Blues The Chess Story The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1999) (14CD Box Set)
The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1999) (14CD Box Set)
The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1999) (14CD Box Set)
CD1 (1947-1950) 01. The Five Blazers – Chicago Boogie 02. Jump Jackson & His Orchestra – Hey Pretty Mama 03. Tom Archia – Ice Man’s Blues 04. Clarence Samuels – Boogie Woogie Blues 05. Andrew Tibbs – Bilbo Is Dead 06. Sunnyland Slim – Johnson Machine Gun 07. Muddy Waters – Gypsy Woman 08. Andrew Tibbs – I Feel Like Crying 09. Sunnyland Slim – She Ain’t Nowhere 10. Muddy Waters – I Feel Like Going Home 11. Muddy Waters – I Can’t Be Satisfied 12. Forrest Sykes – Tonky Boogie 13. St Louis Jimmy – Florida Hurricane 14. Muddy Waters – You’re Gonna Miss Me 15. Leroy Foster – Locked Out Boogie 16. Muddy Waters – Streamline Woman 17. Forest City Joe – A Woman On Every Street 18. Laura Rucker – Crying The Blues 19. Duke Jenkins’ Aristocrats – Baby I’m Sick Of You 20. Robert Nighthawk – Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) 21. Muddy Waters – You’re Gonna Need My Help 22. Little Johnny Jones – Big Town Playboy 23. Muddy Waters – Screamin’ And Cryin’ 24. Various – The Bozier Boys , All I Need Is You 25. Robert Nighthawk – Six Three 0 26. Muddy Waters – Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (Part 1) CD2 (1950-1951) 01. Muddy Waters – Rollin’ Stone 02. Jimmy Rogers – That’s Alright 03. The Dozier Boys – You Got To Get It 04. Doc Pomus – Send For The Doctor 05. Muddy Waters – Louisiana Blues 06. Jimmy Rogers – Goin’ Away Baby 07. Shoeshine Johnny (Johnny Shines) – So Glad I Found You 08. Memphis Slim – Mother Earth 09. Muddy Waters – Long Distance Call 10. Sax Mallard – Slow Caboose 11. Jimmy Rogers – The World’s In A Tangle 12. Jackie Brenston – Rocket 88 13. John Lee Hooker – Leave My Wife Alone 14. Muddy Waters – Honey Bee 15. Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats – My Real Gone Rocket 16. Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ At Midnight 17. Harmonica Frank – Howlin’ Tomcat 18. Billy Love – Juiced 19. Howlin’ Wolf – How Many More Years 20. Muddy Waters – Still A Fool 21. John Godfrey Trio – Hey Little Girl 22. Rosco Gordon – Booted 23. Muddy Waters – She Moves Me 24. Rufus Thomas – No More Doggin’ Around 25. Floyd Jones – Dark Road 26. Dr. Isaiah Ross – Dr Ross’ Boogie CD3 (1952-54 part 1) 01. Howlin’ Wolf – Mr Highway Man 02. Big Boy Spires – Murmur Low 03. John Lee Hooker – Walkin’ The Boogie 04. Joe Hill Louis – When I Am Gone (Extended Version) 05. Willie Nix – Truckin’ Little Woman 06. John Lee Hooker – Sugar Mama 07. Little Walter & His Nightcats – Juke 08. Blue Smitty – Date Bait 09. Joe Williams – Every Day I Have The Blues 10. Muddy Waters – Standing Around Cryin’ 11. Little Walter – Mean Old World 12. Willie Mabon – I Don’t Know 13. Eddie Boyd – 24 Hours 14. Memphis Minnie – Me And My Chauffeur 15. Little Walter – Sad Hours 16. Elmore – She Just Won’t Do Right (Dust My Broom) 17. Willie Mabon – I’m Mad 18. John Brim – Be Careful What You Do 19. Little Walter – Off The Wall 20. Washboard Sam – Diggin’ My Potatoes 21. The Coronets – Nadine 22. Mitzi Mars – I’m Glad 23. Danny Overbea – Forty Cups Of Coffee 24. Little Walter – Tell Me Mama 25. Eddie Boyd – Third Degree CD4 (1952-54 part 2) 01. The Blue Jays – White Cliffs Of Dover 02. Little Walter – Blues With A Feeling 03. Sugar Boy Crawford – Jock-A-Mo 04. Muddy Waters – Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) 05. Little Walter – You’re So Fine 06. Jimmy Binkley – Wine Wine Wine 07. Jimmy Rogers – Chicago Bound 08. Muddy Waters – I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 09. Big Ed & His Combo (Eddie Burns) – Biscuit Baking Woman 10. Leon D Tarver & His Chordones – I’m A Young Rooster 11. Muddy Waters – Just Make Love To Me (I Just Want) 12. Jimmy Rogers – Sloppy Drunk 13. Howlin’ Wolf – Evil 14. Jimmy Witherspoon – When The Lights Go Out 15. Little Walter – You Better Watch Yourself 16. Larry Liggett – That Man Is Walking 17. Muddy Waters – I’m Ready 18. Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby 19. The Moonglows – Sincerely 20. JB Lenoir – Mama Talk To Your Daughter 21. Little Walter – Last Night 22. Otis Spann – It Must Have Been The Devil 23. Howlin’ Wolf – Fourty Four 24. Buddy – I Want To Hug You Kiss You Squeeze You 25. Jimmy Nelson – Free And Easy Mind 26. The Moonglows – Most Of All 27. Jimmy & Johnny – If You Don’t Somebody Else Will CD5 (1955-56 part 1) 01. The Hawketts – Mardi Gras Mambo 02. Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker – Love Me 03. Little Walter – My Baby 04. Lowell Fulson – Check Yourself 05. Bo Diddley – I’m A Man 06. Bod Diddley – Bo Diddley 07. Percy Mayfield – Are You Out There? 08. Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy 09. Chuck Berry – Maybellene 10. Bo Diddley – Diddley Daddy 11. Wilie Dixon – Walking The Blues 12. Willie Mabon – The Seventh Son 13. Bo Diddley – Pretty Thing 14. Sonny Boy Williamson – Don’t Start Me Talkin’ 15. Bobby Tuggle – The $64000 Question 16. Lowell Fulson – Trouble Trouble 17. Chuck Berry – Thirty Days 18. The Moonglows – In My Diary 19. Bobby Charles – See You Later Alligator 20. The Rays – Tippity Top 21. Muddy Waters – Trouble No More 22. The Flamingos – I’ll Be Home 23. Little Walter – Who 24. Chuck Berry – No Money Down 25. Charles Hungry Williams – So Glad She’s Mine 26. Jimmy Rogers – You’re The One 27. Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’ CD6 (1955-56 part 2) 01. The Moonglows – We Go Together 02. Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven 03. Paul Gayten – You Better Believe It 04. The Flamingos – A Kiss From Your Lips 05. Bobby Charles – Take It Easy Greasy 06. Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love 07. The Moonglows – See-Saw 08. Chuck Berry – Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 09. Muddy Waters – Don’t Go No Farther 10. Howlin’ Wolf – I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) 11. Willie Dixon – 29 Ways 12. The Flamingos – Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying To You) 13. Sonny Boy Williamson – Keep It To Yourself 14. Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business 15. JB Lenoir – Don’t Touch My Head 16. Floyd Dixon – I’m Ashamed Of Myself 17. The Ravens – A Simple Prayer 18. Bobby Cisco – Tall Dark And Handsome Man 19. Little Walter – Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) 20. Clarence Frogman Henry – Ain’t Got No Home 21. Jimmy Rogers – Walkin’ By Myself 22. The Pastels – Been So Long 23. Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Workin’ 24. Chuck Berry – School Day 25. The Moonglows – Please Send Me Someone To Love 26. Dale Hawkins – Susie Q 27. Muddy Waters – Rock Me 28. The Moonglows – Blue Velvet CD7 (1957-59 part 1) 01. Bo Diddley – Hey Bo Diddley 02. Sonny Boy Williamson – Fattenin’ Frogs For Snakes 03. Lee Andrews & The Hearts – Long Lonely Nights 04. Bo Diddley – Mona (I Need You Baby) 05. Billy Curley Barrix – Cool Off Baby 06. TV Slim – Flat Foot Sam 07. The Tuneweavers – Happy Happy Birthday Baby 08. Chuck Berry – Rock And