The King R&B Box Set

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Overview

An imperfect but nevertheless impressive four-disc overview of King's greatest hits, The King R&B Box Set contains signature hits from the like of James Brown, Hank Ballard, the Five Royales and Little Willie John. Many essential items are here, but the sequencing is too scholarly to make the box itself essential, especially since the final disc is comprised of a fairly uninteresting interview. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/07/2010
Label:	Gusto Records
UPC:	0792014215623
Rank:	134313

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Know Who thre the Whiskey in the Well  - Bull Moose Jackson
2. Rockin' With Fes  -  Professor Longhair
3. Beside You  -  Swallows
4. My Din-A-Ling  -  Bartholomew
5. I Want a Bowlegged Woman  -  Jackson
6. Cherry Wine  -  Little Esther
7. 'Long About Midnight  - Roy Brown
8. Blues for the Red Boy  - Todd Rhodes
9. Pleasing You (as Long as I Live)  - Lonnie Johnson
10. Rockin' at Midnight  - Roy Brown
11. Pot Likker  - Todd Rhodes
12. Guess Who  - Ivory Joe Hunter
13. All She Wants to Do is Rock  - Wynonie Harris
14. Page Boy Shuffle  - Joe Thomas
15. Ashes On My Pillow  - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
16. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love e  - Bull Moose Jackson
17. The Train Kept A' Rollin'  -  Bradshaw
18. Sittin' On it All the Time  - Wynonie Harris
19. Well, Oh Well  -  Bradshaw
20. Hard Luck Blues  - Roy Brown
21. I'll Drown in My Tears  - Sonny Thompson
22. Disgusted  - Mabel Scott
23. Sixty Minute Man  -  Dominoes
24. Work With Me Annie  -  Midnighters
25. I'm Waiting Just for You  - Lucky Millinder
26. Bloodshot Eyes  -  Wynonie Harris & His All-Stars

Disc 2

27. I'm Tore Down  - Freddie King
28. Jealous Heart  - Ivory Joe Hunter
29. Honky Tonk, Pt. 1  - Bill Doggett
30. Honky Tonk, Pt. 2  - Bill Doggett
31. Good Morning, Judge  - Wynonie Harris
32. All Around the World  -  Little Willie John
33. Sleep  -  Little Willie John
34. Flamingo  - Earl Bostic
35. Good Rockin' Tonight  - Wynonie Harris
36. Dr. Lover  - Hank Ballard
37. Tomorrow Night  - Lonnie Johnson
38. Trying  - Todd Rhodes
39. K.C. Loving  - Little Willie Littlefield
40. Byer, Bye Baby Blues  -  Ravens
41. Gangster of Love  - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
42. I Love You, Yes I Do  -  Jackson
43. Ivory Tower  -  Williams
44. It Won't Be This Way (Always)  -  King Pins
45. Rags to Riches  -  Ward
46. Space Guitar  - Young John Watson
47. No, No, No  -  Chanters
48. Only You (and You Alone)  -  Platters
49. Miss You So  -  Tiny Topsy
50. Hearts of Stone  -  Charms
51. Dedicated to the One I Love  -  "5" Royales
52. Walking the Blues  - Jack Dupree  -  Mr. Bear

Disc 3

53. Don't Take it So Hard  - Earl Connelly King
54. Sexy Ways  -  Midnighters
55. It Ain't the Meat  -  Swallows
56. I'm Tore Up  - Billy Gayles
57. Fever  -  Little Willie John
58. Baby, I'm Doing It  - Annisteen Allen
59. Nervous Man, Nervous  - Big Jay McNeely
60. Jungle King  -  Page
61. Ram-Bunk-Shush  - Bill Doggett
62. Think  -  "5" Royales
63. Rock Love  - Lula Reed
64. Mellow Blues, Pt. 1  - Sonny Thompson
65. Talk to Me, Talk to Me  -  Little Willie John
66. It Hurts to Be in Love  - Annie Laurie
67. The Twist  - Hank Ballard
68. What Makes You So Tough?  - Teddy Humphries
69. Finger Poppin' Time  - Hank Ballard
70. Come On Rock, Little Girl  - Smokey Smothers
71. Big Ten Inch Record  - Moose Jackson
72. Hide Away  - Freddie King
73. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go  - Hank Ballard
74. Lovin' Machine  - Wynonie Harris  -  Rhodes
75. Have Mercy Baby  -  Dominoes
76. San-Ho-Zay  - Freddie King
77. Moon Rise  -  Royals

