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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