The Chess Story (1947-1975) (15 CD's) (MP3@VBR)

The Chess Story (1947-1975)



13 CD's - 340 Songs



For almost 30 years some of the best black music appeared on the Chess label

(yes, I have heard of Motown, Atlantic and Stax).



This sumptuous box set captures the full range of the Chess catalogue: from the raw Chicago blues sound of Muddy Waters (an astonishing 31 tracks), Howling Wolf and John Lee Hooker; through the more playful RnB of the likes of Chuck Berry

(19 tracks) and Bo Diddley (15 tracks); to the soulful sound of artists like Fontella Bass, Etta James and Little Milton.



Of course many of the tracks are very familiar but there is plenty of rare stuff to stumble across that you either never knew or had forgotten.



Particular favourites of mine so far have been "Try my love again" by Bobby Moore and his Rhythm Aces (an "obscure lounge act" according to the accompanying booklet), "Got you on my mind" by Cookie and the Cupcakes and "Crackin up" by none other than Bo Diddley.(amz)





1 CD exclusive interview with co-founder Phil Chess by Mary Katherine Aldin



Additional interview with Marshall Chess on London's Jazz FM radio with Paul Jones



Over 10,000 words of comprehensive essays by highly respected Blues, Rock'n'Roll & Soul writers Tony Russell, Colin Escott & Robert Pruter



