B.B. King: Completely Well-1969 BluesWay First Pressing Gatefold Promo 12" LP

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1969 ABC/BluesWay Gatefold Sleeve Promo Stereo Release of Bandleader/Composer/Guitarist/Pioneering Blues Vocalist B.B. King Entitled Completely Well, Producer Is Bill Szymczyk, Engineers Are Bill Szymczyk & Joe Zagarino, Arrangements by Bert de Coteaux  - "The Completely Well LP was B.B. King's breakthrough album in 1969, which finally got him the long-deserved acclaim that was no less than his due. It contained his signature number, "The Thrill Is Gone," and eight other tunes, six of them emanating from King's pen, usually in a co-writing situation. Hardliners point to the horn charts and the overdubbed strings as the beginning of the end of King's old style that so identifiably earmarked his early sides for the Bihari Brothers and his later tracks for ABC, but this is truly the album that made the world sit up and take notice of B.B. King. The plus points include loose arrangements and a small combo behind him that never dwarfs the proceedings or gets in the way.King, for his part, sounds like he's having a ball, playing and singing at peak power. This is certainly not the place to start your B.B. King collection, but it's a nice stop along the way before you finish it." - Spectacular Personnel for the Quintet Features living Legend B.B. King on Guitar and Vocals, Hugh McCracken on Additional Guitar, Paul Harris on Piano, Electric Piano & Organ, the Amazing Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott on Bass and the Brilliant Herbie Lovelle on Drums! - Selections on Side One Are the B.B. King/Gerald Jemmott Title Track, the B.B. King/Ferdinand Washington Penned No Good, You're Losin' Me, Original B.B. King Composition What Happened & the Jay McShann/Walter Brown Standard Confessin' the Blues - Songs for Side Two Consist of Joe Josea/Claude Baum's Key to My Kingdom, B.B. King's Cryin' Won't Help You Now, the B.B. KIng/Gerald Jemott/Herbie Lovelle Penned You're Mean and the Rick Darnell/Roy Hawkins Classic the Thrill Is Gone - Used Copy, Cover Is very Slightly Peeling at Top & Bottom, Record Has some Light Surface Wear and a Few very Light Marks - Stereo Recording, Gatefold Sleeve, Product Code BLS-6037 - ABC/BluesWay Promotional Album with Stamp on Back Cover - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -