B.B. King - The Vintage Years [4CD Box Set] (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 1,3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 732 MB | Covers - 46 MB
Genre: Blues, Electric Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Ace Records (ABOXCD 8)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 1,3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 732 MB | Covers - 46 MB
Genre: Blues, Electric Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Ace Records (ABOXCD 8)
This impressive, impeccably packaged four-CD box set focuses solely on B.B. King's 1950s and 1960s recordings for the Modern family of labels. That was a period that basically encompassed the vast majority of his work prior to 1962, though he did a few non-Modern sides before signing with ABC Paramount in early 1962 and did a few other sides for Modern in the mid-'60s. So this is basically a box-set overview of King's early career, one that saw him score many R&B hits and build a career as a blues legend, even as the blues were falling out of fashion in favor of rock and soul. As many tracks as there are here - 106 in all, four of them previously unreleased - this isn't a catchall roundup of everything the prolific King did for the label…