Rare photos & artifacts from Chess Records



1 CD ROM including visual clips of major Chess artists & previously unseen footage of Chicago and Chess Records



Interactive catalogue & artist listing of all Chess recordings available

Chart history of top singles





Disc 1



01. Chicago Boogie - The Five Blazes

02. Hey Pretty Mama - Jump Jackson and his Orchestra

03. Ice Man's Blues - Tom Archia

04. Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels

05. Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs

06. Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim

07. Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters

08. I Feel Like Crying - Andrew Tibbs

09. She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim

10. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters

11. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters

12. Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes

13. Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy

14. You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters

15. Locked out Boogie - Leroy Foster

16. Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters

17. A Woman on Every Street - Forest City Joe

18. Crying the Blues - Laura Rucker

19. Baby I'm Sick of You - Duke Jenkins

20. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - Robert Nighthawk

21. You're Gonna Need My Help - Muddy Waters

22. Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones

23. Screamin' and Cryin' - Muddy Waters

24. All I Need Is You - The Bozier Boys

25. Six Three O - Robert Nighthawk

26. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt.1 - Muddy Waters





Disc 2



01. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters

02. That's Alright - Jimmy Rogers

03. You Got to Get It - The Dozier Boys

04. Send for the Doctor - Doc Pomus

05. Louisiana Blues - Muddy Waters

06. Goin' Away Baby - Jimmy Rogers

07. So Glad I Found You - Johnny "Shoeshine Johnny" Shines

08. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim

09. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters

10. Slow Caboose - Sax Mallard

11. The World's in a Tangle - Jimmy Rogers

12. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston

13. Leave My Wife Alone - John Lee Hooker

14. Honey Bee - Muddy Waters

15. My Real Gone Rocket - Jack Brenston & His Delta Cats

16. Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Ron Wolf

17. Howlin' Tomcat - Harmonica Frank Floyd

18. Juiced - Billy Love

19. How Many More Years - Howlin' Ron Wolf

20. Still a Fool - Muddy Waters

21. Hey Little Girl - John Godfrey Trio

22. Booted - Rosco Gordon

23. She Moves Me - Muddy Waters

24. No More Doggin' Around - Rufus Thomas

25. Dark Road - Floyd Jones

26. Dr. Ross Boogie - Dr. Isaiah Ross





Disc 3



01. Mr. Highway Man - Howlin' Ron Wolf

02. Murmur Low - Arthur "Big Boy" Spires

03. Walkin' the Boogie - John Lee Hooker

04. When I Am Gone [Extended Version] - Joe Hill Louis

05. Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix

06. Sugar Mama - John Lee Hooker

07. Juke - Little Walter & His Nightcats

08. Date Bait - Blue Smitty

09. Every Day I Have the Blues - Joe Williams

10. Standing Around Cryin' - Muddy Waters

11. Mean Old World - Little Walter

12. I Don't Know - Willie Mabon

13. 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd

14. Me and My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie

15. Sad Hours - Little Walter

16. She Just Won't Do Right (Dust My Broom) - Elmore James

17. I'm Mad - Willie Mabon

18. Be Careful What You Do - John Brim

19. Off the Wall - Little Walter

20. Diggin' My Potatoes - Washboard Sam

21. Nadine - The Coronets

22. I'm Glad - Mitzi Mars

23. Forty Cups of Coffee - Danny Overbea

24. Tell Me Mama - Little Walter

25. Third Degree - Eddie Boyd





Disc 4



01. White Cliffs of Dover - The Blue Jays

02. Blues with a Feeling - Little Walter

03. Jock-A-Mo - Sugar Boy Crawford

04. Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me) - Muddy Waters

05. You're So Fine - Little Walter

06. Wine, Wine, Wine - Jimmy Binkley

07. Chicago Bound - Jimmy Rogers

08. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters

09. Biscuit Baking Woman - Eddie "Guitar" Burns, Big Ed & His Combo

10. I'm a Young Rooster - Chordones, Leonard Tarver

11. Just Make Love to Me (I Just Want...) - Muddy Waters

12. Sloppy Drunk - Jimmy Rogers

13. Evil - Howlin' Wolf

14. When the Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon

15. You Better Watch Yourself - Little Walter

16. That Man Is Walking - Larry Liggett

17. I'm Ready - Muddy Waters

18. Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson

19. Sincerely - The Moonglows

20. Mama Talk to Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir

21. Last Night - Little Walter

22. It Must Have Been the Devil - Otis Spann

23. Fourty Four - Howlin' Ron Wolf

24. I Want to Hugh You, Kiss You, Squeeze You - Buddy Griffin & His Orchestra

25. Free and Easy Mind - Jimmy Nelson

26. Most of All - The Moonglows

27. If You Don't Somebody Else Will - Johnny & Jimmy





Disc 5



01. Mardi Gras Mambo - Hawketts

02. Love Me - Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker

03. My Baby - Little Walter

04. Check Yourself - Lowell Fulson

05. I'm a Man - Bo Diddley

06. Bo Diddley - Bod Diddley

07. Are You out There? - Percy Mayfield

08. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters

09. Maybellene - Chuck Berry

10. Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley

11. Walking the Blues - Willie Dixon

12. The Seventh Son - Willie Mabon

13. Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley

14. Don't Start Me Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]

15. The $64,000 Question - Bobby Lee Tuggle

16. Trouble, Trouble - Lowell Fulson

17. Thirty Days - Chuck Berry

18. In My Diary - The Moonglows

19. See You Later, Alligator - Bobby Charles

20. Tippity Top - The Rays

21. Trouble No More - Muddy Waters

22. I'll Be Home - The Flamingos

23. Who - Little Walter

24. No Money Down - Chuck Berry

25. So Glad She's Mine - Charles "Hungry" Williams

26. You're the One - Jimmy Rogers

27. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Ron Wolf





Disc 6



01. We Go Together - The Moonglows

02. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry

03. You Better Believe It - Paul Gayten

04. A Kiss from Your Lips - The Flamingos

05. Take It Easy, Greasy - Bobby Charles

06. Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley

07. See-Saw - The Moonglows

08. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry

09. Don't Go No Farther - Muddy Waters

10. I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) - Howlin' Ron Wolf

11. 29 Ways - Willie Dixon

12. Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying to You) - The Flamingos

13. Keep It to Yourself - Sonny Boy Williams

14. Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry

15. Don't Touch My Head - J.B. Lenoir

16. I'm Ashamed Of Myself - Floyd Dixon

17. A Simple Prayer - The Ravens

18. Tall Dark And Handsome Man - Bobby Cisco

19. Boom, Boom (Out Goes the Lights) - Little Walter

20. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

21. Walkin' by Myself - Jimmy Rogers

22. Been So Long - The Pastels

23. Got My Mojo Workin' - Muddy Waters

24. School Day - Chuck Berry

25. Please Send Me Someone to Love - The Moonglows

26. Susie Q - Dale Hawkins

27. Rock Me - Muddy Waters

28. Blue Velvet - The Moonglows



Disc 7



01. Hey Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

02. Fattening Frogs for Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]

03. Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrews & The Hearts

04. Mona (I Need You Baby) - Bo Diddley

05. Cool Off Baby - Billy "Curley" Barrix

06. Flat Foot Sam - T.V. Slim

07. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - The Tuneweavers

08. Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry

09. Before You Accuse Me - Bo Diddley

10. That's Why I Love You So - Al Kent

11. My Soul - Clifton Chenier

12. Go Ahead - Billy Miranda

13. Ninety Nine - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]

14. Book of Love - The Monotones

15. Look Out Mabel - G.L. Crockett

16. Sittin' on Top of the World - Howlin' Wolf

17. The Walk - Jimmy McCracklin

18. Nothin'shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees) - Eddie Fontaine

19. Ten Commandments of Love [Full Version] - The Moonglows

20. Yea Yea - The Kendall Sisters

21. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry

22. Tornado - Dale Hawkins

23. Four O'Clock in the Morning - Stanley Mitchell & The Tornados

24. Say Man - Bo Diddley

25. Everybody Rock (New Orleans Beat) - Jimmy McCracklin

26. Anything to Say You're Mine - Lula Reed

27. Your Funeral and My Trail - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]

28. Moanin' for My Baby - Howlin' Ron Wolf





Disc 8



01. You Got Me Whistlin' - Johnny Fuller

02. Oh-Oh - Eddie Bo

03. Carol - Chuck Berry

04. La-Do-Dada - Dale Hawkins

05. Loud Mouth Annie - Mtles & Dupont

06. Do You Remember? - L.C. Cooke

07. Vacation's Over - Lou Josie

08. Key to the Highway - Little Walter

09. Close to You - Muddy Waters

10. Sweet Little Rock and Roller - Chuck Berry

11. I'm Sorry - Bo Diddley

12. Sugaree - Rusty York

13. This Broken Heart - The Sonics

14. Crackin' Up - Bo Diddley

15. Almost Grown - Chuck Berry

16. This Should Go on Forever - Rod Bernard

17. I Want to Know - Sugar Pie DeSanto

18. Save It - Mel Robbins

19. Back in the U.S.A. - Chuck Berry

20. Bad Girl - The Miracles

21. Unseeing Eye - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]

22. Howlin' for My Darlin' - Howlin' Ron Wolf

23. Anna Macora - The Calvanes

24. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Little Walter

25. Let It Rock - Chuck Berry

26. Road Runner - Bo Diddley

27. Trying to Make a Living - Bobby Saxton

28. Goin' Back to Memphis - Gene Simmons

29. First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy





Disc 9



01. All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James

02. All Your Love - Otis Rush

03. I Can't Hold Out (Talk to Me, Baby) - Elmore James

04. If I Can't Have You - Etta James & Harvey Fuqua

05. Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson

06. Spoonful - Howlin' Ron Wolf

07. Tiger in Your Tank - Muddy Waters

08. Gunslinger - Bo Diddley

09. (I Don't Know Why) But I Do - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

10. At Last - Etta James

11. Back Door Man - Howlin' Ron Wolf

12. The Watusi - The Vibrations

13. Just Your Fool - Little Walter

14. Come On - Chuck Berry

15. I Won't Be Hanging Around - Albert King

16. You Always Hurt the One You Love - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

17. Peanut Butter - The Marathons

18. Down in the Bottom [Unedited Version] - Howlin' Ron Wolf

19. Music, Music, Music - The Sensations

20. I'm a Little Mixed Up - Betty James

21. Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Ron Wolf

22. So Mean to Me - Little Milton

23. Proof of Your Love - Jackie Cannon

24. Let Me In - The Sensations

25. Smokey Places - The Corsairs

26. Nine Below Zero [Unedited Version] - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]

27. Something's Got a Hold on Me - Etta James

28. Stone Crazy - Buddy Guy





Disc 10



01. Reap What You Sow - Billy Stewart

02. Rinky Dink - Dave "Baby" Cortez

03. You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover - Bo Diddley

04. Stop the Wedding - Etta James

05. Lonely Baby - Ty Hunter

06. Mama Didn't Lie - Jan Bradley

07. Got You on My Mind - Cookie & the Cupcakes

08. Pushover - Etta James

09. Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson

10. 300 Pounds of Joy - Howlin' Ron Wolf

11. Sally Go Round the Roses - Jaynettes

12. You Keep Her - Joe Tex

13. Second Hand Lover - The Knight Brothers

14. Hi-Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker

15. Nadine - Chuck Berry

16. You Can't Lose What Ain't Never Had - Muddy Waters

17. Soulful Dress - Sugar Pie DeSanto

18. My Time After A While - Buddy Guy

19. Selfish One - Jackie Ross

20. Don't Mess Up a Good Thing - Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure

21. I Had a Talk with My Man - Mitty Collier

22. Promised Land - Chuck Berry

23. The Entertainer - Tony Clarke

24. Voice Your Choice - The Radiants

25. Crawlin' King Snake - Buster Brown

26. I Do Love You - Billy Stewart





Disc 11



01. Love Is a Five-Letter Word - James Phelps

02. We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton

03. Ain't No Big Thing - The Radiants

04. Temptation 'Bout to Get Me - The Knight Brothers

05. Sitting in the Park - Billy Stewart

06. Who's Cheating Who? - Little Milton

07. The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio

08. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass

09. Summertime - Billy Stewart

10. Searching for My Love - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces

11. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor

12. Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue

13. In the Basement - Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto

14. Landslide - Tony Clarke

15. In the Mood - John Lee Hooker

16. It's a Man's Man's World - Big Maybelle

17. Wade in the Water - The Ramsey Lewis Trio

18. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker

19. Without A Woman - Kip Anderson

20. Peak of Love - Bobby McClure

21. Sweeter Than The Day Before - The Valentinos

22. To Know I Can't Touch - Barbara & The Browns

23. I Fooled You This Time - Gene Chandler

24. Try My Love Again - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces

25. Ooh Baby - Bo Diddley

26. I Feel So Bad - Little Milton





Disc 12



01. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Marlena Shaw

02. Dirty Man - Laura Lee

03. I'm Shorty - Tommy Tucker

04. Cheater Man - Irma Thomas

05. O-O I Love You - The Dells

06. Tell Mama - Etta James

07. Some-A Your Sweet Love - Wayne Cochran

08. Uptight Good Man - Laura Lee

09. There Is - The Dells

10. I'm Just What She Needs - Johnny Sayles

11. You Left the Water Running - Maurice & Mac

12. It Ain't Necessary - Mamie Galore

13. Sitting Home Alone - Hound Dog Taylor

14. Cadillac Jack - Andre Williams

15. Good to Me - Irma Thomas

16. Security - Etta James

17. Stay in My Corner - The Dells

18. You Name It, I've Had It - Willie Walker

19. Here Comes the Judge - Pigmeat Markham

20. Look at Me Now - Terry Callier

21. Walking Thru the Park - Muddy Waters

22. Grits Ain't Groceries - Little Milton

23. Love You Like a Woman - Koko Taylor



Disc 13



01. I Had a Dream - John Littlejohn

02. Oh What a Night - The Dells

03. If Walls Could Talk - Little Milton

04. Who's Been Talking - Howlin' Ron Wolf

05. Baby, I Love You - Little Milton

06. Losers Weepers - Etta James

07. Recouperating - Lee Eldred

08. Can You Be a One-