Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King is a box set compilation album by B. B. King. It traces King's career from his first singles for Bullet Records in 1949 to material on his last recorded album in 2008. Crowdfunded by Pledge Music in 2012, it was available in a full ten-disc box exclusive through Amazon.com, and a four-disc "highlights" box available everywhere else. People who pledged money also got a digital copy of the out-of-print 1975 album Lucille Talks Back. Both versions of the box are physically out of print; the four disc edition is bundled along with Lucille Talks Back digitally, although this version removes King's first single.
Track listing
Ten disc edition
Disc oneThree O'Clock Blues (1949-1956) "Miss Martha King" (2:42) "When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes" (2:29) "Got the Blues" (2:47) "Take a Swing with Me" (2:33) "B.B. Boogie" (3:11) Don’t You Want a Man Like Me" (2:21) Fine Looking Woman" (2:23) "She’s Dynamite" (2:30) "Three O’Clock Blues" (3:02) "That Ain’t the Way to Do It (2:17) "You Know I Love You" (3:05) "Woke Up This Morning" (2:57) "Please Love Me" (2:51) "Blind Love" (3:05) "The Woman I Love" (2:41) "Whole Lotta’ Love" (3:09) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (2:49) "Love You Baby" (AKA "Take a Swing with Me") (2:40) "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" (2:54) "You Upset Me Baby" (3:02) "Sneakin’ Around" (3:02) "Shut Your Mouth" (2:41) "Boogie Rock" (3:05) "Ten Long Years" (2:47) "Crying Won’t Help You" (3:00) "Bad Luck" (2.54) "Troubles, Troubles, Troubles" (2:54)
Disc twoRock Me Baby (1957-1962) "Sweet Little Angel" (3:12) "Early in the Morning" (2:34) "(I’m Gonna) Quit My Baby" (2:32) "On My Word of Honor" (2:54) "Days of Old" (2:28) "Recession Blues" (2:21) "Please Accept My Love" (2:33) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (5:05) "Precious Lord" (3:22) "Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1 & 2" (6:15) "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore" (3:15) "I’ll Survive" (2:40) "(I’ve) Got a Right to Love My Baby" (3:14) "It’s My Own Fault" (3:33) "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" (5:09) "Walking Dr. Bill" (3:40) "Catfish Blues (Fishin’ After Me)" (2:31) "Partin’ Time" (3:00) "You’re Breaking My Heart" (4:13) "Rock Me Baby" (3:00) "Blue Shadows" (3:47) "The Jungle" (3:14) "That Evil Child" (3:51)
Disc threeHow Blue Can You Get (1962-1966) "You Ask Me" (2:10) "I’m Gonna Sit In 'Til You Give In" (2:13) "Blues at Midnight" (2:58) "My Baby’s Coming Home" (2:08) "Chains of Love" (2:35) "Sneakin’ Around" (2:07) "Slowly Losing My Mind" (2:32) "How Blue Can You Get?" (2:42) "Whole Lotta Lovin'" (2:26) "I Wonder Why" (3:06) "Please Accept My Love" (2:57) "Help the Poor" (2:37) "Never Trust a Woman" (2:36) "Worryin’ Blues" (2:55) "Stop Leadin’ Me On" (2:24) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (3:08) "Sweet Little Angel" (4:10) "It’s My Own Fault" (3:06) "How Blue Can You Get?" (3:35) "Please Love Me" (3:00) "Tired Of Your Jive" (2:10) "All Over Again" (2:35) "I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water" (2:21) "Cherry Red" (2:26) "You’re Still a Square" (2:23) "Don’t Answer the Door, Parts 1 & 2" (5:10) "Waitin’ On You" (2:26) "Night Life" (2:34)
Disc fourWhy I Sing The Blues (1964-1969) "Gambler’s Blues" (5:12) "Buzz Me" (4:16) "Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1 & 2" (6:12) "Think It Over" (2:50) "I Done Got Wise" (2:20) "Worried Dream" (2:54) "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (2:34) "I’m Gonna Do What They Do to Me" (2:47) "Dance with Me" (3:21) "Lucille" (10:14) "Watch Yourself" (5:49) "You Put It on Me" (2:46) "Messy But Good" (2:35) "Get Myself Somebody" (2:36) "My Mood" (2:47) "I Want You So Bad" (4:15) "Get Off My Back Woman" (3:17) "Why I Sing the Blues" (8:37)
Disc fiveThe Thrill Is Gone (1969-1971) "The Thrill Is Gone" (5:25) "Confessin’ the Blues" (4:55) "So Excited" (5:37) "No Good" (4:37) "Go Underground" "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" (1:27) "Chains and Things" (4:55) "Ask Me No Questions" (3:09) "Hummingbird" (4:38) "Everyday I Have the Blues" (1:42) "How Blue Can You Get?" (5:12) "Worry, Worry" (9:55) "Sweet Sixteen" (6:01) "Eyesight to the Blind" (4:00) "Niji Baby" (6:21) "The Thrill Is Gone" (5:37)
Disc sixLucille Talks Back (1971-1977) "I Got Some Help I Don’t Need" (5:57) "Blue Shadows" (5:09) "Ghetto Woman" (5:15) "Ain’t Nobody Home" (3:14) "Guess Who" (4:09) "Five Long Years" (5:14) "I Like to Live the Love" (3:32) "To Know You Is to Love You" (8:36) "Philadelphia" (5:55) "3 O’Clock Blues" (live) (3:17) "Lucille Talks Back" (2:27) "Reconsider Baby" (2:54) "Don’t Make Me Pay for His Mistakes" (3:16) "Let The Good Times Roll" (live) (5:38) "Don’t You Lie to Me" (6:08) "Mother Fuyer" (3:06) "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" (3:34)