Chess Blues (1992)
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels ~ Various Artists
2. Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs ~ Various Artists
3. Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim ~ Various Artists
4. Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim ~ Various Artists
5. Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
6. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
7. My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk ~ Various Artists
8. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
9. She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim ~ Various Artists
10. Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy ~ Various Artists
11. Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe ~ Various Artists
12. Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes ~ Various Artists
13. Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
14. My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy Trio ~ Various Artists
15. Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones ~ Various Artists
16. Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk ~ Various Artists
17. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
18. Luedella - Jimmy Rogers ~ Various Artists
19. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim ~ Various Artists
20. Dr. Ross' Boogie - Dr. Isaiah Ross ~ Various Artists
21. Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines ~ Various Artists
22. Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
23. All Night Long - Muddy Waters (alternate take) ~ Various Artists
24. Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Various Artists
25. Gettin' Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
Disc 2
Song Title
1. Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker (alternate take) ~ Various Artists
2. Juke - Little Walter ~ Various Artists
3. Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
4. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
5. Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Various Artists
6. Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix ~ Various Artists
7. Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller ~ Various Artists
8. Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
9. Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
10. Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins ~ Various Artists
11. Fast Boogie - Little Walter (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
12. I'm Mad - Willie Mabon ~ Various Artists
13. Ice Cream Man - John Brim ~ Various Artists
14. Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James ~ Various Artists
15. Got To Have It - Willie Mabon (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
16. I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray ~ Various Artists
17. Remember - Alberta Adams (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
18. Untitled Instrumental - Henry Gray/Morris Pejoe (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
19. Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter ~ Various Artists
20. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
21. Forty Four - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
22. Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Various Artists
23. Evil - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
24. Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson ~ Various Artists
25. Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir ~ Various Artists
Disc 3
Song Title
1. Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter ~ Various Artists
2. My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
3. My Babe - Little Walter ~ Various Artists
4. You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
5. Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon ~ Various Artists
6. Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists
7. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
8. 29 Ways - Willie Dixon ~ Various Artists
9. Right To Love You - Paul Gayten/Myrtle Jones (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
10. Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon ~ Various Artists
11. I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann ~ Various Artists
12. Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
13. Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
14. Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists
15. Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers ~ Various Artists
16. Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists
17. Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson (alternate take) ~ Various Artists
18. Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
19. Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
20. She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir ~ Various Artists
21. Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists
22. Key To The Highway - Little Walter ~ Various Artists
23. Douhble Trouble - Muddy Waters (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Various Artists
24. Come On Home - Eddie Boyd ~ Various Artists
25. Goat, The - Sonny Boy Williamson (band track) ~ Various Artists
26. So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush ~ Various Artists
Disc 4
Song Title
1. First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists
2. Too Poor - Detroit Jr. ~ Various Artists
3. Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson ~ Various Artists
4. Shakedown, The - Lloyd Glenn (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
5. Sun Is Shining, The - Elmore James (alternate take) ~ Various Artists
6. Calling on My Darling (A.K.A. Howlin' For My Darlin') - Albert King ~ Various Artists
7. Red Rooster, The - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
8. Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists
9. Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
10. Satisfied - Little Milton ~ Various Artists
11. Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James ~ Various Artists
12. Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio ~ Various Artists
13. Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists
14. Good Moanin' Blues - Walter "Shakey" Horton ~ Various Artists
15. Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists
16. What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor ~ Various Artists
17. We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton ~ Various Artists
18. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor ~ Various Artists
19. Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue ~ Various Artists
20. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker ~ Various Artists
21. Jinglin' Baby - Eddie Burns Blues Band (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
22. That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
23. Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy ~ Various Artists
24. Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor ~ Various Artists
25. I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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This 4 CD box set is comprised of 101 Chess tracks--including 46 rarites and 19 previously unreleased songs. The set includes a 64-page booklet with full track-by-track annotations, rare photos, and extensive liner notes by noted blues expert Mary Katherine Aldin. |
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Producers include: Sam Phillips, Oliver Sain, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon. |
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Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. |
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Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Studios, North Hollywood, California). |
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Chess Blues is a superlative four-CD box set featuring important tracks by all the main stars of the label (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson), as well as much previously unreleased material. A well-done retrospective of Chicago blues in its heyday, as recorded by America's greatest blues label, Chess. ~ Cub Koda |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 02/02/1993 |
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Original Release Date : 1992 |
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Catalog ID : 9340 |
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Label : Chess (USA) |
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Number of Discs : 4 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Mixed |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00076732934029 |
Professional Reviews
Q (5/93, p.109)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...abbreviated but still staggering account of [the Chess brothers's] proprietorial claim on Chicago blues....an astonishing collection..."
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...abbreviated but still staggering account of [the Chess brothers's] proprietorial claim on Chicago blues....an astonishing collection..."
Musician (5/93, p.86)
- "...it's the mix of the familiar with the relatively obscure, the consistency of vision, that makes CHESS BLUES so compelling..."
- "...it's the mix of the familiar with the relatively obscure, the consistency of vision, that makes CHESS BLUES so compelling..."
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