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Good blues. I can get behind this. Four stars.
Say, this guy's pretty good! "How Blue Can You Get?" is a lot of fun. And it's all good listening.
God, I would have loved to attend this show! B.B., his band and his audience are all connecting with each other on a molecular level.
A very endearing performance, it really holds your attention. Great guitar playing and singing. Some of the best blues out there. High 4.
Didn't realize he could sing like that 3.5
Unbelievable that this is the first time I listened to an entire BB record. And daaaaaaammmnnn.
I don't usually like live albums, but this was pretty good.
Live Blues yeah
One of the great live blues albums, of which the King has a few!
This is a lively recording of B B King in his prime, his guitar virtuosity lighting up a collection of blues and RnB numbers. The only downside is that overfamiliarity with his songs makes it harder to hear this album with fresh ears.
Great guitar work and he has a great voice. One of the better live albums I’ve heard in a while
Ya like jazz?
Favorite Track: How Blue Can You Get?
An awesomely good album. BB King was definitely trying to edge towards James Brown style showmanship and orchestration, but there's plenty blues and blues guitar in there as well. Very enjoyable.
Good album
Good stuff!!
4 stars
Damn. I saw BB in like 2001 but to hear him in his prime… Now I know why he got the hype he got.
This album is really fun. The performance is very tight and the band is clearly well rehearsed & familiar with each other. His song are like a conversation with the crowd broken up by amazing guitar bits. He tells a story throughout the show, and the crowd are absolutely loving it. There seems to either be an intermission in the middle, or its two different concerts? "How Blue Can You Get" has awesome saxophone and powerful vocals. "Please Love Me" has some of the most fun instrumentation on the album. I was moving my whole body listening to this one. "Worry Worry" has some of the most iconic vocals. I've heard quite a few live tracks of this song before. He does the "Ladies if you've got a man..." bit on more than one recording. I liked this album a lot, it's a great length and has great energy. I didn't love it as much as other live albums we've heard but it was great. 8/10
Another crazy live album from one of the greats. At times, the music is so good it feels like a studio recording. Everything about it is awesome.
Great Blues Album a bit showy but sounds great and high energy.
Nice instrumentals but lyrics a little weird
Makes me long for an alternate timeline where I didn't suck ass in jazz band and kept on good graces with Mr. Shipe. won't you help the poor?
3/4 stars, was good
Was quite surprised to hear BB King’s voice sound so good hitting high notes. Would have loved to hear him sing higher, gentler songs. Most of these songs sound similar. Band was tight as a drum.
Lovely blues album, calming but also groovey. Would listen again. Should listen closer to the lyrics given when it was made.
4 out of 5. This album makes the blues sound like a party and I would have loved to see these performances at least once, and King's guitar solos were gold.
Ah, The King of the Blues. I admittedly have not been exposed too much to B.B. King, so perhaps a live album is a good launching point. Blues music tends to sound same-y as a whole, but I think it thrives in a live setting. This is a pretty clean live production and King exudes a ton of charm throughout, energizing the patrons of the Regal Theater with his guitar and banter. Makes you wish you could slip back in time for one night to take in this legendary performance firsthand.
This is a very palatable live blues album. Really nice to listen to, great songs, amazing singing and instrumentation. A great album to listen to in the evening or when working. My main gripe with it is that it doesn't feel like a very cohearent live album. I think BB King gets 'introduced to stage' on a couple of different songs, which makes it feel like they have just taken songs from a few different recordings and smashed them together rather than the feel of a continuous concert. It's short at 35 minutes; I would feel shortchanged if I'd paid for a physical copy. But overall this is 4.5 stars which rounds up to 5.
Not my personal style but can see the influence on music, very groovy. Amazing voice. None of the songs like extremely stuck out to me.
nice sound, not a lot to say but its great!
Schwacher erster Song, danach ganz chillige Musik zum nebenbei hören
Gute Atmosphäre, sehr gut live gespielt.
made the creamiest mac and cheese i've had in my entire life while listening to this i fw this more than i thought i would
Great stuff.
Slick, professionally played blues music. Compared to other albums we've gotten recently, it's not as energetic as LIVE AT LEEDS or LIVE AT THE APOLLO, or as jammy as LIVE/DEAD, or even as wild as CHEAP THRILLS (for all that album's "recorded in a studio"-ness). B.B.'s a consumate showman, and he can play the **hell** out of his guitar, even if he never lets himself get **that** out of control. Still, it's an album I've enjoyed a number of times before, and it's one I know I'll enjoy again. (Although, I'll also remark: crazy that this is here and not the Cook County Jail one. I know this one is regularly cited as a performance primer, and that's probably why it was here, but, man, that whole "performing in front of a prison crowd"t hing adds so much, you don't even... Jus' a bit of a shame is all. Seriously, check that album out if you dig this—or, like, AT FOLSOM PRISON, I guess.)
Great album from a younger BB King I saw live twice but later in his career. I'm always glad to hear my favorite tune (The Thrill is Gone) on any of his albums.
