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Riley B. King, known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players.

1958 Album 'Lonnie' + 1956 album 'Showcase' both 24 bit digitally remastered + 5 bonus tracks 'Puttin' On The Style', 'Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O', 'Midnight Special', 'The House Of The Rising Sun' and 'The Gold Rush Is Over'.

In recent decades, both Reminiscing and Showcase have enjoyed less than stellar reputations among Buddy Holly fans and '50s rock purists, as both albums were made up of the products of producer Norman Petty's posthumous redubbing of Holly's unfinished demos. Apart from the bizarre inclusion of "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" – a B-side chosen by Petty for the single of the title track – Reminiscing is a very solid album, and was essential to the maintaining of Holly's memory, reaching number three in a six-month run on the U.K. charts in 1963; one can just about lay odds that various members of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were among the listeners of this album or its successor.

Frank Foster & George Wallington - Here Comes Frank Foster & Showcase (1954) {Blue Note 95750 rel 1998}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 426 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 161 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 33 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1954, 1998 Blue Note / Capitol | 7243 4 95750 2 8
Jazz / Bebop / Hard Bop / Piano / Saxophone

This double reissue combines saxophonist Frank Foster's first U.S. recording and a session led by pianist George Wallington that took place one week later with Foster sitting in. Recorded for Blue Note in Hackensack, NJ, on May 5, 1954, Here Comes Frank Foster (also issued as New Faces, New Sounds) was only Foster's second album as a leader. His debut album was recorded one month earlier for the Vogue label in Paris, France. Here Comes Frank Foster fits neatly with other albums from the mid-'50s Blue Note catalog.