Here's One You Didn't Know About: From the RPM & Kent Vaults

Here's One You Didn't Know About: From the RPM & Kent Vaults

by B.B. KingB.B. King

Overview

The title of Ace's 2016 compilation Here's One You Didn't Know About: From the RPM & Kent Vaults is no lie. This set rounds up 25 alternate takes of songs B.B. King cut in the late '50s and early '60s, 23 of which are making their debut here (the other two popped up on the 2014 Ace compilation The RPM Story, Vol. 2, so they can't be called overly familiar). If these sides don't deliver much in the way of surprise -- usually B.B. didn't attempt a different arrangement or tempo on the alternate arrangements, so these alternates find him and his crew attempting to create the right vibe -- it nevertheless is a pleasure to hear the young King woodshedding his distinctive styles as a guitarist and vocalist. Often, it's the guitar that pops: the single-line leads jump and slash, often propelling the songs and providing a reason to listen to these otherwise familiar-sounding alternate takes. Certainly, this is the kind of thing that appeals primarily to the hardcore, but for that group of fans, this is a pleasure.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/04/2015
Label: Imports
UPC: 0029667074322
catalogNumber: 3024263
Rank: 68887

Tracks

  1. Catfish Blues (aka Fishin' After Me)
  2. Be Careful Baby
  3. Growing Old
  4. I Gotta Find My Baby
  5. Long Nights (The Feeling They Call the Blues)
  6. Loving You in Vain (aka Heartache and Pain) [Alternate to Ace CDCHM 966
  7. Shut Your Mouth
  8. Sweet Little Angel
  9. Sweet Little Angel
  10. Bad Case of Love
  11. Talkin' the Blues
  12. Whole Lotta Love
  13. You Know I Go for You
  14. You've Been an Angel
  15. Be Careful With a Fool
  16. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
  17. Don't You Want a Man Like Me
  18. Early in the Morning
  19. I Wonder Why
  20. Partin' Time
  21. Soul Beat (aka Powerhouse)
  22. Why Not
  23. The Woman I Love
  24. Whole Lotta Meat (aka Hey Little Girl)
  25. Going Down Slow

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