Damn this guy brings a show
I don’t like live albums but I do love the blues.
like it
Wish I could have been there.
Forgot to make notes for this before the weekend but think I really liked it. I’ll be generous.
D'habitude, jsuis pas un fan des albums live (surtout dans cette liste), mais cet album a réussi à capturer l'énergie et la frénésie de la foule et des musiciens, ce qui rajoute beaucoup à l'esprit folk du Blues
Can't argue with this really.
Big Blues King
So good!
Pretty decent live album. Hard to go wrong with live blues - long live the King! (Rip)
Probably the best example of Blues I've heard. Enjoyable listen.
Perfect for what it is—a live blues album. Initially, I thought B.B. King was overrated, but after learning to play some of his riffs, I realized their brilliance. Though not complex, they are perfectly crafted and have been imitated countless times. His guitar sound is incredible. The only reason I’m not giving this a 5/5 is that the album can feel repetitive, with the songs following a similar format and the lyrics revolving around the same themes. However, that's more of a critique of blues music in general.
Never gets old. BB King is a triple threat - entertaining emcee, amazing singer and fantastic guitar player. Fun time going through this again. You hear the influence on any modern blues guys
Three sad grunge albums followed up by the BLUES, talk about kicking a man while he’s down. BB brings so much emotion into simple his vocal melodies and guitar licks. It’s My Own Faul stands out but it’s a short album that has few dull moments. Fun to hear the interplay with the crowd and think about this being performed live in Chicago. Extra points for some really helpful advice to not go upside your woman on the head.
It was very good, if a little... well samey if I'm honest
Omg I thought I was gonna hate this wow so so sick How blue can you get 🙀🙀🙀🙀
Pas mal
I used to get surprised when so many of the jazz/blues albums of the tour were live versions, but legends like BB King show how important it is for this genre for it to feel like a 'personal' experience where both the artist and the crowd react along
Very intimate and giving a real feel of true blues, a real showcase of an icon
The swagger. The swing. The horns. That ferocious voice.
He sure does have the blues, I hope things turn around for him!
Really captures the live atmosphere of a great blues gig by one of the legends of the genre 4*
Leuk al die live albums
Liked this a lot - jazzy, toe tapping
Great blues album
Live at the Regal I wasn’t hopeful when the first track started, the jazzy and jauntily inane horns give it a 70s chat show feel. However the run of Sweet Little Angel, It’s My Own Fault and How Blue Can You Get the is truly superb. I’ve never really listened to much B.B. King so I didn’t really realise he had such an incredible singing voice, especially when you compare it to his very vaguely Kermit-esque speaking voice. I’m not as keen on Please Love Me and You Upset Me Baby. I don’t find that particular kind of uptempo jazz rhythm particularly satisfying, it feels a bit lightweight and doesn’t have the feel of the slower, blusier tracks, like the excellent Worry, Worry. Woke Up This Mornin’s freneticism works slightly better than Please Love Me and You Upset Me Baby, but it still has a bit too much of that TV jazz flavour. You Done Lost Your Good Thing is good, if not quite at the same level of the other slower tracks. I really liked the slight Caribbean feel on Help the Poor, it’s a great contrast to the rest of the tracks, with a very nice rhythmic slipperiness. Obviously his guitar playing is great, and his tone really is very lovely - smooth and warm like warmed up and smooth with no crunchy bits peanut butter, and when the songs are good they are truly excellent. He’s also clearly a great entertainer, and is brilliant with the crowd. However there are a few songs that don’t quite work for me, particularly on the second side, losing that sense of drama that the slower less jazz inflected songs create. It’s still a very good live album though and shows off his voice and playing superbly. It’s probably somewhere between a 3 and 4, it probably doesn’t have a huge amount of replayability, but that 3 song run on the first side really is superb, it is a fun listen and a kid of landmark blues album. It really is 3.5, but I’ll tip it over to 4 for the guitar playing and voice. 🤴🤴🤴🤴 Playlist submission: It’s My Own Fault
Listening after a day in the sun with Grandma Every day I have the blues - I like this a lot ! Added to my 1001 albums playlist Sweet little angel - this is good and vibey It's my own fault - this man has a niiiice voice How blue can you get - the transitions are So Good, so seamless Please love me - yeahh!! You upset me baby - post-interval song? This one is chiller than the others Worry, worry - Also very chill. I think I prefer the more upbeat ones! The second half of this song is cool, but was that... Misogyny ? Woke up this mornin - not much to say about this one! You done lost your good thing now - again, not much to say! Was good but not my fave Help the poor - the intro is fun, kinda samba-y? Another one for the playlist! Enjoyed this! V glad I listened to it
would've loved to have been in a that room, immaculate energy and vibes
Love a live album! You can really feel the energy of the crowd and the band feeding off of it.
B.B. King is like one of those musicians that is totally ubiquitous but whose music ive never heard in my life.. it was more rock than i expected and really fun!
Now this is a live album.
