5. My Baby's Gone 6. Don't You Want A Man Like Me 7. B.B. Blues 8. She's Dynamite 9. She's A Mean Woman 10. Hard Working Woman 11. 3 O'Clock Blues 12. That Ain't The Way To Do It 13. Fine Lookin' Woman 14. She Don't Move Me No More 15. Shake It Up And Go 16. My Own Fault, Darlin' 17. Some Day, Some Where 18. Gotta Find My Baby 19. You Didn't Want Me 20. You Know I Love You 21. Story From My Heart And Soul 22. Boogie Woogie Woman 23. Woke Up This Morining (My Baby She Was Gone) 24. Don't Have To Cry (Past Day) 25. Please Love Me 26. Highway Bound
1. Neighborhood Affair 2. Please Hurry Home 3. Why Did You Leave Me 4. Blind Love (Who Can Your Good Man Be) 5. Praying To The Lord 6. Please Help Me 7. Love You Baby 8. The Woman I Love 9. Everything I Do Is Wrong 10. Don't You Want A Man Like Me 11. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer 12. Bye! Bye! Baby 13. You Upset Me Baby 14. Whole Lotta' Love 15. Sneakin' Around 16. Everyday I Have The Blues 17. Lonely And Blue 18. Jump With You Baby 19. Shut Your Mouth 20. I'm In Love 21. Talkin' The Blues 22. Boogie Rock 23. What Can I Do (Just Sing The Blues) 24. Ten Long Years (I Had A Woman) 25. I'm Cracking Up Over You 26. Ruby Lee
1. Can't We Talk It Over (aka Come Back Baby) 2. Sixteen Tons 3. Crying Won't Help You 4. Did You Ever Love A Woman 5. Let's Do The Boogie 6. Dark Is The Night Pt. 1 7. Dark Is The Night Pt. 2 8. Sweet Little Angel 9. Bad Luck 10. On My Word Of Honor 11. Bim Bam 12. Early In The Morning (aka Early Every Morning) 13. You Don't Know 14. How Do I Love You 15. You Can't Fool My Heart 16. I Want To Get Married 17. Troubles Troubles Troubles 18. (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby 19. Be Careful With A Fool 20. I Wonder 21. I Need You So Bad 22. The Key To My Kingdom 23. My Heart Belongs To Only You 24. You Know I Go For You 25. Why Do Everything Happen To Me 26. Don't Look Now, But I've Got The Blues 27. Days Of Old
1. Please Accept My Love 2. You've Been An Angel 3. I Am 4. Worry Worry 5. Come By Here 6. The Fool 7. A Lonely Lover's Plea 8. The Woman I Love 9. Everyday I Have The Blues 10. Time To Say Goodbye 11. Mean Ole Frisco 12. Sugar Mama 13. Sweet Sixteen 14. Got A Right To Love My Baby 15. My Own Fault 16. Sweet Little Angel 17. Good Man Gone Bad 18. Partin' Time 19. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 20. Walking Dr. Bill 21. Things Are Not The Same 22. Fishin' After Me (aka Catfish Blues) 23. Get Out Of Here 24. Bad Luck Soul
1. Hold That Train 2. Understand 3. Peace Of Mind 4. Someday 5. Bad Case Of Love 6. You're Breaking My Heart 7. Lonely 8. My Sometime Baby 9. Hully Gully Twist 10. Gonna Miss You Around Here 11. Mashed Potato Twist (aka 38th Street Blues) 12. Three O'Clock Stomp 13. Mashing The Popeye 14. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer 15. Going Down Slow 16. 3 O'Clock Blues 17. Your Letter 18. Christmas Celebration 19. Easy Listening Blues 20. Down Now 21. Whole Lot Of Lovin' 22. Trouble In Mind 23. Long Nights (The Feeling They Call The Blues) 24. The Road I Travel 25. My Reward 26. The Letter 27. You Never Know
1. Army Of The Lord 2. Precious Lord 3. Rock Me Baby 4. I Can't Lose 5. You're Gonna Miss Me 6. Let Me Love You 7. Beautician Blues 8. I Can Hear My Name 9. The Worst Thing In My Life 10. Got 'Em Bad 11. Baby, Look At You 12. Blue Shadows 13. And Like That 14. Just A Dream 15. Broken Promise 16. Mercy, Mercy Baby 17. Eyesight To The Blind 18. Just Like A Woman 19. 5 Long Years 20. Love, Honor And Obey 21. Ain't Nobody's Business 22. I Wonder Why 23. I Stay In The Mood 24. Early Every Morining (aka Early In The Morning) 25. Blues Stay Away 26. It's A Mean World
1. The Jungle 2. Long Gone Baby 3. Treat Me Right 4. Bad Breaks 5. Growing Old 6. Sweet Thing 7. Soul Beat 8. Worry, Worry, Worry - overdubbed version 9. The Woman I Love - overdubbed version 10. Blues For Me 11. 3 O'Clock Blues - overdubbed version 12. Slow Burn 13. Your Fool 14. Shoutin' The Blues 15. House Rocker (aka Boogie Rock) 16. Worried Life 17. Walking Dr. Bill - overdubbed version 18. That Evil Child 19. Tell Me Baby 20. Long Nights (The Feeling They Call The Blues) 21. I'll Survive 22. Precious Lord 23. Swing Low Sweet Chariot 24. Don't Get Around Much Any More 25. Recession Blues
