| Release Date | 28/11/2025 |
| Format | 2LP Black |
| Label | Time Traveler Recordings |
| Catalogue Number | TT001 |
Broadcasting the Blues: Live from Germany to Sweden celebrates the centenary (1925-2025) of the "King of the Blues" B.B. King and is the first official release of two concerts recorded live for the "Swing In" TV show on January 19, 1968 and broadcast on WDR in Germany, and at the Stockholms Konserthus in Sweden on October 29, 1973 and broadcast on Swedish television (SVT).
This is an official release in cooperation with the B. B. King Estate and Reelin' In The Years Productions, and was transferred from the original tapes and restored and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab.
The limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP edition includes a booklet with rare photographs by Philippe Gras, newly commissioned liner notes by author Jean Buzelin, and an interview with modern blues guitar icon Derek Trucks. All tracks previously unissued.
First releases on Time Traveler Recordings, focusing on previously unreleased material and rare finds.
Includes a 4-page insert with newly written liner notes and testimonial from
Derek Trucks and rare photographs.
180g vinyl pressed at Optimal Media. Packaged in gatefold jacket. Exclusively released for Record Store Day Black Friday 2025.
WDR in Germany, January
19, 1968
Side A
1. Night Life [3:39]
2. Every Day I Have the
Blues [2:23]
3. How Blue Can You Get
[5:23]
4. That’s Wrong Little
Mama [16:17]
Side B
1. Sweet Sixteen [5:55]
2. Rock Me Baby [3:40]
3. Don’t Answer the Door
[4:23]
4. The Jungle [3:23]
5. I’d Rather Drink Muddy
Water [4:09]
Swedish television (SVT),
October 29, 1973
Side C
1. To Know You Is To
Love You [3:46]
2. Instrumental [6:36]
3. Walking Dr. Bill [4:46]
Side D
1. I Got Some Outside Help
(I Don’t Really Need) [7:47]
2. The Thrill Is Gone [4:31]
3. Guess Who [2:46]
4. Just A Little Love [6:15]
Black Friday 2025