Together for the First Time... Live

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{{Infobox album

| name = Together for the First Time

| type = live

| artist = Bobby Bland and B. B. King

| cover = Together for the First Time cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1974

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soul blues

| length =

| label = Dunhill

| producer = Steve Barri

| chronology = Bobby Bland

| prev_title = His California Album

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live

| next_year = 1976

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = B.B. King

| type = live

| prev_title = Friends

| prev_year = 1974

| title = Together for the First Time... Live

| year = 1974

| next_title = Lucille Talks Back

| next_year = 1975

}}

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Together for the First Time... Live is a 1974 blues album by singer Bobby Bland and guitarist B. B. King. The duo later recorded Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live. Bland and King toured together extensively in the 1970s and 1980s, which did much to keep their careers alive during a period of otherwise popular decline for the blues genre.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/together-for-the-first-time-mw0000871436|title=Together for the First Time - B.B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: K|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=K&bk=70|access-date=February 28, 2019}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=357}}

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