Album details

Artist B.B. King
Album Most Famous Hits Disc 2
Year 2002
Album DR 12
Min. track DR 08
Max. track DR 16
Track DR
13 12 12 11 08 08 11 12 10 11 12 10 12 16 12 12 15 13
Codec Lossless
Source CD
Label Surpr?se
Catalog number
Bar code 6539 (set); 65392 (CD2)
Country
Link
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 18:17:26

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Analyzed: B.B. King / Most Famous Hits 2
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13      -0.10 dB   -14.82 dB      2:29 01-Tickle Britches
DR12      -0.10 dB   -15.64 dB      2:26 02-Don't Break Your Promise
DR12      -0.10 dB   -15.52 dB      5:14 03-Five Long Years
DR11      -0.10 dB   -13.96 dB      2:27 04-Catfish Blues
DR8       -0.10 dB    -9.91 dB      3:37 05-The Other Night Blues
DR8       -0.10 dB    -9.61 dB      1:56 06-A New Way of Driving
DR11      -0.10 dB   -12.55 dB      2:57 07-Army of the Lord
DR12      -0.10 dB   -14.27 dB      2:37 08-I Never Heard a Man
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.78 dB      3:06 09-Save a Seat For Me
DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.93 dB      3:03 10-Servant's Prayer
DR12      -0.10 dB   -16.07 dB      3:24 11-(Take My Hand) Precious Lord
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.13 dB      3:15 12-B.B. Boogie
DR12      -0.10 dB   -14.94 dB      3:03 13-You Upset Me Baby
DR16      -0.10 dB   -16.94 dB      3:57 14-Rock Me Baby [Live at 'Ole Miss']
DR12      -0.10 dB   -14.35 dB      2:59 15-Blues at Midnight
DR12      -0.10 dB   -14.57 dB      2:22 16-I Done Got Wise
DR15      -0.10 dB   -17.06 dB      3:41 17-My Lucille
DR13      -0.10 dB   -17.86 dB      2:48 18-Please Accept My Love [Live 1969]
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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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Algorithm TT DR Offline Meter (or compatible)
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