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Chess Blues

Disc 1
1	Lollypop Mama / Clarence Samuels 2:49
2	Bilbo Is Dead / Andrew Tibbs 2:57
3	Johnson Machine Gun / Sunnyland Slim 2:52
4	Fly Right, Little Girl / Sunnyland Slim 2:36
5	Little Anna Mae / Muddy Waters 2:33
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Disc 2
1	Walkin' the Boogie / John Lee Hooker Alternate Take 2:34
2	Juke / Little Walter 2:48
3	Conjur Man / Memphis Minnie 2:59
4	Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone / Muddy Waters 3:05
5	Broken Heart / Memphis Minnie Alternate Take 2:59
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Disc 3
1	Mellow Down Easy / Little Walter 2:44
2	My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) / Muddy Waters 3:13
3	My Baby / Little Walter 2:43
4	You Got to Love Me / Billy Boy Arnold 2:27
5	Walking the Blues / Willie Dixon 3:05
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Disc 4
1	First Time I Met the Blues / Buddy Guy 2:20
2	Too Poor / Detroit Junior 2:17
3	Blue Shadows / Lowell Fulson 2:27
4	The Shakedown / Lloyd Glenn 2:28
5	Sun Is Shining / Elmore James Alternate Take 2:42
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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, All Music Guide

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Chess Blues

Disc 1
1	Lollypop Mama / Clarence Samuels 2:49
2	Bilbo Is Dead / Andrew Tibbs 2:57
3	Johnson Machine Gun / Sunnyland Slim 2:52
4	Fly Right, Little Girl / Sunnyland Slim 2:36
5	Little Anna Mae / Muddy Waters 2:33
6	I Can't Be Satisfied / Muddy Waters 2:43
7	My Sweet Lovin' Woman / Robert Nighthawk 2:52
8	I Feel Like Going Home / Muddy Waters 3:11
9	She Ain't Nowhere / Sunnyland Slim 2:47
10	Florida Hurricane / St. Louis Jimmy 2:56
11	Memory of Sonny Boy / Forest City Joe 3:17
12	Tonky Boogie / Forrest Sykes 3:10
13	Cryin' the Blues / Laura Rucker 2:42
14	My Head Can't Rest Anymore / Baby Face Leroy 3:12
15	Big Town Playboy / Johnny Jones 2:57
16	Sweet Black Angel / Robert Nighthawk 3:04
17	Rollin' Stone / Muddy Waters 3:08
18	Luedella / Jimmy Rogers 2:53
19	Mother Earth / Memphis Slim 2:43
20	Dr. Ross' Boogie / Doctor Ross 2:38
21	Joliet Blues / Johnny Shines 2:41
22	Moanin' at Midnight / Howlin' Wolf 2:57
23	All Night Long / Muddy Waters Alternate Take 3:49
24	Mr. Commissioner / Arbee Stidham Alternate Take 3:14
25	Getting Old and Grey / Howlin' Wolf 2:37

Disc 2
1	Walkin' the Boogie / John Lee Hooker Alternate Take 2:34
2	Juke / Little Walter 2:48
3	Conjur Man / Memphis Minnie 2:59
4	Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone / Muddy Waters 3:05
5	Broken Heart / Memphis Minnie Alternate Take 2:59
6	Truckin' Little Woman / Willie Nix 2:40
7	Funeral Hearse at My Door / Rocky Fuller 3:16
8	Hard Time Gettin' Started / Eddie Boyd 2:32
9	Don't Need No Horse / Little Walter 3:19
10	Eight Ball / Gus Jenkins 3:13
11	Fast Boogie / Little Walter 2:49
12	I'm Mad / Willie Mabon 2:39
13	Ice Cream Man / John Brim 2:48
14	Whose Muddy Shoes / Elmore James 3:19
15	Got to Have It / Willie Mabon 3:07
16	I Declare That Ain't Right / Henry Gray 3:07
17	Remember / Alberta Adams 2:54
18	[Untitled Instrumental] / Morris Pejoe 2:22
19	Blues With a Feeling / Little Walter 3:08
20	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man / Muddy Waters 2:53
21	Forty-Four / Howlin' Wolf 2:50
22	Got to Find My Baby / Little Walter Alternate Take 3:08
23	Evil / Howlin' Wolf 2:56
24	Reconsider Baby / Lowell Fulson 3:11
25	Mama Talk to Your Daughter / J.B. Lenoir 2:19

