Bill Wyman - (PRESALE 11/20/26) Best Of (IMPORT 2xCD) | NEW

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Best Of [Import]
(United Kingdom - Import)
Artist: Bill Wyman Format: CD Release Date: 11/20/2026
LABEL: Edsel Records
NUMBER OF DISCS: 2
UPC: 740155750237
GENRE: Rock
RELEASE DATE: 11/20/2026
PRODUCT ID: EDS5575023.2
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WEIGHT: .48 lb
CASE LOT QTY: 0
CD
DESCRIPTION
In November 2026 Demon Music will mark the 90th birthday of the legendary Bill Wyman with a new 'Best Of' celebrating his solo recordings with 20 tracks from 1974's 'Monkey Grip' up to 'Drive My Car' in 2024. A second CD of a further 20 tracks is devoted to original songs and cover versions recorded with his star-studded 'side project', Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. Taking time out from his day job as bass player in "the world's greatest Rock 'n' Roll band", Bill released his first solo collection of self-written songs in May 1974, with collaborators including Dr. John, Leon Russell, Little Feat's Lowell George, and Crosby, Stills & Nash drummer, Dallas Taylor. And while Bill would adapt his style to suit his changing tastes, and revel in the opportunity to try out new technology - the early '80s saw him land two UK Top 40 hits with '(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star', and 'A New Fashion' - this way of working set a pattern for five more solo albums that gave him an outlet for his individual approach to songwriting, and to work with a cast of friends and heroes that featured Van Morrison, Joe Walsh, Chris Rea, Ray Cooper, Robbie McIntosh and Guy Fletcher, among many others. Never totally comfortable in the spotlight, in the '90s Bill started to assemble "my own band", The Rhythm Kings, a group he described as "almost like doing solo albums (but) with a lot of friends." Combining more of Bill's original songs with classics from the R&B and Rock 'n' Roll songbooks, what began as another studio project became a hugely successful and popular live act - Bill takes immense pride in the fact he played almost the same number of gigs with the Rhythm Kings as with the Rolling Stones in the previous three decades. And while this ensemble would coalesce around a more settled cast of talents such as Georgie Fame, Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, Amen Corner's Andy Fairweather-Low, Ten Years After's Albert Lee, and singer Beverley Skeete, their recordings still found room for guest appearances from friends like Eric Clapton, George Harrison, and Mark Knopfler.
Tracks
Credits
- Disc 1 -
1
I Wanna Get Me a Gun
2
Mighty Fine Time
3
Monkey Grip Glue
4
White Lightnin'
5
Peanut Butter Time
6
If You Wanna Be Happy
7
Ride on Baby
8
A New Fashion
9
Visions
10
Come Back Suzanne
11
(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
12
Like a Knife
13
Stuff (Can't Get Enough)
14
She Danced
15
What & How & If & When & Why
16
I Lost My Ring
17
Love, Love, Love
18
Thunder on the Mountain
19
Drive My Car
20
Bad News
- Disc 2 -
1
Green River
2
Melody
3
Anyway the Wind Blows
4
Spooky
5
Mojo Boogie
6
Tell You a Secret
7
Groovin'
8
Love Letters
9
Boogie Woogie All Night Long
10
Disappearing Nightly
11
Roll 'Em Pete
12
Mississippi Flyer
13
Taxman
14
Booty Ooty
15
Cadillac Woman
16
Going Up the Country
17
Dr Watson Mr Holmes
18
Drown in My Own Tears (Live 05/03/08)
19
Jitterbug Boogie (Live 25/01/2004)
20
You Never Can Tell (Live 15/06/04)

• Condition: NEW
• Format: CD
• Internal ID: 740155750237
• Genre: ROCK/CLASSIC
• Label: EDSEL RECORDS
• Catalog Number: EDS5575023.2
• Format Type: 2XCD
• Released: 11/20/2026