Ja, weer een live album, maar wel echt een goed live album. B.B. King heeft niet voor niks de achternaam King. Dit album doet me er aan herinneren dat ik meer blues moet luisteren. Heerlijk album. Ruw, puur en een beetje 'vuil', maar dan op de goeie manier. 4.2*
now this is a live album that does make you say it would probably be so awesome to hear this live
It’s My Own Fault I haven’t listened to this before now.
Pretty fantastic live album. 4.4.
This bangs pretty hard.
4.6 great stuff
Heel chill
Most of the live albums on this 1001 have been really iconic, but this one kind of was a bit underwhelming. I did like to hear the younger BB so it did a good job in capturing that. I had been introduced to BB when he was about twice as old as he was in this recording, so it's fair to say he sounds quite a bit different. For a prolific musician like Mr King I think there are probably a dozen better albums. None of this is to say this album was bad by any means, it has a great vibe and aura captured as a time capsule. Favorite track "How Blue can you get" 3.5/5
This is blues music at its finest.
Almost too snappy music for a blues album.
Lots of trumpets, good listen, solid blues, 7.5/10
To be in the audience and experience this album live would be incredible. "How blue can tou get" was an absolute stand out. BB is a true blues master.
Blues, YES!
Very solid for a live album. 4/5
Quintessential album by one of the most recognizable artists in the genre. BB King does some very “pop” sounding interpretations of his favorites, and everyone sounds like they’re having a good time. Killer guitar solos from a unique stylist, and his voice is in peak form.
I'll never say no to some B. B. King
Fantastic guitar player. Can hear the influence he had on players later on
Really good album. Super entertaining. BB was a blues guitar master.
This is sooooo insane. I love the crowd noise in this too! It really adds to it overall. Some amazing tracks on here! Overall such a fun listen and B.B. King is a blues icon
Classic blues album.
Wooooohoooo!!!!
This is great! So much energy throughout, and I love how the music carries across all of the tracks even while he's speaking/interacting with the crowd. Spotify has a slight pause between each one, but I'm sure on Vinyl it's very smooth and continuous. The backing band is impressively tight, and there wasn't a single song that felt out of place.
Good live blues from B.B.
What a great album. How Blue Can You Get is fantastic.
King of Blues. Nice live album overall.
Brews. Blues. And bruises.
That guitar tone is insane! For someone to be blessed with that and amazing voice is unfair. I’ve been down hearted baby! I struggle with rating live albums but this is just too dang good.
This was fun. B.B. being B.B. and the crowd loving it. Not sure I’d call this a historically great album, but still enjoyable. 3.5/5
Quite nice to listen to
Solid
That was actually really good and I do understand why so many people think it is one of the greatest live recordings of all time. But imo it’s not the greatest. Sorry B.B.!
I didn't expect a live album to be so interactive! With other live albums, I hated the clapping at the end of each song. But with this one the crowd feels like a part of the performance which makes it really enjoyable. Loved the music, of course but as a live album it's probably my #1 from this journey.
Great stuff. BB kills it.
Never considered myself much of a blues fan, bit this was a great album. Really liked the crowd sounds/interaction.
Blues music is great and BB is one of the masters. Haven’t heard enough of his discography to say if this is a true highlight for him but it’s a great album. The emotive vocals, sparse but effective guitar, and an electric crowd all are awesome. First four tracks + help the poor are my favs. Definitely get the complaint that it’s too samey sounding though, especially on side b.
remarkable
One of the better live albums I've been given so far. B.B. King is obviously great, it's not a mind blowing album, but I enjoyed listening to it.
This is very good for a live album. The crowd is a bit distracting but it's fine. B.B. King does a good job here. "Live at The Regal" is one of the few live albums on this list. The album slows down near the end. I'll give it 4 stars.
Such a great player
A lot more fun than I anticipated. I found myself clapping along. Live seems to be his place
Such an incredible documentation of music history. Not only does B.B. King and his band play flawlessly for the entire performance but the audience that B.B. commands is just as much a part of the show. The recording perfectly captures all of these electric elements and puts you in the middle of it all. I’ve seen some pretty impressive blues bands perform at small clubs and festivals before and I feel like this album really defines what those bands were chasing. As for B.B. King studio albums I love Indianola Mississippi Seeds and Completely Well but this may be on my short list of favorite live albums.
I don't think I've ever heard B.B. King's voice sound so young! Happy to hear him in his prime! Of course, the guitar playing on here is legendary. I can hit individual notes on a guitar, but it takes a certain kind of magic to make it move and sing so effortlessly. You can hear a direct transmission from his muse to your ears with no interference in between. A live album doesn't have the benefit of multiple takes and changing instrumentation. Before keyboards and laptops, you heard the same sounds at differing volumes song after song. B.B.'s got a full band behind him, and it never gets monotonous. I love the banter, and I love how they move between songs without stopping at times. Though technically "the blues," the jazz improvisation going on in the background on the slower songs is glorious and in-the-moment. "How blue can you get? The answer's right here in my heart." Mic drop. This isn't just well-performed playing and singing, but a performance in banter, audience interaction, and stage presence. You feel you're there and part of it. Though this is the blues, there's nothing but good vibes here.
