Album details

Artist B.B. King
Album Most Famous Hits Disc 1
Year 2002
Album DR 12
Min. track DR 08
Max. track DR 17
Track DR
11 11 12 11 08 10 10 09 17 16 14 12 13 13 09 11 13 11
Codec Lossless
Source CD
Label Surpr?se
Catalog number
Bar code 6539 (set); 65391 (Cd1)
Country
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Comment "Surpr?se" indeed. The two discs contain the entire material of the "Blues Collection" disc (The King of the Blues) plus - as the packaging states 'Life [sic!] Recordings' and 'Partly Historical Recordings'. Hysterical might be more appropriate as the sound on some of those tracks (particularly "That Evil Child", "Long Nights", "I'm Willing to Run All the Way" (actually an improperly labeled "Ole Time Religion"), "Army of the Lord", "I Never Heard a Man", "Save a Seat for Me", "Servant's Prayer" and "Precious Lord") is lousy. Nevertheless, it's interesting to note that "Long Nights" as well as the six Spirituals have additional overdubs compared to the Ace remasters ("Precious Lord" is the overdubbed version as featured among the bonus tracks on the Ace remaster) and might be sourced directly from the reissue singles/LPs which *could* explain the muffled sound. Some tracks sound fine, though. Many tracks are slightly mislabeled (the log files above are corrected by me); particularly misleading is track 17 on disc 2, as "Lucille" and "My Lucille" are two completely different songs!
Log file
foobar2000 1.3.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2015-11-20 18:12:01

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Analyzed: B.B. King / Most famous hits cd 1
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.65 dB      5:02 01-Every Day (I Have the Blues) [with the Count Basie Orchestra]
DR11      -0.10 dB   -12.93 dB      3:36 02-It's My Own Fault Baby
DR12      -0.10 dB   -14.68 dB      5:16 03-You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
DR11      -0.10 dB   -13.06 dB      3:55 04-That Evil Child
DR8       -0.10 dB   -11.65 dB      3:33 05-Long Nights
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.36 dB      3:16 06-Mr Pawnbroker
DR10      -0.10 dB   -11.60 dB      3:28 07-Walkin' and Cryin'
DR9       -0.10 dB   -11.21 dB      2:18 08-I'm Willing to Run All the Way
DR17      -0.10 dB   -22.09 dB      5:01 09-The Thrill Is Gone [Live in Cannes]
DR16      -0.10 dB   -19.99 dB      5:49 10-Guess Who [Live in Cannes]
DR14      -0.10 dB   -18.26 dB      6:12 11-Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss [Live in Cannes]
DR12      -0.10 dB   -16.77 dB      3:30 12-The Letter aka All Over Again [Live]
DR13      -0.10 dB   -16.65 dB      4:15 13-Sweet Sixteen [Live 1966, Edit]
DR13      -0.10 dB   -17.44 dB      3:25 14-How Blue Can You Get [Live]
DR9       -0.10 dB   -13.44 dB      2:50 15-Please Love Me
DR11      -0.10 dB   -15.94 dB      6:54 16-Outside Help [Live]
DR13      -0.10 dB   -15.69 dB      2:22 17-Recession Blues
DR11      -0.10 dB   -15.20 dB      2:15 18-Don't Keep Me Waiting
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Number of tracks:  18
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           1411 kbps
Codec:             CDDA
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