20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of B.B. King
B.B. King - CD
- Artist: B.B. King
- Format: CD
- Year: 2003
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 602498603789
- Item Number: MCA860378
- Release date: 09/23/2003
- 1. Please Come Home for Christmas
- 2. Lonesome Christmas
- 3. Back Door Santa
- 4. Christmas in Heaven
- 5. I'll Be Home for Christmas
- 6. To Someone That I Love
- 7. Christmas Celebration
- 8. Merry Christmas, Baby
- 9. Christmas Love
- 10. Blue Decorations
- 11. Christmas Comes But Once a Year
- 12. Bringing in a Brand New Year
- 13. Auld Lang Syne
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20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of B.B. King by B.B. King on CD
This edition in Universal's discount-priced compilation series 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection is actually a re-titled reissue of the 2001 collection A Christmas Celebration of Hope. It took B.B. King a long time to get around to his first Christmas album, which didn't appear until about half a century into his recording career. It's an adequate, good-humored reprisal of various holiday chestnuts, among them some material with blues/R&B origins, like "Merry Christmas Baby." King wrote just one new song for the album, the instrumental "Christmas Love," though he did originally record another of the tracks, "Christmas Celebration," back in 1960. Wisely he plays "Auld Lang Syne" as a funky instrumental instead of vocalizing the singalong lyrics. In addition to periodic bursts of King's trademark guitar, there is plenty of brass and organ in the peppy arrangements. The Nashville String Machine adds its strings to just three tracks, which cuts down on over-produced excess (which is only a problem on "Please Come Home for Christmas"). It's hardly the first King you'll pull off your shelf, and not the first R&B Christmas album you'll turn to, either, but you could do worse in the holiday season. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
- Artist: B.B. King
- Format: CD
- Year: 2003
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 602498603789
- Item Number: MCA860378
- Release date: 09/23/2003
- Label: MCA
- Genre: Blues, Holiday, R&B
- Style: Early R&B, Christmas, Soul-Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Memphis Blues, Holidays, Regional Blues
- Album Time: 48:15
- 1950-1952
- 80
- A Heart Full of Blues
- A Proper Introduction to B.B. King: Woke Up This Morning
- All Over Again
- Anthology
- Anthology: Sound+Vision [2 CD & DVD] (Import)
- B.B. King
- B.B. King & Friends [Cleopatra]
- B.B. King Wails
- B.B. King Wails [Crown Series, Vol. 2] (Import)
- B.B.'s Boogie
- Best of B.B. King [EMI]
- Best of B.B. King [Madacy Box Set]
- Best of the Blues Guitar King 1951-1966 (Import)
- Best Of The Kent Singles (Import)
- Black Jack 21 Essential Classics
- Blues Boy
- Blues d'Azur
- Blues in My Heart [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Blues Is King [MCA]
- Blues Kingpins
- Blues Masters: B.B. King [Delta]
- Blues on the Bayou
- Blues on Top of Blues
- Blues Summit
- Boss of the Blues
- Chronicles: Live at the Regal/Blues Is King/Live in Cook County Jail
- Collector's Edition [Madacy]
- Completely Well/Live in Cook County Jail
- Deuces Wild
- Deuces Wild [Import Bonus Tracks]
- Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
- Easy Listening Blues [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Essential Blue Archive: Take a Swing with Me
- Friends
- Gold
- Gold Collection [Fine Tune]
- Got My Mojo Working [Universal]
- Got the Blues [Zyx]
- Greatest Hits [MCA]
- Greatest Hits [Universal Japan]
- Greatest Hits [Universal Japan]
- Guess Who
- His Best: The Electric B.B. King
- His Definitive Greatest Hits (Import)
- His RPM Hits 1951-1957 (Import)
- In London
- Indianola Mississippi Seeds
- Indianola Mississippi Seeds
- King of Blues [Golden Stars]
- King of the Blues
- King of the Blues (Import)
- King of the Blues [Box]
- King of the Blues [Cleopatra]
- King of the Blues Guitar [Ace]
- King,B.B.: Colour Collection
- Legends: B.B. King
- Let Me Love You
- Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
- Live
- Live & Well
- Live at San Quentin
- Live at the Apollo
- Live at the BBC
- Live at the Regal
- Live at the Regal
- Live in Cook County Jail
- Live in Kansas City
- Lucille
- Lucille & Friends (Import)
- Makin' Love Is Good for You
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King
- Midnight Believer/Take It Home
- Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters
- More [Ace Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Mr. Blues [Hip-O]
- Mr. Blues [King]
- Mr. Blues/Confessin' the Blues
- My Kind of Blues [Ace] (Import)
- My Sweet Little Angel (Import)
- One Kind Favor
- Original Greatest Hits
- Playlist Plus
- Playlist Your Way
- Reflections
- Rock Me Baby [P-Vine Japan]
- Screw It!