I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. I didn't think I would dislike it, but in mind straight blues is a bit more of a limited rule bound genre, but I think BB maybe opened some doors for me on this album. I did not grow up listening to blues music and I think maybe to some degree, Blues, like Zydeco or maybe Bluegrass music is something that has strong cultural elements that are grown up with. First off his backing band is absolutely killer. Some of the songs sound a bit more like jazz. My favorites were Please Love Me, You Upset Me and Help the Poor. I liked the shuffle style that the drummer played on some of the songs. A bit more on me not listening to blues growing up and a little about offshoots of music rooting back to Africa. The music I initially grew up on was Calypso, which originated in Trinidad. Other offshoots of Calypso are Kaiso, Chutney, Soca, and Extempo. The Christmas music of Trinidad is Parang and there's also Soca Parang. This stuff is specific to Trinidad as Reggae, Ska and Dancehall Reggae originate in Jamaica. Same region....very different dialect and style. Think American English vs Scottish English. Here are other types of music coming from other Caribbean countries: Kompa, Zouk, Reggaeton, Merengue, Son, Mambo, Salsa, and throw in Samba and Bossa Nova even though those come from further south in Brazil....all distinct sounds and styles and at times languages all with roots going back to Africa. All this to say that even though Blues has a different history, feel, cadence, dialect, note selection, structure and instrumentation to it, there was still a familiarity to me like old school calypso. The story telling aspect, the double meaning (the angel opens up her wings for him?...maybe this is why BB had 15 kids ?), the banter with the crowd, are all aspects that can be found in old school calypso tents in the 1930s and 40s, and to some degree today.....even though the sadness and downtrodden feel is not really there in Calypso. So BB's approach to blues really made my mind wonder back to the roots what types of music came out of Africa and slavery. Blues is a type of music that cannot really be faked, it's something that is lived and strongly related to. I am fascinated by the ease with which BB improvised solos on his guitar and made all the standard vocal riffs and runs when he sang. He seemed effortless. U2 is one of my top 10 bands and they did a song with BB called 'When Love Comes To Town'....though I think U2 did a decent job, but were a bit forced.....in that song you really get to hear the difference between guys that are fans of Blues music (U2), and a guy that IS and has LIVED it......BB.
Most of my exposure the B.B. King has been limited to the later portion of his life, where he'd be brought on stage to perform the same several standards. So, this served as a great primer as to why he was so important and vital to music in his time.
Insanely good - not just the guitar playing, of which BB is an obvious master, but his vocals also carry such feeling, which the crowd so obviously responds to. Just an amazing listen all around.
A live album that isn't two hours! This is fun - BB is a legend.
good
From the 70s onward, blues has tended to be associated with low-skill, low-energy music for boring members of the Silent Generation. This album, as with some of the best music of the 50s and 60s, blows that idea out of the water. This is what true blues sounds like. Powerful, soulful vocals, a swung rhythm that can flip between mourning and upbeat, a walking bassline, and some jazzy, involved percussion. Plus, of course, we have B.B. King's excellent guitar playing. Despite its relative obscurity for this list (at least in terms of Spotify listens), I don't see how Live At The Regal could get any less than a 4. It does have its flaws, though. Being a live album, and one that seems quite improvised at that, the tracks differ in mood but not in instrumentation or key. Seriously, it really feels like all of these are in the same key, making for poor album flow. I have the same problem with albums like Led Zeppelin's debut, where the two consecutive blues numbers on side 1 are in the same key, greatly decreasing how memorable one of them (You Shook Me) is. The same problem occurs here, particularly on side 2. Still, music like this makes my soul move. And not all music can do that. 4/5 Key tracks: Every Day I Have The Blues, Sweet Little Angel, How Blue Can You Get, Help The Poor
It's another classic live blues album from one of the masters, and this time it's B.B. King at the Regal Theater in Chicago circa 1964. The show was pretty good, where the crowd got into it, and King himself had some nice banter in between songs. There are only a few nitpicks I had. I might be missing the context of a show intermission, but B.B. King was introduced again at the start of side two with "You Upset Me Baby." Also, the closing number "Help the Poor" wasn't as big of an ending as I would have liked. Still, I can see why this is considered a classic blues staple. Check it out.
Solid
This isn't bad for a live album, in fact it is kind of fun to hear everyone losing their minds over each song. I do wonder if the tracks would sound better in a studio recording, but they're not bad at all. Favorite track: "How Blue Can You Get?"
Good, energetic blues.
Absolutely explosive. Love this vibe, not a lot to criticise. 8.5/10
This list of records reminds me that live blues is really fun, especially when it's done by masters like BB King.
There were less guitar work outs than I was expecting, but the ones there were are fantastic. I think it might actually have been better served by being longer, which is not a criticism I often have. Is there a deluxe edition somewhere out there?
