Better Not Look Down

~ Recording by B.B. King

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingTake It HomeB.B. KingAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA 3151
4.6Better Not Look Down3:23B.B. KingKing of the BluesB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-20
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD4 10677
4.6Better Not Look Down3:23B.B. KingKing of the BluesB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD4-10677
1.13Better Not Look Down3:20B.B. KingWest Port: Jazz Festival Hamburg - Volume OneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions)GRP 88532
1.11Better Not Look Down3:21B.B. King feat. The CrusadersLucille & FriendsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD 33008
3.1Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. King36 All-Time Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Special ProductsMSD3-36090
1.1Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingTake It HomeB.B. KingAlbum
  • -1998-04-21
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Geffen RecordsMCAD-11770
1.12Better Not Look Down3:23B.B. KingGreatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-08-25
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-11746
1.12Better Not Look Down (single version)3:24B.B. KingHis Definitive Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-04-19
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)5473402
1.12Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingHis Definitive Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)088 111 921-2
1.12Better Not Look Down3:24B.B. KingHis Definitive Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD11921
1.12Better Not Look Down3:21B.B. KingHis Definitive Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)0008811203825
2.9Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingAnthologyB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-14
2.9Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingAnthology (remastered)B.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)088 112 410-2
1.11Better Not Look Down3:21B.B. King feat. The CrusadersLucille & FriendsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-02-24
3.1Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. King36 All-Time Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-01
Timeless Media Group
1.17Better Not Look Down3:20B.B. KingThe Ultimate CollectionB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-03-15
Geffen Records385402
1.17Better Not Look Down3:20B.B. KingThe Ultimate CollectionB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
Geffen RecordsB0003854-02
1.17Better Not Look Down3:20B.B. KingThe Ultimate CollectionB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
2.9Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingGoldB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2006-06-27
Geffen RecordsB000658702
1.12Better Not Look Down3:24B.B. KingHis Definitive Greatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)111 921-9
2.14Better Not Look Down3:21B.B. KingThe Complete Collection (Digital Download)B.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-08-06
Geffen Records
1.12Better Not Look Down3:23B.B. KingGreatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2008-09-03
Geffen Records, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)UICY-91040
7.4Better Not Look Down3:21B.B. KingLadies and Gentleman… Mr. B.B. KingB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-09-25
Hip‐O Records
3.14Better Not Look Down3:21B.B. KingLadies and Gentleman... Mr. B.B. KingB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012
1.1Better Not Look Down3:22B.B. KingTake It HomeB.B. KingAlbum
Geffen Records[none]
Promotion
1.11Better Not Look Down?:??B.B. KingKing of the BluesB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA3P-2428
1.12Better Not Look Down3:23B.B. KingGreatest HitsB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
MCA JapanMVCE-24068
Bootleg
1.1Better Not Look Down3:25B.B. KingRed Rooster Blues Box 27Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recorded in:Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
engineer and mixer:Rik Pekkonen
producer:Wilton Felder
Stix Hooper
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
Johnny Pate
Joe Sample
baritone saxophone:Kim Hutchcroft (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
bass and tenor saxophone:Wilton Felder (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
drums (drum set):James Gadson (American drummer) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Stix Hooper (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
guitar:Paul Jackson (guitar) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
B.B. King (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Dean Parks (American session guitarist) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
keyboard:Joe Sample (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
percussion:Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Stix Hooper (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
saxophone:Dennis Quitman (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
trombone:Charles Fendley (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Chuck Findley (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Jack Redmond (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
trumpet:Gary Grant (brass) (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Steve Madaio (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
background vocals:Luther Waters (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Maxine Waters (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
Oren Waters (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
vocals:Julia Tillman (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
B.B. King (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
performer:The Crusaders (US jazz group)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 1979)
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1979)
recorded at:Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)
recording of:Better Not Look Down (from 1978-12 until 1979-01)

Related works

Better Not Look Down

writer:Will Jennings
Joe Sample
publisher:Four Knights Music
Four Knights Music Co.
Irving Music, Inc.
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)