- Singin' the Blues [Ace] (Import)
- Singin' the Blues [P-Vine]
- Singin' the Blues/The Blues
- Sings Spirituals [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- The Anthology 1962-1998 [Bonus DVD]
- The Best of the Early Years (Import)
- The Blues
- The Blues [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- The Great B.B. King [Ace] (Import)
- The Jungle (Import)
- The Jungle [Bonus Tracks]
- The Modern Recordings, 1950-1951 (Import)
- The Soul of B.B. King [Expanded] (Import)
- The Thrill is Gone [Legend]
- The Vintage Years (Import)
- There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- To Know You Is To Love You/L.A. Midnight
- Very Best of B.B. King
- Why I Sing the Blues [MCA]
- The Masters of the Blues [Delta]
- Masters of the Blues
- Jazz Collection: Masters of the Blues
- Jazz Collection: Masters of the Blues
- Back 2 Back [Intercontinental/Masters]
- Together for the First Time...Live
- Six Silver Strings
- I Like to Live the Love
- Together Again...Live
- Riding with the King (Import)
- Riding with the King
- Riding with the King
- Live at the Regal
- Blues Is King (Shm-CD)
- Makin' Love Is Good for You (Import)
- Together for the First Time...Live (Import)
- Together Again: Live
- Essential Collection
- 101-Everyday I Have the Blues (Import)
- Live in Europe
- The Thrill of the Blues
- West Coast Years 1954-1958 (Import)
- Mr. B.B. King
- Ladies & Gentlemen...Mr. B.B. King
- Life of Riley [Bonus CD] [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- Life of Riley Soundtrack (Import)
- I Like to Live the Love
- The Masters of the Blues [Delta]
- The Rough Guide To B.B. King: Birth Of A Legend (Reborn and Remastered) (Import)
- King of the Blues [Cleopatra]
- King of the Blues [Cleopatra]
- The Blues King's Best
- Santana : Guitar Legends [box]
- Blues Boy (Import)
- Talent (Import)
- King of the Blues [Music Brokers]
- King of the Blues (Import)
- King of the Blues/My Kind of Blues (Import)
- Singin the Blues/More B.B. King [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- There Is Always One More Time
- Guess Who
- Lucille
- In London
- Completely Well
- How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964 to 1994
- Live at the Regal (Import)
- Deuces Wild [Import Bonus Tracks] (Import)
- His Best: The Electric B.B. King
- Completely Well
- Take It Home
- Live in Japan (Import)
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of B.B. King
- Universal Masters Collection (Import)
- A Christmas Celebration of Hope
- The Very Best of B.B. King [1994 MCA] (Import)
- Live at the Apollo
- B.B. KING : FAVORITE GOSPEL HYMNS
- Got My Mojo Working [Delta]
- Classics [Intercontinental]
- Live at the Regal (Import)
- The Fabulous B.B. King (Import)
- The Best of B.B. King [Cema]
- Anthology (Import)
- B.b. King : Completely Well
- B.b. King : Live In Cook County Jail
- Great Moments with B.B. King
- Live "Now Appearing" at Ole Miss
- King of Blues: 1989 (Import)
- There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- The Best of B.B. King, Vol. 1
- Best of RPM & Kent Recordings
