B.B. King – Live At The Regal (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

B.B. King – Live At The Regal (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:04 minutes | 1,57 GB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Geffen*

Live at the Regal is a live recording of legendary blues guitarist and vocalist B.B. King. The album was recorded November 21, 1964 and is considered one of the greatest blues albums ever recorded; reaching #141 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Live at the Regal was selected by the Library of Congress in 2005 for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry.

B.B. King is not only a timeless singer and guitarist, he’s also a natural-born entertainer, and on Live at the Regal the listener is treated to an exhibition of all three of his talents. Over percolating horn hits and rolling shuffles, King treats an enthusiastic audience (at some points, they shriek after he delivers each line) to a collection of some of his greatest hits. The backing band is razor-sharp, picking up the leader’s cues with almost telepathic accuracy. King’s voice is rarely in this fine of form, shifting effortlessly between his falsetto and his regular range, hitting the microphone hard for gritty emphasis and backing off in moments of almost intimate tenderness. Nowhere is this more evident than at the climax of “How Blue Can You Get,” where the Chicago venue threatens to explode at King’s prompting. Of course, the master’s guitar is all over this record, and his playing here is among the best in his long career. Displaying a jazz sensibility, King’s lines are sophisticated without losing their grit. More than anything else, Live at the Regal is a textbook example of how to set up a live performance. Talking to the crowd, setting up the tunes with a vignette, King is the consummate entertainer. Live at the Regal is an absolutely necessary acquisition for fans of B.B. King or blues music in general. A high point, perhaps even the high point, for uptown blues.

Tracklist:

01. B.B. King – Everyday I Have The Blues (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (02:38)
02. B.B. King – Sweet Little Angel (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (04:15)
03. B.B. King – It’s My Own Fault (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (03:25)
04. B.B. King – How Blue Can You Get? (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (03:43)
05. B.B. King – Please Love Me (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (03:00)
06. B.B. King – You Upset Me Baby (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (02:38)
07. B.B. King – Worry, Worry (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (06:23)
08. B.B. King – Woke Up This Mornin’ (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (01:44)
09. B.B. King – You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (04:24)
10. B.B. King – Help The Poor (Live At The Regal Theater/1964) (02:48)

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