1. Woke Up This Morining - take 2 2. B.B. Boogie - take 2 3. Please Love Me - take 2 4. Hard Working Woman - take 2 5. Shut Your Mouth - alt. take 6. Whole Lotta Meat - take 14 7. You've Got My Hands Tied 8. Baby, Look At You - take 2 9. Ruby Lee - short version 10. In The Middle Of An Island - take 7 11. Days Of Old - alt. take 12. Tickle Britches 13. Shake Yours - take 7 14. Three O'Clock Stomp (aka Poontwangie) 15. I've Got Papers On You, Baby 16. Mashed Potato Twist 17. Whole Lot Of Lovin' - take 1 18. My Baby's An Angel 19. My Baby's Dynamite 20. Don't Let It Shock You 21. Mercy, Mercy Baby - take 3 22. Your Good Lovin' Man 23. Rock Me Baby - alt. version
1. That's How Much You Mean To Me (with B.B.'s Plea) 2. Going Home 3. Jesus Gave Me Water 4. Save A Seat For Me 5. Ole Time Religion 6. Servant's Prayer 7. Pray For You - take 1 8. You Done Lost Your Goood Thing Now - alt. take 9. Radio Spot For A Kent LP 10. Please Set The Date 11. Don't Care Anymore 12. I'm In Love With A Woman 13. Sweet Little Angel - take 1 with false starts 14. You're On Top 15. You Won't Listen 16. What A Way To Spend The Night 17. Early This Morning - take 2 18. Love Oh Love - take 3 19. Running Wild 20. The Wrong Road 21. Be Careful Baby 22. Did You Ever Love A Woman 23. Endless Night (What Have I Done Wrong) 24. Christmas Celebration - take 3 25. I Never Heard A Man 26. I'm Working On The Building 27. I'm Willing To Run All The Way
1. Gotta Find My Baby - alt. take 2. Crying Won't Help You - take 2 (incomplete) & take 3 3. Green And Lucky Blues 4. Down Hearted (aka How Blue Can You Get?) 5. Catfish Blues (aka Fishin' After Me) 6. Baby Please Don't Go 7. Dust My Broom 8. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer - take 5 9. Going Down Slow - 1959 version take 1 10. Looking The World Over 11. Please Set The Date 12. Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door 13. Yes, Indeed 14. Trouble In Mind - take 1 15. St. Louis Blues - incomplete (technical problem at the recording) 16. Blues At Sunrise - alt. take 17. Drifting Blues 18. Blue Shadows 19. Troubles Troubles Troubles - take 1 20. Please Accept My Love - alt. version 21. Driving Wheel 22. Someday Baby (aka Worried Lif Blues) 23. Did You Ever Love A Woman - alt. take 24. Hold That Train - take 1
1. Talkin' The Blues - take 2 2. String Bean 3. Soul Beat (aka Powerhouse) - take 2 4. Blues For Me (aka Groovin' Twist) 5. Walkin' 6. Rambler 7. Confessin' 8. Don't Touch (aka Don't You Want A Man Like Me) 9. Feedin' The Rock 10. King Of Guitar - take 1 11. King Of Guitar 12. Step It Up (aka Two Step Rock) 13. Low Rider (Broke And Hungry) 14. Jumpin' With B.B. 15. Night Long 16. Blues With B.B. 17. Calypso Jazz (aka Going South) 18. Slidin' And Glidin' (aka Really The Blues) 19. Fusion Jazz - take 1 20. King's Rock Jazz 21. Slidin' And Glidin' (aka Really The Blues) - alt. take
1. The Woman I Love - take 1-2 (incomplete) 2. The Woman I Love - take 3 3. The Woman I Love - take 4 (incomplete) 4. The Woman I Love - take 5 5. The Woman I Love - take 6-8 (incomplete) 6. The Woman I Love - take 9 7. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer - take 1 8. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer - take 2-6 (incomplete) 9. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer - 1962 version take 1-3 (Incomplete) 10. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer - 1962 version take 5 11. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - take 1-2 (incomplete) 12. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - take 3 13. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - take 4-6 (incomplete) 14. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - take 7 15. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - take 8 (incomplete) 16. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - take 9 17. Confessin' The Blues - incomplete take 18. Confessin' The Blues - take 5 19. Confessin' The Blues - take 6-7 (incomplete) 20. Confessin' The Blues - take 8 21. I Wonder Why - take 1 22. I Wonder Why - take 2-3 (incomplete) 23. I Wonder Why - take 4 24. I Wonder Why - take 5-7 (incomplete) 25. I Wonder Why - take 8 (incomplete) 26. Going Down Slow - incomplete take 27. Going Down Slow - take 2 28. Going Down Slow - take 3 (incomplete) 29. Going Down Slow - 1962 version take 1 30. Going Down Slow - 1962 version take 2-4 (incomplete) 31. Going Down Slow - 1962 version take 5 32. Going Down Slow - 1962 version take 6-7 (incomplete)