Lovely love album by the King. Loved hearing the audience reactions. A great blues record. 4/5 Will listen again
C'est toujours bon ça.
A great line album that paints a vivid picture of a sixties blues joint where the King is playing!
Hail to the King, baby. Wish I had better words for describing my feelings towards the music, but I simply love blues and there's no better blues than B.B. King's.
This was fun, impressive for so much charisma to carry through on a live performance. 3.5/5
Absolutely fantastic
Every Day - 4 Sweet Little Angel - 4 It's My Own Fault - 4 How Blue Can You Get - 4 Please Love Me - 4 You Upset Me Baby - 4 Worry, Worry - 4 Woke Up This Mornin - 4 You Done Lost - 4 Help the Poor - 4 Not my daily taste, but I genuinely appreciate blues. Very good.
06/10/24 S Tier—————————5 A Tier—————————4 Everyday I Have The Blues Sweet Little Angel You Upset Me Baby B Tier—————————3 It’s My Own Fault How Blue Can You Get Worry Worry C Tier—————————2 D Tier—————————1
Cool blues and great lyrics. Classic.
Incredible album, great find, love the live atmosphere. Will be adding this to a playlist
Really good stuff from the king
The engagement makes you feel like you're actually there. I can imagine it: an enigmatic man and his comrades put you in a lighthearted trance of an evening. A fun atmosphere, the beautiful instrumentation is only complemented by the passionate singing and witty remarks. This will probably never be my favourite kind of music but it sure was entertaining.
He was cookin The band was cookin Even the crowd was cookin They made a sizzlin dish 🤌
Bom demais
Although it almost feels like cheating to have a live album that largely consists of an artist's range of singles, it's still a great album and showcase for B. B. King. ("Cheating" only in the sense from what I can tell of the collection's "rules" for inclusion, although I'm guessing that the fact that most of B. B. King's discography consists of singles gives him a bit of a pass anyway.) I'm also really impressed at the quality of the recording, as you really get a feel for the audience and the instruments, which must have been a tough accomplishment in the mid-1960s. It sounds like a fun concert, and I'm guessing the band enjoyed it almost as much as the appreciative audience. A fun tribute to an iconic musician and artist.
was lowkey bipolar, but i love the more jazzy blues, and the sound of the live audience. my fav song was “how blue can you get?” the conversation with the sax was 🤌🏼
I'm just astonished how his live sound and his recorded sound are so close to each other. What I didn't realize is that girls were losing it over him like they did the Beatles. Beware that this album does have lots of teenage girl screaming
Great artist and album
BB King is absolutely a major figure in the Blues, but in a way, he stands so high in the genre, he's apart from it. This is a solid performance with an enthusiastic crowd. I have been lucky enough to see BB King twice before he died, and I don't consider myself a big fan of the Blues. BB King, however, is a consummate entertainer, a brilliant guitarist, and an empassioned vocalist. The band is right there along side him, right in the pocket. Great live album, and I don't like live albums.
blues goodness. one of the best ever
This makes me want to find the closest blues/jazz club to go listen to some good live music. BB knocks it out of the park here with this live performance.
8.5/10
Fun listen. I've never been overly impressed by BB King's chops but he's been extraordinarily influential to those who I am impressed by.
This is really good fun, the live recording really gives it some edge and even more energy than it has already. Blues can sometimes get a bit slow and a bit languid, but this is the opposite of that, and I really like it. Comfortable 4/5.
Smooth as can be, the King walks us through a great short set of the Blues. I enjoy how casual it is with some of the songs being linked by stories and letting the band keep playing as BB spoke directly to the audience. His voice hasn't aged much here and that makes it sound a bit odd to me, but still all of the same emotion and pride you'd expect from the man
Blues typ sykt digg
Not much wrong with this - although it's not stand out special
Very 60s live album. His voice and performance though is too good to call this "average". Man I love the blues.
Damn good live blues record. Excellent musicianship on display. Favorite songs were Sweet Little Angel, It’s My Own Fault, Worry, Worry, and You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
It’s a classic BB King album that captures the mystique of his live shows.
Bien.
Doesn’t get much better than the king
4.5
If you want authentic chicago blues from a guitarist with a style as individual as they come then you won't go far wrong with BB King. And, whilst there is something initially annoying about the crowd hollering and playing a participatory role in the recording, there is something in the fact this is simply a press play and record live show. Its gotr the initmacy that makes you feel you are in the club itself. Excellent stuff and, whilst not ground breaking music, as honest and enjoyable document of the blues that you are likley to find.
Legend
Blues, Livemusik, aber es gibt andere Stücke von B. B. King, die mich mehr mitreißen.
Excellent album. You can practically w in the same room
Never really listened to blues properly and this is a masterclass - what a voice.
BB King is one of the best to ever do it, and this album shows it. I don't usually like live albums, but the crowd did enhance the experience as I believe blues, like jazz, is best experienced in a live setting. The blues isn't one of my favorite genres, but the influence of the genre on popular music is undeniable.