- 3 O'Clock Blues (Import)
- The Best of B.B. King [Collectables]
- The Best of B.B. King [Collectables]
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- Gospel Blues
- B.B. King [Platinum Disc]
- 1949-52
- 1952-1954
- Shake It Up and Go
- All Over Again
- Live at the Regal (Import)
- Sings Spirituals/Sings Freedom Songs
- Soul of B.B. King [P-Vine]
- B.B. King Wails
- More
- The Soul of B.B. King
- King of the Blues [Pony Canyon]
- Boss of the Blues
- Purely B.B. King
- The Essence of B.B. King
- Singin' the Blues [Hallmark]
- B.b. King : It's B.b. King
- Can't Kick the Blues
- Electric Blues (Import)
- Singin' the Blues [Crown]
- Live in Kansas City (Import)
- On Stage with Lucille
- Icons: B. B. King (Import)
- Kikachi Naruyoshi : Essential Collection
- The Birth of a King (Import)
- The Ultimate Collection
- Reflections
- Six Silver Strings [Universal Special Products]
- Why I Sing the Blues [Universal Special Products]
- One Kind Favor
- Icon
- Icon 2
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011 (Import)
- B.B. King [Madacy]
- Golden Legends: B.B. King Live
- B.B. Boogie
- Three O'Clock Blues
- B.B. KING : GOT THE BLUES
- King of the Blues [Dressed to Kill]
- Blues Twinpack
- Live at the Regal
- Thrill Is Gone
- Everyday I Have the Blues [2007]
- Kbfh Presents B.B. King
- King of the Blues [American Legends]
- King of the Blues [American Legends]
- Classic Masters
- The Best of B.B. King [Cema]
- Heart & Soul
- My Kind of Blues
- KING,B.B.: RAREST KING
- His Definitive Greatest Hits
- Here and There: The Uncollected B.B. King
- The Blues Anthology
- Spotlight on Lucille
- Forever Gold [2000]
- Collection [Boxsets]
- Original Blues Masters
- Blues Biography
- Originals
- B.b. King : B.b. King
- Golden Legends
- Back to Back
- Favorite Gospel Hymns
- 20 Hits
- Blues Boy
- B.B. King & Kings of the Electric Blues (Import)
- B.B. KING : PROPER INTRODUCTION TO
- B.B. King and His Orchestra Live
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011
- Greatest Hits Live
- The Very Best of B.B. King [Disconforme]
- Thrill is Gone [Jazz Hour]
- Woke Up This Morning
- King of Blues [Golden Stars] (Import)
- Move to the Groove (Import)
- Night of Blistering Blues
- Greatest Hits [Goldies]
- KING,B.B.: B.B. KING COLLECTION
- Live [Acrobat] (Import)
- Composers:
- Performers:
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Credits:
- Gary Ashley - A&R
- Jeanne Venton - A&R
- The Nashville String Machine - ?
- Devin Emke - Assistant
- Ken Quartarone - Assistant
- Rich Costey - Assistant
- Walter King - Contractor
- Andy Engel - Design
- Floyd Lieberman - Executive Producer
- Jay Burton - Assistant Engineer
- John Hobrock - Mixing
- John Holbrook - Mixing
- Johnny Moore - Composer
- Josiah Gluck - Mixing, Engineer
- Kevin Westenberg - Photography
- Lou Baxter - Composer
- Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
- Vartan - Art Direction
- B.B. King - Liner Notes, Producer, Arranger
- James Bolden - Bandleader
- Michael Abene - Producer
- Tony Daigle - Engineer
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