1. Mistreated Woman - alt. take 2. The Other Night Blues - take 1 3. The Other Night Blues - take 3 4. Walkin' And Cryin' - take 2 5. Walkin' And Cryin' - take 3 6. Don't You Want A Man Like Me - alt. take 7. B.B. Blues - incomplete take 8. A New Way Of Driving 9. Fine Lookin' Woman - take 1 10. Fine Lookin' Woman - take 3 11. She's A Mean Woman - take 1 12. Pray For You - take 2 13. Darling I Love You 14. That Ain't The Way To Do It - alt. take 15. I Got A Woman Who Lives Upon The Hill 16. I Got A Girl Who Lives Up On The Hill 17. I'm So Glad 18. Low Down Dirty Baby 19. Story From My Heart And Soul - take 1 20. Woke Up This Morining - take 1 21. Don't Have To Cry (Past Day) - take 1 22. Please Love Me - take 1 23. Blind Love - take 2 24. Please Remember Me
1. Everything I Do Is Wrong - take 2 2. Whole Lotta Meat - take 10 3. Everyday I Have The Blues - take 6 4. I Was Blind 5. Jump With You Baby - take 2 6. Shut Your Mouth - take 1 7. I'm Cracking Up Over You - take 1 8. Dark Is The Night Pt. 1 (aka The Blues Has Got Me) - alt. take 9. Sweet Little Angel - take 2 10. Bad Luck - take 1 11. Troubles Troubles Troubles (aka Troubles Don't Last) - take 5 12. Why I Sing The Blues - take 2 13. Early In The Morning (aka Early Every Morning) - take 2 14. Don't Look Now, But I've Got The Blues - take 3 15. Early In The Morning (aka Early Every Morning) - 1959 version 16. I Stay In The Mood - take 5 17. (I'm Gonna) Quit My Baby - take 2 18. Be Careful With A Fool - take 11 19. Don't Keep Me Waiting 20. Don't Break Your Promise 21. You Know I Go For You - alt. take 22. Yesterday 23. I Love You So 24. You've Been An Angel - take 2 25. If I Lost You 26. Why Not 27. Tomorrow Is Another Day
1. Shake Yours - take 4 2. Feel Like A Million 3. Treat Me Right (aka Oh Baby) - take 1 (incomplete) & take 3 4. We Can't Make It - take 4 5. I Can't Explain 6. Please Set The Date - take 1 7. Don't Cry Anymore 8. Partin' Time - take 1 (incomplete) & take 3 9. Someday (You're Gonna Miss Me) 10. I Need You, Baby 11. Loving You In Vain 12. Loving You In Vain - alt. take 13. The Jungle 14. Troubles Don't Last 15. Early This Morning 16. That's How Much You Mean To Me - take 3 17. Someday Baby 18. Shotgun Blues 19. You're Gonna Miss Me 20. Mr. Pawn Broker 21. Love My Baby 22. What A Way To Go - alt. version 23. So Many Days 24. Someday - alt. take 25. Long Nights (The Feeling They Call The Blues) - take 4
1. Eyesight To The Blind - take 1 2. Eyesight To The Blind - take 2 (incomplete) 3. Eyesight To The Blind - take 3 4. Eyesight To The Blind - take 4 5. Eyesight To The Blind - take 4 alt. version 6. Radio Show - WVON DJ Ed Cook 7. Ain't Nobody's Business - take 1 (poss. alt. session) 8. Ain't Nobody's Business - take 2 (poss. alt. session - incomplete) 9. Ain't Nobody's Business - take 3 (poss. alt. session) 10. Ain't Nobody's Business - take 3 11. A Woman Don't Care - take 1 12. A Woman Don't Care - take 2-3 (incomplete) 13. A Woman Don't Care - take 4 14. A Woman Don't Care - take 5 15. A Woman Don't Care - take 6-7 (incomplete) 16. A Woman Don't Care - take 8 17. A Woman Don't Care - take 8 alt. version 18. Make Me Blue - take 1-2 (incomplete) 19. Make Me Blue - take 3 20. Make Me Blue - take 9 21. Make Me Blue - take 9 alt. Version 22. Radio Spot: Advertising One of Kent LPs 23. 5 Long Years - take1 24. 5 Long Years - take 3 (incomplete) 25. 5 Long Years - take 5 26. Blues Stay Away From Me - take 1-2 (incomplete) 27. Blues Stay Away From Me - take 3 28. Blues Stay Away From Me - take 4-5 (incomplete) 29. Blues Stay Away From Me - take 6 30. Blues Stay Away From Me - take 7
A1. Shake Yours A2. You Shouldn't Have Left A3. Going Down Slow A4. On My Word Of Honor - take 1 A5. Strange Things A6. Walkin' - alt. take A7. Let Me Love You - alt. version B1. Worry Worry - take 4 B2. Someday Baby B3. You Know I Love You B4. Lonely And Blue - take 3 B5. What A Way To Go B6. Shotgun Blues - original version B7. Your Fool - original version