Excellent 4/5
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Great Blues album I may need to create a blues play list
Not the biggest fan of blues or live albums but the showmanship here is great. Only could’ve listened to an album of just his patter. Songs were good if repetitive.
3.75
a masterclass in blues. the girls screaming in the background is a bit much though
King of the blues.. awesome guitar player.. great album
Great record with good sound quality except sometime the balance on the audience seems a bit high. I guess that adds to the feeling of being there. But who else makes a guitar sound both bluesy and so clean at the same time? Amazing vocals too.
I really like some B.B. King and this album is very good. I found that the mix was a little weird, the crowd noise was too high at times. I want to hear the music, not the audience. The music is really good, though, and I will listen to this one again.
Excelente
I'm never thrilled to see a live album, but I as pleasantly surprised by this one. Great energy and live performance. The audience's enthusiasm was fun too. I don't really see myself revisiting it, but I enjoyed it more than I thought it would.
i'll preface this by saying i've never been much of a blues fan, but this album definitely has that certain something. most live albums, especially from this era, would make me run screaming, but the banter and crowd noises really just amp this up to the next level. b.b. king is a master of his instrument and the guitar comes through as another wailing, plaintive voice. it's all solid. favorites: every day i have the blues, sweet little angel, how blue can you get, you done lost your good thing now
Prolly would have given this a 3 if it weren’t for a recent trip to Memphis where I went to BB Kings to watch live music. Was a great experience.
Entertaining
Not a great fan of either blues nor life albums but this was surprisingly OK.
Very engaging! Not typically what I'd listen to but I am super happy I did. Favorite Song: How Blue Can You Get?
An icon and a legend.
A master at work.
B.B. King super kølig fyr! Aldrig hørt et album med ham før. Fungerede virkelig godt live
Som live-album hater er jeg nødt til at sige: det her var et pissegodt live album.
Man, what a beautiful guitar tone B.B. King has here in this live recording. Love It's My Own Fault into How Blue Can You Get? Vocals are so soulful and matched with the too-cool-for-you saxophone and sprinkled keys. Just extremely solid blues on display here. Mostly had this playing in the background, but it was really nice. Soulful blues music with damned solid guitar licks. I can't complain, but I also probably won't be back quickly... low 4.
Cool album. BB King is the man. Raw talent 4 stars
Love these live albums where you can hear the artists hamming it up with the audience. Really good music on top of this. It's easy to see why B.B. King is so revered. A real jumping album. Sounded like a real clam bake. Dude probably caught so much tail.
Some shreddin' and some absolute howlin' from our man BB. Love me some blues
Listening to this one early af as my flight to Vegas is at 6:30 am. Side note: Brandon remember when we sat next to each other on the long term parking bus at BWI at like 5 am? Shit was wild. Starts a little faster than I expected but then delves into more of what I was expecting with Swret Little Angel. Then a smooth af transition into Its My Own Fault. Loved when he was talking about what a sad guy was going to say and then went straight into a bluesy solo. Pretty solid album for walking through the airport. Lots of it reminded me of Stormy Monday. Easy listening.
Really good music and a classic.
I've never been a fan of live albums, but this one might have sold me. B.B. King worked the crowd really well along with giving a fantastic performance. 8/10
Had to go wrong with BB King. Classic, great live album.
Yes Yes Yes!!! I really loved Help the Poor and Please Love Me.
B.B. King has a really strong voice, and the stereo mix combined with the cheers from the crowd really enhanced this performance. Blues songs may be structurally similar, which doesn't make it my ideal genre for an album, but at the same time it allows them to transition organically into each other without losing momentum (at least for some of it, there were some abrupt cuts later on)
It's wild to listen to BB King as a young man. I only remember him as an old blues guy who was always showing up on The Tonight Show. This music is classic and has such great energy. There's something about this genre that sounds even better live
Neat to hear a young bb king totally owning the place
Good
Gute, treibende Rhythmen mit Jazz-Elementen.
Wow. That’s a joy and a huge gift to have this album for anyone who loves blues, jazz or just want to know where many other genres (ie rock, r&b, soul) all started. And who better to deliver some of these classics from way back than BB. Had a memorable time at his restaurant/club in Times Square back in 2010 too.
Weird to be so casual about spousal abuse, but the music is killer
Live sound quality was great for 1964. Fantastic blues album and overall great live album. Soloing was clear and has classic BB sound. The crowd is lively, which often takes away from the sound, but it brought a lot of energy and flair to the sound.
Great live album considering the technology back then
At first I just didn’t care. A live album??? Then I listened. The best part is the interaction with the crowd and just hearing the pure enjoyment in their response. I actually felt like I was seeing BB live. This is just an enjoyable album. Choice cut: How Blue Can You Get
To have been in the crowd to see this legend... I guess this album is as close as I'll get. Low 4.
BB ate
Live a good live album, and this was a great one!
BBKing was an excellent musician. Love his music.
The 12 bar blues literally always slaps. As for the rest of it, I don't really remember it but I remember it overall being quite fun
Great stuff.
