Track Listing

1. When Love Comes to Town
2. Sweet Sixteen
3. Thrill Is Gone
4. Ain't Nobody's Business
5. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
6. All Over Again
7. Night Life
8. Since I Met You Baby
9. Guess Who?
10. Peace to the World

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #116687 in Music
• Released on: 1991-04-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Amazon.com
It's not that there's anything wrong with this 1990 recording: King's expressive guitar work and vibrant vocals rarely disappoint in a live setting, and this release here he has a top-notch big band behind him. In addition to U2's "When Love Comes to Town," King rolls through nine staples, including "Sweet Sixteen," "Thrill is Gone," and "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss." On the other hand, King has produced a number of absolutely riveting live albums, including Live at the Regal, Blues Is King, and Live in Cook County Jail. They remain high points of blues history, relegating this solid release to the second tier. --Marc Greilsamer

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
One night in the winter of 1990 the SRO audience in Harlem's Apollo Theatre rocked in ecstasy to the blessed tones offered them by the master musician and the swinging eighteen-piece Philip Morris Superband, conducted by pianist Gene Harris. Salutes to Percy Mayfield, Ivory Joe Hunter, and Jesse Belvin (along with repertoire staples and the wondrous slow blues "All Over Again") have no problem at all going over with the demanding African-American audience. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

B.B. swings!
Great swingin' blues from B. B. King and and eighteen-piece orchestra. Starts off with a swing version of the U2/B.B. King song "When Love Comes To Town." Other good cuts, The Thrill Is Gone, Payin' The Cost..., Ain't Nobody's Business. My only complaint is that it's over too soon! Itruns a standard 45 mintues, but every time I play it, it's like it's over before it should be!

Good stuff, check it out.

Captures BB Live in prime form, doing what he does best!
I saw B.B. King in concert last night, in Coto de Caza, CA, as a part of thier "Summer concert in the park" series. At 78 he plays guitar and sings in his prime! As a matter a fact his guitar playing is more on the jazz improvisational side, of the blues. His band was allowed plenty of space to stretch out. Anyhow this cd, is a great example of one of his live shows, and on this cd recorded in 91, he is also in prime form, though the band is strictly used a background prop, BB's highly appealing vocals and guitar solos are highlighted throughout this exellent live session. As jazz critic Scott Yanow has pointed out, King alsways has a way of making his old hits sound fresh everytime he revivrs them, and on this cd is no acception, he does a killer job on Sweet Sixteen and The thrill Is Gone. You can't go wrong with a live BB album, the only thing missing is his jump blues standby song "Caldonia", ah well this is still one of BB finest "recent" cd's. If you can't go see him live, this is the next best thing. I only wish somone had recorded last nights show at Coto. Oh well, pick this cd up!

Live at the Applo
the Title tells you all you need to know first time i heard this it was on Wax i have been dragging a copy of it around from then on