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MCA Records has recently released an unique 2-CD, 29 track compendium of B.B. King live tracks: "How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1964 - 1994." In perhaps the only contemporary multi-disc anthology of live performances, the set is culled from the classic "Live at the Regal" (1964), "Blues is King" (1966), "Live and Well" (1969), "Live in Cook County Jail" (1970), "Live in Japan" (1971), "Bobby Bland & B.B. King Tour Again ... Live" (1976), "Live Now Appearing At Ole Miss" (1979), "Live In London" (1981) by the Crusaders & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, "Royal Jam" (1981) by B.B. King, the Crusaders & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, "Live at San Quentin" (1990), and "Live at the Apollo" (1990).
The package also includes a 20 page booklet of notes and photographs. There are also three previously unreleased in the United States tracks from "Live in Japan" ("Chains and Things," "Sweet Sixteen," and "The Thrill Is Gone"); three debut audio only selections "Please Send Me Someone to Love" from the video B.B. King & Friends - A Night of Red Hot Blues (1987) and "Ain't Nobody's Business" and "T-Bone Shuffle" from the video Blues Summit Concert (1993); and "Rock Me Baby" from Germany (1994) has never been released.
B.B. King's "How Blue Can You Get" is sampled by ERGO-Columbia Recording artists "Primitive Radio Gods" for a number 1 Modern Rock Track Hit. These samples are from B.B. King's version on his current "How Blue Can You Get" Live LP on MCA and formerly used on "Live at the Regal" as well as "Live at Cook County Jail" LP's, all on MCA Records.
B.B. King appears four times on A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (Epic Records) that was taped originally in Austin for public television. The tribute is available on Laser Disc, CD, and VHS tape. The tribute was recently shown on the VH1 music video network. B.B. King sings "Telephone Song," a Stevie Ray Vaughan tune and joins Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Dr. John and Art Neville for three songs: "Six Strings Down," "Tick Tock," and "SRV Shuffle."
