Recorded June 9–16, 1971 Release date 11 October 1971 | Length 34:24 Artist B.B. King | |
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Released 11 October 1971 (US)19 November 1971 (UK) Producer Ed Michell and Joe Zagarino Similar BB King albums, Blues albums | ||
B.B. King in London is the nineteenth studio album by B.B. King recorded in London in 1971. He is accompanied by US session musicians and various British R&B musicians, including Alexis Korner and Rick Wright ( not the same from Pink Floyd), as well as members of Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, Greg Ridley, Steve Marriott and Jerry Shirley.
Contents
The album was released in the United Kingdom on November 19, 1971 in order to coincide with the first date of King's tour of the country.
Wright and his female companion Fritz started a short-lived blues-based band Sunrise which came to an end after Wright's untimely death in a car accident in 1974. Sunrise also included session blues guitarist Paul Asbell. John Lennon had announced that he would perform on some of the tracks, but ended up having no involvement with the album.
Bb king caldonia
Track listing
- "Caldonia" (Fleecie Moore) -- 4:01
- "Blue Shadows" (Lloyd Glenn) -- 5:11
- "Alexis Boogie" (Alexis Korner) -- 3:30
- "We Can't Agree" (Wilhelmina Gray, Louis Jordan) -- 4:48
- "Ghetto Woman" (Dave Clark, B.B. King) -- 5:15
- "Wet Hayshark" (Gary Wright) -- 2:29
- "Part-Time Love" (Clay Hammond) -- 3:17
- "The Power of the Blues" (Pete Wingfield) -- 2:23
- "Ain't Nobody Home" (Jerry Ragovoy) -- 3:09
Personnel
Recorded at Olympic Studios and Command Studios, London, England.
Songs
1Caldonia3:59
2Blue Shadows5:09
3Alexis Boogie3:29