B.B. King in London

B.B. King in London
Studio album by B.B. King
Released	11 October 1971 (US) 19 November 1971 (UK)
Recorded	June 9–16, 1971
Studio	Olympic, Command Studios, London
Genre	Blues
Length	34:24
Label	ABC (US) Probe (UK)
Producer	Ed Michell, Joe Zagarino
B.B. King chronology
Live in Cook County Jail (1971) B.B. King in London (1971) L.A. Midnight (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

B.B. King in London is a studio album, the nineteenth, by B.B. King, recorded in London in 1971. He is accompanied by US session musicians and various British rock- and R&B musicians, including Ringo Starr, Alexis Korner and Gary Wright, as well as members of Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, Greg Ridley, Steve Marriott, and Jerry Shirley.

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.^[6]

John Lennon had announced that he would perform on some of the tracks, but ended up having no involvement with the album.^[7]

Track listing

1. "Caldonia" (Fleecie Moore) -- 4:01
2. "Blue Shadows" (Lloyd Glenn) -- 5:11
3. "Alexis' Boogie" (Alexis Korner) -- 3:30
4. "We Can't Agree" (Wilhelmina Gray, Louis Jordan) -- 4:48
5. "Ghetto Woman" (Dave Clark, B.B. King) -- 5:15
6. "Wet Hayshark" [instrumental] (Gary Wright) -- 2:29
7. "Part-Time Love" (Clay Hammond) -- 3:17
8. "Power of the Blues" (Pete Wingfield) -- 2:23
9. "Ain't Nobody Home" (Jerry Ragovoy) -- 3:09

Personnel

• B.B. King – guitar, vocals
• Peter Green – guitar on "Caldonia"
• Alexis Korner – guitar on "Alexis' Boogie"
• David Spinozza – guitar (track 9)
• John Uribe – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 9)
• Paul Butler – guitar
• Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
• John Best – bass guitar
• Greg Ridley – bass guitar on "Alexis' Boogie"
• Steve Winwood – Hammond organ
• Gary Wright – piano, Hammond organ
• Dr Ragovoy – piano
• Pete Wingfield – piano
• Dr. John – keyboards (and guitar on track 5)
• Rick Wright – keyboards
• Joshie Armstead – background vocals
• Tasha Thomas – background vocals
• Carl Hall – background vocals
• Steve Marriott – harmonica on "Alexis' Boogie"
• Duster Bennett – harmonica
• Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
• Chuck Findley – trombone
• Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, piano, Fender Rhodes
• Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
• Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, clarinet
• Ringo Starr – drums (tracks 5, 6, 7)^[8]
• Jerry Shirley – drums on "Alexis' Boogie"
• Jim Gordon – drums
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Barry Ford – drums
• Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement, conductor on "Ghetto Woman"

Technical

• Andy Hendriksen, Baker Bigsby, Chris Kimsey, Eddie James, Joe Venneri, John Stronach, Lee Kiefer, Pete Booth, Phillip Holland, Rufus Cartwright, Tom Brown – engineer
• Keith Morris – photography

References

1. Dahl, Bill. B.B. King in London at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2 ed.). Schirmer Trade Books. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-8256-7256-9. B.B. King in London is the usual pointless hook-the-blues-guy-up-with-well-meaning-rockers-who-love-him-but-can't-play-his-stuff-half-as-well-as-his-own-band exercise
4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
6. "European Tour for B.B. King". Sounds. Spotlight Publications. 28 August 1971. p. 2.
7. Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, eds. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 9780711983076.
8. Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). All Together Now – The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (Second ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 105. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.

External links

• Alexis Korner discography