| B.B. King in London | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 11 October 1971 (US) 19 November 1971 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | June 9–16, 1971 | |||
| Studio | Olympic, Command Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 34:24 | |||
| Label | ABC (US) Probe (UK) | |||
| Producer | Ed Michell, Joe Zagarino | |||
| B.B. King chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
B.B. King in London is a studio album, the nineteenth, by B.B. King, recorded in London in 1971. He is accompanied by US session musicians and various British rock- and R&B musicians, including Ringo Starr, Alexis Korner and Gary Wright, as well as members of Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, Greg Ridley, Steve Marriott, and Jerry Shirley.
The album was released in the United Kingdom on November 19, 1971, in order to coincide with the first date of King's tour of the country.[6]
John Lennon had announced that he would perform on some of the tracks, but ended up having no involvement with the album.[7]
- ^ Dahl, Bill. B.B. King in London at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2 ed.). Schirmer Trade Books. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-8256-7256-9.
B.B. King in London is the usual pointless hook-the-blues-guy-up-with-well-meaning-rockers-who-love-him-but-can't-play-his-stuff-half-as-well-as-his-own-band exercise
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ "European Tour for B.B. King". Sounds. Spotlight Publications. 28 August 1971. p. 2.
- ^ Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, eds. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 9780711983076.