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Music : Blues on Top of Blues: The Best of B.B King
Rating: 
- A few good songs ruined by appalling jazz rubbish
Don't buy this one - it isn't really a B.B. King album at all. The back gives the game away when it says 'arranged, conducted and produced by Johnny Pate'. It would be far more honest to call this a 'Johnny Pate jazz orchestra' album that happens to feature a singer called BB King. I assume Mr. Pate is a former horn player as the horns are REALLY REALLY LOUD THROUGHOUT!!!! There's also a little bit of guitar, but it's so low in the mix most of it is almost inaudible. It's a pity, as this album features 'Worried Dream', which Fleetwood Mac did an excellent version of. The arrangements are very jazzy, and here I don't mean that as a compliment, as they're not at all sympathetic to the music. Truly appalling. I wish I could give it MINUS 5 stars, in fact.
- A few good songs ruined by appalling jazz rubbishDon't buy this one - it isn't really a B.B. King album at all. The back gives the game away when it says 'arranged, conducted and produced by Johnny Pate'. It would be far more honest to call this a 'Johnny Pate jazz orchestra' album that happens to feature a singer called BB King. I assume Mr. Pate is a former horn player as the horns are REALLY REALLY LOUD THROUGHOUT!!!! There's also a little bit of guitar, but it's so low in the mix most of it is almost inaudible. It's a pity, as this album features 'Worried Dream', which Fleetwood Mac did an excellent version of. The arrangements are very jazzy, and here I don't mean that as a compliment, as they're not at all sympathetic to the music. Truly appalling. I wish I could give it MINUS 5 stars, in fact.