B.B. King
Tbilisi, Georgia
March 1979

Source : SBD > ?? > CD-R Trade

Editing : Sound Forge (CD Extract, tweaking & volume) > Wave > TLH (sbe aligned) > Flac 8

Traders Den - Jan. 12, 2022

edited & posted by kingrue #3442
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I received this is a cd trade many years ago.

I haven't seen this posted anywhere, so i wanted to share my copy.

BB played several shows in each city. This could be from late Feb or early March.

This was BB's first trip to the USSR and BB was very nervous about performing to this new audience.

It didn't take long for BB to win over the Russians, they enjoyed the music.

BB King played 22 concerts in 5 cities, from Feb 26 thru Mar 24 1979.
(Leningrad / Moscow / Baku / Tbilisi / Yeravan)

I've added some newspaper clippings.

This is GREAT quality.

Band line-up (10 piece band)
B.B. King - guitar, vocals (died May 14, 2015) (aged 89)
Calep Emphrey Jr. - drums (died April 25, 2017) (aged 67)
Leonard Gill - guitar (died Oct 4, 2006) (aged 54)
Russell Jackson - bass
Phil Blackman - piano
Edgar Synigal - baritone sax
Hilton Joseph - tenor sax
Calvin Owens - trumpet, conductor
Lonny LaLanne - trumpet
John Willie Cook - trumpet
Steve Sherard - trombone

Total Time = 01:24:57

Set list
01 Blues Band Instrumental
02 BB King Intro Jam
03 Caldonia
04 How Blue Can You Get
05 Why I Sing The Blues
06 Nightlife
07 Don't Make Your Move To Soon
08 Hold On
09 Instrumental
10 Fanfare Outro
-- intermission --
11 I Like To Live The Love
12 Hummingbird
13 Instrumental
14 Instrumental
15 I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone
16 The Thrill Is Gone
17 Fanfare Outro

editing notes
The first 5 minutes had a faulty left channel, that has been fixed.
The left channel was inverted, that has been fixed.
After the intermission, I boosted the tracks +8 dB.

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