This was tremendously enjoyable and one of the very few albums I’ve ever come across that I wish was longer. It’s an incredibly raw and energetic live performance. More of this kind of thing please.
Live albums are so often a huge drag, but the audience noise in this actually made it more fun.
About as good as a live recording can sound.
There's great BB here. But I think live albums are tough for me... it's like a know that everyone there in person was having a more exceptional experience than me just listening to the recording. FOMO steals a bit of my enjoyment.
I like it.
Choice!
Blues legend and beautiful performer.
Just a really good blues album. Might have been genre-defining at the time, but none of the tracks stood out to me. Not a bad listen, just not remarkable to me. 7/10
Not really my favourite style of music but it's clear this is objectively great: his guitar playing and voice are incredible and there's just the right amount of crowd noise. Enjoyed
Idk about the King of Blues but it was okay. The girls screeching in the background wasn’t choice. 6/10
Great first album to kick-start this app. BB King was a live phenomena by all accounts. I think it’s fitting that a live album is rated as one of his best.
I really enjoyed this album. It was a lot more funk and sould flavoured than I expected, I was really anticipating a blues album. Definitely an album I will listen to again, and an artist I will explore further.
Sweet. 4
Great blues
Boring after a while, but that’s just blues for me. Great performance though, all throughout, since this is a live recording I think it’s only right to acknowledge the talent on display. 3.5 bumped to 4 for me
Very good, BBKing is excellent
really good live album
I've heard this plently of times. Great old school blues. This album gives a lot of insight into how life was back then.
All time making breakfast on a Sunday album
Great blues album, and the crowd was really into it.
its the king what can i say
Really good album, great guitar playing and loved the energy you get from the audience. An amazing 30
BB plays the crowd as fluently as he plays Lucille. Just brilliant.
Love his guitar and his emotion
Im a fan. Boppin tunes
Great album. Good songs, and very engaging
You can hear every modern blues guitarist - hell, every lead guitar player - in these licks. And his vocals! Easy to understand how he was key in bringing the blues to the general public. Love how you can hear the audience talking to him. I've never been able to determine how much I like B.B. King. Too polished maybe? ⭐⭐⭐⭐ __________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 33 🎧 LPs left to review: 968 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 9 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 12 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 8
Early in my musical development I bought two blues sampler albums, World of Blues Power (Decca) and Super Duper Blues (Blue Horizon) partly because as samplers they were cheap and that’s all my pocket money could extend to and because they featured many artists who were big. Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac to name but a few. Didn’t necessarily buy because of the blues but because of the artists on the albums. By playing these albums endlessly I unwittingly got a grounding in good blues music which has obviously stayed with me for life. BB King didn’t feature on these albums but all the artists on them claimed to owe everything to him. As my musical tastes got a little more sophisticated I moved away from pure blues music but always appreciated that blues music was at the root of everything I went onto like. I’ve never bought any BB King albums but always ready to listen. Likewise I listened intently to this album which I can say is another gem I would have missed had it not been generated on my list. Is an absolute smorgasbord of classic blues guitar licks and one liner lyrics - “I gave my baby seven children, but she gave them all back” I could go on! An album I will now keep returning to and a gateway for me to discover other BB King classics.
BB is the king because he has the chops and it’s all so perfectly tasteful. I can respect that. The thing about being tasteful though is that the guitar, the music, never gets gritty or grimy or rough around the edges, and I always feel like that’s missing with BB. Like he uses his voice so well, and he gets his growl going sometimes, but it’s all so under control. I guess he makes it sound too easy. It’s weird. It’s almost as if because he sets the standard, he can’t ever blow my mind, because he always plays what I expect. It’s not a criticism; how could you ding a guy for always being perfect? I guess it just means my taste is for blues is to be a bit dirtier and grimier than BB’s clean-as-a-whistle style.
Heerlijk muzikaal en lekker jammen op veel “klassieke” instrumenten.
the BLUES!!!!!!
This album was great and an accurate representation of the best of the Blues, imo. I loved "Worry, Worry" and "Help the Poor"
This made me want to go go Memphis and get some BBQ
I was a little worried when I saw that all the songs were live but oh my gosh I loved it. I loved that you could hear the crowd and I loved his voice. Such a cool album 👏🏻
This album is fantastic. I loved feeling like I was there with the band and the crowd. The set is quick and varied and the energy comes through the recording. Looking forward to listening to this again soon.
Pretty good
Loses a star for being a live album but I otherwise really enjoyed this album. It had a great pace and energy to it. The Blues music and BB King's voice mix so well that I'm going to go listen to his back catalogue.
Live délicieux, voix puissante, on se sentirait presque devant la scène.
Classic blues. Love it!
Very different than what I usually listen to, but I thoroughly enjoyed it
I’m not much of a blues fan, but this is undeniably good.
great live performance and stage presence
fun blues
Riley B King, First of his name, The Unburnt, Protector of the strings, Lord of the Rock and of the Roll, Breaker of hearts, Father of Solo, and King of the Blues. Praise his name.
Straight forward blues with far better production value than you would expect from a live recording. Such raw emotion in the vocals and licks and a stellar way of bringing the crowd along for the ride.
Rating: 8/10 Great album. Really enjoyed B.B. King's guitar playing and vocals. He plays guitar and sings with so much emotion and passion, I can definitely see why he's considered to be one of the greats of the genre. Also enjoyed the incorporation of piano and brass instruments as well. The album is a very one-note for me but done so well that it's still great from start to finish. Favorite songs: Every Day I Have The Blues, Sweet Little Angel, Please Love Me, You Upset Me, Worry Worry, Woke Up This Mornin', Help The Poor. Least favorite song: It's My Own Fault.
# Playlist track - Worry, worry # Notes - Amazing record. I could do without the audience shouting sometimes, but that's part of the charm of it.
Solid album, quite fun. I could come back to this for sure.
The King.
Damn good music. Nothing more to say.
It is very good.
Classic Blues. Love it
Really dug the banter in between tracks. The man was a natural entertainer
I generally don't love live albums but this is an exception. What a great listen! Had it on repeat for a couple times through before I really even realized.
Much more layered, upbeat, and guitar-heavy than I expected from a Blues artist. Favorite track: Help the Poor
Blues is great, I was surprised by how much his voice is the main show as well, in additions to the guitar.
That was fun! Ended weird though. But still fun and livelier than I thought the blues would be.
schön!
Muy bueno, a pesar que no me gusta la actuación de los shows gravados
Love bb king but I don't like live albums
Fun live album, nice jazz guitar.
Great album, the closer Help the Poor was probably my favorite track. Plain to see why King was considered the greatest of all time at his gig. More upbeat than Hard Again by Muddy waters in my opinion.
groovy
I learned a lot about rock music listening to this album.
Nice classic blues. Okay that’s it.
He king!
Oh man, blues is so much my thing. I know B. B. King is considered one of the greatest blues musicians of all time: probably the reason why I didn't listen to him as much as other blues guys because I considered him too "mainstream." My mistake. This is a great album. Another reason to visit Chicago.
Great live album, you can really feel the crowd energy.
Interesting album, lots of talking between sets and improv. Good for a lighter mood, not so great for focusing or reading at the same time.
Iconic.
I love the crowd work, the band, and the vocals. For a genre called the blues, I had a lot of fun listening to this one.
BB Kai
Really enjoyable not music I often listen to.
Awesome live album, great tracks, very crisp too
Every Day I Have the Blues 9/10 Sweet Little Angel 8/10 It's My Own Fault 7/10 How Blue Can You Get? 8/10 Please Love Me 8/10 You Upset Me Baby 8/10 Worry, Worry 7/10 Woke Up This Mornin' 7/10 You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 8/10 Help The Poor 6/10 Favourite Songs: Every Day I Have the Blues, How Blue Can You Get? Least Favourite Songs: Help The Poor Rating: 7.8/10
Known artist well before already, and already enjoy the rock n roll genre.
i don’t think i’ve ever listened to the blues before? enjoying the music more than the singing honestly how blue can you get is the best one so far second half of the album hits less than the front half very great crowd energy though
Hell yeah, didn’t realize this is where John Mayer got his first song from
King of blues, erg genoten
When I saw it was a live blues album I couldn't be less enthused. Live albums, especially on Top 500 or 1001-album lists, are mostly just a cheap way to put a 'Best Off' in a list. And while I always appreciate the influence blues has had on modern music, it never really was my thing, Until I heard this album. The ambiance is perfect: the interaction with the audience and a still young and technically very strong BB King who sounds like he's preaching to his Blues congregation. He is accompanied by a fantastic band that smoothly improvise all the songs into one. And yeah, in the lyrics you feel the blues. How Blue Can You Get?
Great live album. No-one plays blues like B.B. King Not a huge fan of live albums, but this is a standout.
Immaculant vibe here
BB King is definitely one of the greatest, although I'm not sure how often I'd be going back to listen to his stuff.
good album, fun listening.
dont usually care for live albums but the reactions add to the soulfulness i really liked it
The music here has a very timeless sound about it. I didn't look at the date it was released before I started listening and had no idea what year or even decade it was released in. Good, fun stuff here. The audience talk back is amusing too.
I'm not a fan of blues but this album made me understand why people like this genre.
good short album
Mmm blues
Pretty awesome. Stands the test of time, but not the best the era has to offer. 4 stars.
live performances albums always have a good feel to them, putting yourself into the crowd is much easier, and this crowd is giving immaculate vibes to B.B. King. as for the music, soul is being plucked like Kings electric guitar after this one, of course further complimented by a gifted voice and band.
cute not sure if i like the live audience reactions but it adds character mafia 3 vibes which i love not quite my style of music still though
singing is mesmerizing i fuck with this on a serious note, the vocals are emotional and passionate and they are matched with powerful and exciting guitar riffs. each song tells an emotional story and the live audience only helps with portraying it was a captivating set. accessible for new to blues like myself.