Roll Music 09. Bo Diddley – Before You Accuse Me 10. Al Kent – That’s Why I Love You So 11. Clifton Chenier – My Soul 12. Billy Miranda – Go Ahead 13. Sonny Boy Williamson – Ninety Nine 14. The Moonotones – Book Of Love 15. G.L. Crockett – Look Out Mabel 16. Howlin’ Wolf – Sittin’ On Top Of The World 17. Jimmy McCracklin – The Walk 18. Eddie Fontaine – Nothin’ Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees) 19. The Moonglows – Ten Commandments Of Love (Full Version) 20. The Kendall Sisters – Yea Yea 21. Chuck Berry – Sweet Little Sixteen 22. Dale Hawkins – Tornado 23. Stanley Mitchell & The Tornados – Four O’Clock In The Morning 24. Bo Diddley – Say Man 25. Jimmy McCracklin – Everybody Rock (New Orleans Beat) 26. Lula Reed – Anything To Say You’re Mine 27. Sonny Boy Williamson – Your Funeral And My Trial 28. Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ For My Baby CD8 (1957-59 part 2) 01. Johnny Fuller – You Got Me Whistlin’ 02. Eddie Bo – Oh-Oh 03. Chuck Berry – Carol 04. Dale Hawkins – La-Do-Dada 05. Myles & Dupont – Loud Mouth Annie 06. LC Cooke – Do You Remember 07. Lou Josie – Vacation’s Over 08. Little Walter – Key To The Highway 09. Muddy Waters – Close To You 10. Chuck Berry – Sweet Little Rock And Roller 11. Bo Diddley – I’m Sorry 12. Rusty York – Sugaree 13. The Sonics – This Broken Heart 14. Bo Diddley – Crackin’ Up 15. Chuck Berry – Almost Grown 16. Rod Bernard – This Should Go On Forever 17. Sugarpie DeSanto – I Want To Know 18. Mel Robins – Save It 19. Chuck Berry – Back In The USA 20. The Miracles – Bad Girl 21. Sonny Boy Williamson – Unseeing Eye 22. Howlin Wolf – Howlin’ For My Darlin’ 23. The Calvaes – Anna Macora 24. Little Walter – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright 25. Chuck Berry – Let It Rock 26. Bo Diddley – Road Runner 27. Bobby Saxton – Trying To Make A Living 28. Gene Simmons – Goin’ Back To Memphis 29. Buddy Guy – First Time I Met The Blues CD9 (1960-61) 01. Etta James – All I Could Do Was Cry 02. Otis Rush – All Your Love 03. Elmore James – I Can’t Hold Out (Talk To Me Baby) 04. Etta James & Harvey Fuqua – If I Can’t Have You 05. Lowell Fulson – Blue Shadows 06. Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful 07. Muddy Waters – Tiger In Your Tank 08. Bo Diddley – Gunslinger 09. Clarence Frogman Henry – (I Don’t Know Why) But I Do 10. Etta James – At Last 11. Howlin’ Wolf – Back Door Man 12. The Vibrations – The Watusi 13. Little Walter – Just Your Fool 14. Chuck Berry – Come On 15. Albert King – I Won’t Be Hanging Around 16. Clarence Frogman Henry – You Always Hurt The One You Love 17. The Marathons – Peanut Butter 18. Howlin’ Wolf – Down In The Bottom (Unedited Version) 19. The Sensations – Music Music Music 20. Betty James – I’m A Little Mixed Up 21. Howlin’ Wolf – Little Red Rooster 22. Little Milton – So Mean To Me 23. Jackie Cannon – Proof Of Your Love 24. The Sensations – Let Me In 25. The Corsairs – Smokey Places 26. Sonny Boy Williamson – Nine Below Zero (Unedited Version) 27. Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold On Me 28. Buddy Guy – Stone Crazy CD10 (1962-64) 01. Billy Stewart – Reap With You Sow 02. Dave Baby Cortez – Rinky Dink 03. Bo Diddley – You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover 04. Etta James – Stop The Wedding 05. Ty Hunter – Lonely Baby 06. Jan Bradley – Mama Didn’t Lie 07. Cookie & The Cupcakes – Got You On My Mind 08. Etta James – Pushover 09. Sonny Boy Williamson – Help Me 10. Howlin’ Wolf – 300 Punds Of Joy 11. The Jaynettes – Sally Go Round The Roses 12. Joe Tex – You Keep Her 13. The Knight Brothers – Second Hand Lover 14. Tommy Tucker – Hi-Heel Sneakers 15. Chuck Berry – Nadine 16. Muddy Waters – You Can’t Lose What Ain’t Never Had 17. Sugar Pie DeSanto – Soulful Dress 18. Buddy Guy – My Time After A While 19. Jackie Ross – Selfish One 20. Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure – Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing 21. Mitty Collier – I Had A Talk With My Man 22. Chuck Berry – Promised Land 23. Tony Clarke – The Entertainer 24. The Radiants – Voice Your Choice 25. Buster Brown – Crawlin’ King Snake 26. Billy Stewart – I Do Love You CD11 (1965-66) 01. James Phelps – Love Is A Five-Letter Word 02. Little Milton – We’re Gonna Make It 03. The Radiants – Ain’t No Big Thing 04. The Knight Brothers – Temptation ‘Bout To Get Me 05. Billy Stewart – Sitting In The Park 06. Little Milton – Who’s Cheating Who? 07. The Ramsey Lewis Trio – The In Crowd 08. Fontella Bass – Rescue Me 09. Billy Stewart – Summertime 10. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces – Searching For My Love 11. Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle 12. Little Joe Blue – Dirty Work Goin’ On 13. Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto – In The Basement 14. Tony Clarke – Landslide 15. John Lee Hooker – In The Mood 16. Big Maybelle – It’s A Man’s Man’s World 17. The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Wade In The Water 18. John Lee Hooker – One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer 19. Kip Anderson – Without A Woman 20. Bobby McClure – Peak Of Love 21. The Valentinos – Sweeter Than The Day Before 22. Barbara & The Browns – To Know I Can’t Touch 23. Gene Chandler – I Fooled You This Time 24. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces – Try My Love Again 25. Bo Diddley – Ooh Baby 26. Little Milton – I Feel So Bad CD12 (1967-68) 01. Marlena Shaw – Mercy Mercy Mercy 02. Laura Lee – Dirty Man 03. Tommy Tucker – I’m Shorty 04. Irma Thomas – Cheater Man 05. The Dells – O-O I Love You 06. Etta James – Tell Mama 07. Wayne Cochran – Some-A Your Sweet Love 08. Laura Lee – Uptight Good Man 09. The Dells – There Is 10. Johnny Sayles – I’m Just What She Needs 11. Maurice & Mac – You Left The Water Running 12. Mamie Galore – It Ain’t Necessary 13. Hound Dog Taylor – Sitting Home Alone 14. Andre Williams – Cadillac Jack 15. Irma Thomas – Good To Me 16. Etta James – Security 17. The Dells – Stay In My Corner 18. Willie Walker – You Name It I’ve Had It 19. Pigmeat Markham – Here Comes The Judge 20. Terry Callier – Look At Me Now 21. Muddy Waters – Walking Thru The Park 22. Little Milton – Grits Ain’t Groceries 23. Koko Taylor – Love You Like A Woman CD13 (1969-75) 01. John Littlejohn – I Had A Dream 02. The Dells – Oh What A Night 03. Little Milton – If Walls Could Talk 04. Howlin’ Wolf – Who’s Been Talking 05. Little Milton – Baby I Love You 06. Etta James – Losers Weepers 07. Lee Eldred – Recouperating 08. Sam Dees – Can You Be A One-Woman Man 09. Koko Taylor – Tease Your Man 10. Muddy Waters – Sad Sad Days 11. Chuck Berry – My Ding-A-Ling 12. The Dells – Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation 13. Muddy Waters – Can’t Get No Grindn’ 14. Howlin’ Wolf – Can’t Stay Here 15. Chuck Berry – Bio 16. The Dells – I Miss You 17. Big Al Downing – I’ll Be Holding On 18. The Dramatics – Don’t Make Me No Promises 19. Solomon Burke – I’m Leaving On That Late Late Train 20. Jimmy Ruffin – Tell Me What You Want 21. Muddy Waters – Going Down To Main Street CD14 (Interviews) 01. Phil Chess Interview Track 01 02. Phil Chess Interview Track 02 03. Phil Chess Interview