L.A. Midnight
1972 studio album by B.B. King
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Studio album by B.B. King | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | ABC | |||
Producer | Ed Michel | |||
B.B. King chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
L.A. Midnight is the twentieth studio electric blues album by B.B. King released in 1972. It features two extended guitar jams with fellow guitarists Jesse Ed Davis and Joe Walsh ("Midnight" and "Lucille's Granny"). It also features Taj Mahal on harmonica and guitar. ("Can't You Hear Me Talking to You" and "I've Been Blue Too Long" respectively). "Can't You Hear Me Talking To You" also features Davis on guitar.
Track listing
Side A
- "I Got Some Help I Don't Need" (Dave Clark, B.B. King) - 5:54
- "Help the Poor" (Charles Singleton) - 3:33
- "Can't You Hear Me Talking" (Dave Clark, B.B. King) - 3:57
- "Midnight" (B.B. King) - 8:14
Side B
- "Sweet Sixteen" (Joe Josea) - 7:01
- "(I Believe) I've Been Blue Too Long" (Dave Clark, B.B. King) - 4:50
- "Lucille's Granny" (B.B. King) - 7:53[1]
Personnel
- B.B. King – vocals, guitar
- Jesse Ed Davis – guitar, slide guitar (A1, A4, B2, B3)
- Joe Walsh – guitar (A1, A4, B3)
- Mel Brown – guitar (A2, B1)
- Randy Wolfe – guitar (A3, B2)
- Taj Mahal – guitar (B2), harmonica (A3)
- Paul Harris – piano (A1, B2)
- Victor Feldman – piano (A1, A4, B3), congas (A2, A3)
- Ron Levy – piano (A2, B1)
- Clifford Coulter – piano (A3), tambourine (A2)
- John Turk – Hammond organ (A3)
- Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar (A1, B2)
- Wilbert Freeman – bass guitar (A2, B1)
- Ron Brown – bass guitar (A3, A4, B3)
- Bob Morin – drums (A1, B2)
- Sonny Freeman – drums (A2, B1)
- Earl Palmer – drums (A3, A4, B3)
- Sandy Konikoff – tambourine (B3)
- Bobby Bryant – trumpet (A1, B3)
- John Browning – trumpet (A2, B1)
- Red Callender – tuba (A1, B2, B3)
- Joseph Burton – trombone (A2, B1)
- Red Holloway – tenor saxophone (A1, B3)
- Louis Hubert – tenor saxophone (A2, B1)
- Plas Johnson – baritone saxophone (A1, B3)
- Earl Turbinton – alto saxophone (A2, B1)
References
- ^ a b "L.A. Midnight B.B. King". AllMusic. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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- 1960: My Kind of Blues
- 1968: Blues on Top of Blues
- Lucille
- 1969: Completely Well
- 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
- 1971: B.B. King in London
- 1972: L.A. Midnight
- Guess Who
- 1973: To Know You Is to Love You
- 1974: Friends
- 1975: Lucille Talks Back
- 1977: King Size
- 1978: Midnight Believer
- 1979: Take It Home
- 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- 1982: Love Me Tender
- 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz
- 1985: Six Silver Strings
- 1988: King of the Blues: 1989
- 1991: There Is Always One More Time
- 1993: Blues Summit
- 1994: Heart to Heart
- 1997: Deuces Wild
- 1998: Blues on the Bayou
- 1999: Let the Good Times Roll
- 2000: Riding with the King
- Makin' Love Is Good for You
- 2003: Reflections
- 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80
- 2008: One Kind Favor
- 1965: Live at the Regal
- 1967: Blues Is King
- 1969: Live & Well
- 1971: Live in Cook County Jail
- 1974: Together for the First Time... Live
- 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
- 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss
- 1990: Live at San Quentin
- 1991: Live at the Apollo
- 1999: Live in Japan
compilations
- 1957: Singin' the Blues
- 1958: The Blues
- 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King
- 1983: Why I Sing the Blues
- 1992: King of the Blues
- 1995: Lucille & Friends
- 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits
- 2005: The Ultimate Collection
- 2007: The Best of the Early Years
- 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King
- 1951: "3 O'Clock Blues"
- 1952: "Shake It Up and Go"
- 1952: "You Know I Love You
- 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues"
- 1956: "Sweet Little Angel"
- 1959: "Sugar Mama"
- 1961: "Someday Baby"
- 1962: "Goin' Down Slow"
- 1963: "Trouble in Mind"
- 1964: "How Blue Can You Get"
- "Rock Me Baby"
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love"
- 1965: "Blue Shadows"
- 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind"
- "Just Like a Woman"
- "Five Long Years"
- "Ain't Nobody's Business"
- 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone"
- "Worried Life"
- 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll"
- 1985: "Big Boss Man"
- 1988: "When Love Comes to Town"
- 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"
- 1961: "Driving Wheel
- 1974: "Black Night"
- 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me"
- 1985: "In the Midnight Hour"
- 1995: "You Shook Me"
- 1998: "Mean Ole' World"
- 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens"
- "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"
- "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
- "Buzz Me"
- "Saturday Night Fish Fry"
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
- "Early in the Mornin'"
- 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
- "Come Rain or Come Shine"
- "Since I Fell for You"
- 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad"
- "Early in the Morning"
- 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"
- "Sitting on Top of the World"
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