Disc 4

78. Me and My Crazy Self  - Lonnie Johnson
79. That's What You're Doin' to Me  -  Ward
80. No Troubles Bubbles  - Earl Bostic
81. Wild Stage of Life  - Lula Reed  - Sonny Thompson
82. Fever [With String Overdub]  -  Little Willie John
83. Grandpaw Can Boogie Too  -  Four Jacks  - Lil Greenwood
84. Get That Hump in Your Back  - Hank Ballard
85. Syd Nathan and Eli Oberstein Address a Sale Meeting. September 22, 1951  - Syd Nathan  - Eli Oberstein
86. Syd Nathan Talks About His European Trip. October 1952  - Syd Nathan
87. Syd Nathan Addresses an A&R Meeting. December 11, 1954  - Syd Nathan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Todd Rhodes Orchestra   Primary Artist
Mr. Bear   Primary Artist
Hot Lips Page & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Lil Greenwood & The Four Jacks   Primary Artist
King Pins   Primary Artist
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats   Primary Artist
Freddie King   Primary Artist
The "5" Royales   Primary Artist
The Royals   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Billy Gayles   Primary Artist
Billy Ward & the Dominoes   Primary Artist
Billy Ward   Primary Artist
Syd Nathan   Primary Artist
Big Jay McNeely   Primary Artist
The Charms   Primary Artist
The Chanters   Primary Artist
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson   Primary Artist
Eli Oberstein   Primary Artist
Champion Jack Dupree   Primary Artist
Joe Thomas   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Mabel Scott   Primary Artist
Johnny "Guitar" Watson   Primary Artist
Lula Reed   Primary Artist
Little Willie Littlefield   Primary Artist
Lucky Millinder   Primary Artist
Roy Byrd   Primary Artist
Little Willie John   Primary Artist
Lil Greenwood   Primary Artist
Lonnie Johnson   Primary Artist
The Midnighters   Primary Artist
Otis Williams & the Charms   Primary Artist
Annie Laurie   Primary Artist
The Ravens   Primary Artist
Bull Moose Jackson   Primary Artist
Annisteen Allen   Primary Artist
Todd Rhodes   Primary Artist
Tiny Bradshaw   Primary Artist
Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Hank Ballard   Primary Artist
Wynonie Harris & His All-Stars   Primary Artist
Smokey Smothers   Primary Artist
Sonny Thompson   Primary Artist
Bill Doggett   Primary Artist,Organ
Ivory Joe Hunter   Primary Artist
Earl Bostic   Primary Artist
Earl (Connelly) King   Primary Artist
James Brown   Primary Artist
The Dominoes   Primary Artist
The Platters   Primary Artist
Wynonie Harris   Primary Artist
Jack Dupree   Primary Artist
Dave Bartholomew & the Maryland Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Teddy Humphries   Primary Artist
Little Esther   Primary Artist
The Swallows   Primary Artist
The Four Jacks   Primary Artist
Tiny Topsy   Primary Artist
Moose Jackson   Primary Artist
Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Dave Bartholomew & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Young John Watson   Primary Artist
Roy Brown   Primary Artist
Professor Longhair   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ike Turner   Composer
Billy Mann   Composer
Billy Ward   Composer,Performer
King Pins   Performer
Teddy McRae   Composer
Ted Grouya   Composer
Syd Nathan   Performer
Big Jay McNeely   Performer
The Charms   Performer
The "5" Royales   Performer
The Chanters   Performer
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson   Performer
Earl King   Composer
Beatrice Hunter   Composer
Clifford Scott   Composer
Douglas J. Farley   Digital Mastering
Doc Watson   Composer
Joe Seneca   Composer
Eli Oberstein   Performer
Eddie Cooley   Composer
Eddie Seiler   Composer
Freddie King   Composer,Performer
Champion Jack Dupree   Composer
Joe Thomas   Performer,Performer
David McKinley   Editing
John Davenport   Composer
Mabel Scott   Composer,Performer
Lonnie Glosson   Composer
Howie Kay   Composer
Louis Innis   Composer
Johnny "Guitar" Watson   Composer,Performer
Wayne Raney   Composer
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Julius Edward Dixon   Composer
Lula Reed   Performer
Little Willie Littlefield   Performer
Little Willie John   Composer,Performer
Lucky Millinder   Performer,Composer
Jennifer Brown   Composer
Jenny Carson   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Roy Brown   Composer,Performer
Lonnie Johnson   Composer,Performer
Lois Mann   Composer
Sam Coslow   Composer
Moe Lytle   Compilation Producer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Otis Williams & the Charms   Performer
Annie Laurie   Performer
The Ravens   Performer
Bull Moose Jackson   Performer
Buck Ram   Composer
Buddy Johnson   Composer
Guy Wood   Composer
Hank Penny   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer,Performer
Annisteen Allen   Performer
Dave Lambert   Composer
Todd Rhodes   Composer,Performer
Tiny Bradshaw   Composer,Performer
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats   Performer
Hank Ballard   Composer,Performer
Henry Bernard   Composer
Smokey Smothers   Performer
Sonny Thompson   Composer,Performer
Richard Adler   Composer
Bill Doggett   Composer,Performer
Billy Gayles   Performer
Jimmy Mundy   Composer
Billy Ward & the Dominoes   Performer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Performer,Composer
Colin Escott   Liner Notes
Paul Pimsler   Composer
Earl Bostic   Performer
L. Mann   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Fred Weismantel   Composer
The Dominoes   Performer
The Platters   Performer
Titus Turner   Composer
Hank Thompson   Composer
Henry Glover   Composer
Mark Ward   Composer
Wynonie Harris   Composer,Performer
Will Grosz   Composer
Steve Hawkins   Project Coordinator
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson   Composer
Oran Thaddeus Page   Composer
Dave Bartholomew & the Maryland Jazz Band   Performer
Howard Kay   Composer
Rhodes   Composer
Herman "Junior" Denby   Composer
Teddy Humphries   Performer
Nancy Hagen   Illustrations
Matt Newberg   Illustrations
Lawrence Bailey   Editing
Shep Sheperd   Composer
Chuck Young   Art Direction
Randall Merryman   Digital Mastering
Colin Excott   Liner Notes
The Swallows   Performer
Grover Thompson   Composer
Charlie Singleton   Composer
Sydney Mann   Composer
The Royals   Performer
Ande Rand   Composer
Tiny Topsy   Performer
John Brown   Performer
D.R.S.   Composer
Mac Evans   Mastering
Moose Jackson   Performer
Rudy Toombs   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Edmund Anderson   Composer
Sally Nix   Composer
Jerry Ross   Composer
Rose Marie McCoy   Composer
Ralph Bass   Composer
McRae   Composer
Eddy Ray   Composer
Dwight Davis   Composer
David Livingson   Composer
Judy Larson   Editing,Project Coordinator
Otis Williams   Performer
Rose Marks   Composer
Rudy Jackson   Composer
Merritt   Composer
The Midnighters   Performer