Guess Who (B. B. King album)

Guess Who
Studio album by
B. B. King
Released1972
GenreBlues
Length43:45
LabelABC
ProducerJoe Zagarino
B. B. King chronology
L.A. Midnight
(1972) 		Guess Who
(1972) 		To Know You Is to Love You
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB+[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Guess Who is a studio album by B. B. King. It was released in 1972 by ABC Records.[1]

As often with King, several of the tracks are re-recordings of songs he had recorded before. "Any Other Way" had appeared with a different arrangement as the b-side of "Help the Poor" in 1964.[4] "Neighborhood Affair" originally dates back to 1953 and was the b-side of "Please Hurry Home".[5] He would re-record the song again in 2003 for the album Reflections. The title track "Guess Who" had appeared on his first ABC album, Mr. Blues, in 1963.[6] It went on to become a live staple, appearing on Now Appearing at Ole Miss, Live at the Apollo and Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011, among others. "You Shouldn't Have Left" was first recorded in 1959 and released on (The Soul of) B.B. King in 1963.[7] A 1965 recording of "Five Long Years" was first released by Kent on the album The Jungle.[8]

  1. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. ^ B. B. King - Help The Poor / I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way, 1964, retrieved 2023-08-21
  5. ^ B. B. King And His Orchestra - Please Hurry Home / Neighborhood Affair, 1953, retrieved 2023-08-21
  6. ^ B.B. King - Mr. Blues, 1963, retrieved 2023-08-21
  7. ^ B.B. King - B.B. King, 1963, retrieved 2023-08-21
  8. ^ B.B. King - The Jungle, 1967, retrieved 2023-08-21