B.B. King - The Ultimate Collection

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Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
• Recorded At – Regal Theater

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: 2), Hank Crawford (tracks: 18), Jewel Grant* (tracks: 3), Lawrence Burdine (tracks: 4, 6, 10)
• Arranged By – Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Johnny Pate (tracks: 10), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 3, 6)
• Arranged By [Horns] – Hank Crawford (tracks: 18), Jim Price (tracks: 14)
• Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Bert "Supercharts" DeCoteaux* (tracks: 11)
• Arranged By [Strings] – Jimmie Haskell (tracks: 13)
• Art Direction – Vartan
• Backing Vocals – Carl Hall (tracks: 14), Charles Mann (tracks: 15), Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Helen Duncan (tracks: 19), Joshie Armstead* (tracks: 14), Julie Waters Tillman* (tracks: 17), Luther Waters (tracks: 17), Maxine Waters (tracks: 17), Oren Waters (tracks: 17), Phyllis Duncan (tracks: 19), Rebecca Evans Russell (tracks: 19), Tasha Thomas (tracks: 14)
• Baritone Saxophone – Barney Hubert (tracks: 4, 10), Jerome Richardson (tracks: 6), Kim Hutchcroft (tracks: 17), Ronald Cuber* (tracks: 18)
• Bass – Adam Clayton (tracks: 19), Bryan Garofalo (tracks: 13), James Walker (tracks: 2), Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott* (tracks: 11), Klaus Voorman* (tracks: 14), Leo Lauchie (tracks: 6 to 10), Marshall York (tracks: 4), Michael Doster (tracks: 21), Nathan East (tracks: 20), Robert "Pops" Popwell* (tracks: 16), Ronnie Baker* (tracks: 15), Tuff Green (tracks: 1), Wilbur Bascomb (tracks: 18)
• Compiled By – Andy McKaie
• Conductor – Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 6)
• Congas – Larry Washington (tracks: 15)
• Design – Meire Murakami
• Drum Programming – Paul Weller (tracks: 20)
• Drums – Norbert "Stix" Hooper* (tracks: 17), Bernard "Pretty" Purdie* (tracks: 18), Caleb Emphrey, Jr. (tracks: 21), Earl Forest (tracks: 1), Earl Young (tracks: 15), Herbie Lovelle (tracks: 11), James Gadsen* (tracks: 16), Jesse Sailes* (tracks: 3, 5), Jim Keltner (tracks: 14), Larry Mullen, Jr.* (tracks: 19), Russ Kunkel (tracks: 13), Sonny Freeman (tracks: 4, 6-10), Steve Gadd (tracks: 20), Ted Curry (tracks: 2)
• Electric Piano – Carole King (tracks: 13)
• Executive-Producer – Sidney A. Seidenberg (tracks: 18, 21)
• Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low* (tracks: 20), B.B. King, Eli Tartarsky* (tracks: 15), David Spinozza (tracks: 14), Doyle Bramhall II (tracks: 20), Eric Clapton (tracks: 20), Hugh McCrackin* (tracks: 11), John Uribe (tracks: 14), Leon Warren (tracks: 21), Norman Harris (tracks: 15), Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* (tracks: 17), Roland Chambers (tracks: 15), The Edge (tracks: 19)
• Horns – Andrew Love (tracks: 15), The Memphis Horns (tracks: 15), Wayne Jackson (tracks: 15)
• Keyboards – Charles Mann (tracks: 15), Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Dr. John (tracks: 18), James Sells Tony* (tracks: 21), Joe Sample (tracks: 16, 17), Paul Harris (tracks: 11), Ron Kersey (tracks: 15), Stevie Wonder (tracks: 15), The Edge (tracks: 19)
• Lead Vocals – Bono (tracks: 19)
• Leader [Bandleader] – James Bolden (tracks: 21)
• Liner Notes – Charles Sawyer
• Organ – Duke Jethro (tracks: 7 to 10), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 5), Tim Carmon (tracks: 20)
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: 17), Tony Coleman (tracks: 21)
• Photography [Research] – Ryan Null
• Photography By – Baron Wolman, Danny Clinch, Frank Driggs Collection, Jay Blakesberg, Keith Morris , Kevin Westenberg, Michael Putland
• Piano – B.B. King (tracks: 12), Charles Brooks (tracks: 6), Connie Mack Booker (tracks: 2), Doctor Ragavoy* (tracks: 14), Johnny Ace (tracks: 1), Millard Lee (tracks: 2, 4), Willard McDaniel (tracks: 3)
• Piano [Wurlitzer] – Joe Sample (tracks: 20)
• Producer – Norbert "Stix" Hooper* (tracks: 16, 17), B.B. King (tracks: 21), Bill Szymczyk (tracks: 11-13), Dave Crawford (tracks: 15), Ed Michel (tracks: 14), Eric Clapton (tracks: 20), Jimmy Iovine (tracks: 19), Joe Sample (tracks: 16, 17), Joe Zagarino (tracks: 14), Johnny Pate (tracks: 7 to 10), Lou Zito* (tracks: 10), Sid Feller (tracks: 6), Simon Climie (tracks: 20), Stewart Levine (tracks: 16 to 18), Wilton Felder (tracks: 16, 17)
• Product Manager – Robin Kirby
• Production Manager – Beth Stempel
• Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie
• Remastered By – Erick Labson
• Remix [Remixed By] – Ron Jacobs* (tracks: 19), Shelly Yakus (tracks: 19)
• Rhythm Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: 16, 17), Hugh McCracken (tracks: 18), Roland Bautista (tracks: 16)
• Saxophone – Billy Duncan (tracks: 1), Bobby Keys (tracks: 14), Dennis Gutman (tracks: 17), Larry Williams (tracks: 17), Melvin Jackson (tracks: 21), Richard Sanders (tracks: 1)
• Tenor Saxophone – Bill Harvey (tracks: 2), Bobby Forte (tracks: 7, 8), "Bumps" Myers* (tracks: 3), David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: 18), Johnny Board (tracks: 4, 7, 8, 10), Maxwell Davis (tracks: 3), Vernon Slater (tracks: 6), Wilton Felder (tracks: 16)
• Trombone – Charles Fendley (tracks: 17), Jack Redmond (tracks: 17), Jim Price (tracks: 14), Pluma Davis (tracks: 4, 10), Tom Malone (tracks: 18)
• Trumpet – Carl Adams* (tracks: 6), Charles Miller* (tracks: 18), Gary Grant (tracks: 17), Henry Boozier (tracks: 4, 10), Hobart Dotson (tracks: 10), James Bolden (tracks: 21), Jim Price (tracks: 14), John Browning (tracks: 10), Kenneth Sands (tracks: 4), Kenny Sands* (tracks: 6 to 8), Stanley Abernathy* (tracks: 21), Steve Madail (tracks: 17), Waymon Reed (tracks: 18)
• Vocals – B.B. King

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 602498266137

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