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| Early essentials. Every Day I Have The Blues, Did You Ever Love A Woman, You Upset Me Baby, Three O’Clock Blues, My Own Fault, Downhearted, more. |
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| 1 3 O'Clock Blues |
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| 2 Blind Love |
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| 3 She's Dynamite |
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| 4 You Know I Love You |
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| 5 Please Love Me |
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| 6 Story from My Heart and Soul |
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| 7 The Woman I Love |
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| 8 Neighborhood Affair |
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| 9 When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer |
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| 10 Every Day I Have the Blues |
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| 11 Love You Baby (Aka Take a Swing with Me) |
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| 12 Ten Long Years |
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| 13 You Upset Me, Baby |
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| 14 Boogie Rock (Aka House Rocker) |
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| 15 Crying Won't Help You |
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| 16 Bad Luck |
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| 17 Did You Ever Love a Woman |
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| 18 You Don't Know |
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| 19 Sweet Little Angel |
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| 20 On My Word of Honor |
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| 21 Be Careful with a Fool |
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| 22 Please Accept My Love |
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| 23 Days of Old |
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| 24 Worry, Worry |
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| 25 Confessin' the Blues |
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Album Review
As part of the celebration of BB King's eightieth birthday Virgin released the double-disc set "Original Greatest Hits" in September of 2005 -- the week BB turned 80. Since there has been so many comps of King's long career, all bearing titles similar to "Original Greatest Hits", it's easy to assume that this collection is yet another recycling of the familiar BB standards from the late '60s and '70s, but that's not the case at all. Instead, this 40-track collection is one of the first American reissues to offer a comprehensive survey of his recordings for RPM and Kent in the '50s and early '60s (both sides of his debut 45 for Bullet, "Miss Martha King"/"When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes," are added to the end of the collection for good measure). While the material has been reissued extensively overseas, most notably on the UK label Ace which has offered an exhaustive overview of the majority of his RPM and Kent sides, there has never been a good US comp of this material until this deceptively plain-titled "Original Greatest Hits". Over the course of two discs, the original single versions of such BB standards as "3 O'Clock Blues," "Every Day I Have the Blues," "You Upset Me, Baby," "Did You Ever Love a Woman," "Sweet Little Angel," "Sweet Sixteen," "My Own Fault" and "Downhearted (aka How Blue Can You Get?)" are presented, along with the cream of the crop of the rest of his early recordings. While there are certainly some great, even important, songs that didn't make the cut, there has never been an overview of this era that has been so succinct yet comprehensive (and it's also well-annotated too, with good liner notes by Colin Escott). Serious collectors should invest either in Ace's excellent 2003 box "King of the Blues" or their ongoing LP reissue series, but all other fans should turn here to hear the best of BB King's earliest and arguably best work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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