Track 03 04. Phil Chess Interview Track 04 05. Marshall Chess Interview Track 01 06. Marshall Chess Interview Track 02 07. Marshall Chess Interview Track 03 08. Marshall Chess Interview Track 04 09. Marshall Chess Interview Track 05 10. Marshall Chess Interview Track 06 11. Marshall Chess Interview Track 07 12. Marshall Chess Interview Track 08 13. Marshall Chess Interview Track 09 14. Marshall Chess Interview Track 10 15. Marshall Chess Interview Track 11 16. Marshall Chess Interview Track 12 17. Marshall Chess Interview Track 13 18. Marshall Chess Interview Track 14
Good news: all the "Chess" hits and rarities collected in this priceless Box where Muddy Waters,Howlin'Wolf and Elmore James are rubbing shoulders with Chuck Berry,Bo Didley and Etta James. Bad news: CD-Box is rich with completely obscure and long forgotten names,singers who had they 5 minutes of fame in say,1953. but liner notes are completely useless as the essay which is spread on 53 (!) pages is exclusively focused only on the explanation that "Chess" was very important company and counting big names.(CD-Room does not provide any more informations either) Now,its nice to have all "Chess" hits,but they are easily available anyway - the juice of this CD-Box is the presence of LOTS and LOTS of obscure names,great singers who were not commerically sucessful and instead of explaining who these people were,the essay is full of Muddy Waters photos.There is a singer (L.C.Cooke) who is a spitting image of Sam Cook - nothing about him (I had to search high and low to find out that he was actually Sam Cook's brother).There is a funny guy called Clarence "Frogman" Henry,nothing about him.There is a vocal group called "Barbara & The Browns" where lead vocal sounds like young Tina Turner (I am listening Tina's records for 20 years now and I never stumbled upon such similarity),no informations about her whatsoever.On a disc 7 instead of Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll music" there is another song from different performer. It is a very expensive CD-Box and for me the information about musicians are VERY important,I want to know who is it,so if I like it,I can look further in that direction and discover something else.Instead of useless CD-Room and CD with interview,they should have better essay with complete explanations who these performers were. --- Sasha "lampic" (at sea...sailing somewhere), amazon.com
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases.
Run by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, the company produced and released many important singles and albums, which are now regarded as central to the rock music canon. Musician and critic Cub Koda described Chess Records as "America's greatest blues label."
The Chess Records catalogue is now owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records.
Chess Records was based at several different locations on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, initially at two different locations on South Cottage Grove Ave. The most famous location was 2120 S. Michigan Avenue from around 1956 to 1965, immortalized by British rock group The Rolling Stones in "2120 South Michigan Avenue", an instrumental recorded at that address during their first U.S. tour in 1964; the Stones would record at Chess Studios on two more occasions. The building is now home to Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation. In the mid-60s, Chess re-located to a much larger building at 320 E. 21st. St, the label's final Chicago home.
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