Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: B.B. King

B.B. King, Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B0000A0VA5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,941 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ***1/2, August 24, 2004

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: B.B. King (Audio CD)

There is a lot of good to be said about a concise single-disc compilation which draws from B.B. King's entire career. But this 12-track disc is rather skimpy, and while selections like "3 O'Clock Blues", "How Blue Can You Get" and the cross-over hit "The Thrill Is Gone" are excellent, the inclusion of the mediocre Robert Cray/B.B. King-duet "Playing With My Friends" and a couple of good but not great covers is a mistake.
Casual listeners will get a pretty good idea of what B.B. King is about from this collection, but the many available compilations focusing on specific eras of his work give a much better idea of his scope and depth.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars average, June 2, 2005

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Petri "PT" (Slovakia, Middle Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: B.B. King (Audio CD)

start point 0 stars
time covered (1949 -1998) +2 points
tracks selection (Cray duet/ no Sweet little angel, NO SWEET SIXTEEN!!!) 0 points
Number of key songs 6/12 +1 point
length (just one disc, not near 80 minutes)0 points
total 3 points = 3 stars on scale.
recomendation: buy it only if you are curious whether you'll like B. B's music, but not as a definitive hits collection.