Disc 3
1	Mellow Down Easy / Little Walter 2:44
2	My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) / Muddy Waters 3:13
3	My Baby / Little Walter 2:43
4	You Got to Love Me / Billy Boy Arnold 2:27
5	Walking the Blues / Willie Dixon 3:05
6	Don't Start Me to Talkin' / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] 2:36
7	Smokestack Lightning / Howlin' Wolf 3:09
8	Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door / Willie Dixon 2:11
9	Right to Love You / Paul Gayton 2:39
10	Ain't Nobody's Business / Jimmy Witherspoon 2:43
11	I'm Leaving You / Otis Spann 2:42
12	Break of Day / Howlin' Wolf 2:47
13	Please Don't Go / Floyd Dixon 3:33
14	Keep It to Yourself / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] 2:51
15	Walking by Myself / Jimmy Rogers 2:49
16	Got My Mojo Working / Muddy Waters 2:53
17	Fattening Frogs for Snakes / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] Alternate Take 2:42
18	Slow Leake / Lafayette Leake 3:04
19	Sitting on Top of the World / Howlin' Wolf 2:35
20	She Don't Know / J.B. Lenoir 2:24
21	Your Funeral and My Trial / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] 2:30
22	Key to the Highway / Little Walter 2:49
23	Double Trouble / Muddy Waters Alternate Take 3:31
24	Come on Home / Eddie Boyd 2:39
25	Goat / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] Band Track 2:23
26	So Many Roads, So Many Trains / Otis Rush 3:10

Disc 4
1	First Time I Met the Blues / Buddy Guy 2:20
2	Too Poor / Detroit Junior 2:17
3	Blue Shadows / Lowell Fulson 2:27
4	The Shakedown / Lloyd Glenn 2:28
5	Sun Is Shining / Elmore James Alternate Take 2:42
6	Calling on My Darling / Albert King 3:06
7	The Red Rooster / Howlin' Wolf 2:28
8	Nine Below Zero / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] 3:29
9	Goin' Down Slow / Howlin' Wolf 4:04
10	Satisfied / Little Milton 2:18
11	Something's Got a Hold on Me / Etta James 2:49
12	Wrinkles / The Big Three Trio 2:38
13	Bring It on Home / Sonny Boy Williamson [II] 2:37
14	Good Moanin' Blues / Big Walter Horton 4:14
15	Killing Floor / Howlin' Wolf 2:51
16	What Kind of Man Is That? / Koko Taylor 3:05
17	We're Gonna Make It / Little Milton 2:41
18	Wang Dang Doodle / Koko Taylor 3:02
19	Dirty Work Goin' On / Little Joe Blue 2:47
20	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / John Lee Hooker 3:00
21	Jinglin' Baby / Eddie "Guitar" Burns 2:06
22	That's Why I Don't Mind / Muddy Waters 2:58
23	Keep It to Myself / Buddy Guy 2:31
24	Sitting Here Alone / Hound Dog Taylor 3:45
25	I'd Rather Go Blind / Etta James 2:34

All Music Guide

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

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1992
Release Date: 02/02/1993
Label: CHESS
Catalog No.: 9340
UPC: 076732934029
Sales Rank: 10,799

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Billy Boy Arnold		Harmonica, Vocals, Track Performer
Eddie Boyd		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
James Cotton		Harmonica
Floyd Dixon		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Willie Dixon		Bass, Vocals, Track Performer
Lowell Fulson		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Paul Gayten		Piano, Leader, Track Performer
Lloyd Glenn		Piano, Track Performer
Henry Gray		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Buddy Guy		Guitar, Track Performer
John Lee Hooker		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Big Walter Horton		Harmonica, Track Performer
Etta James		Vocals, Track Performer
J.B. Lenoir		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Little Walter		Harmonica, Vocals, Track Performer
Joe Hill Louis		Guitar, Harmonica
Willie Mabon		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Memphis Minnie		Track Performer
Memphis Slim		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Little Brother Montgomery		Piano
Matt "Guitar" Murphy		Guitar
Louis Myers		Guitar
Robert Nighthawk		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Hubert Sumlin		Guitar
Eddie Taylor		Guitar
Hound Dog Taylor		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Koko Taylor		Track Performer
Junior Wells		Harmonica
Lee Allen		Tenor Saxophone
James Carr		Tenor Saxophone
Maurice White		Drums
John Young		Piano
Harold Ashby		Tenor Saxophone
Phil Upchurch		Bass
Lou Williams		Tenor Saxophone
Lorenzo Smith		Tenor Saxophone
Gene Barge		Saxophone
Choker Campbell		Saxophone
Doctor Ross		Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Track Performer
Lee Jackson		Bass
Johnny Jones		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Sam Lay		Drums
Andrew McMahon		Bass
Oliver Sain		Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
Arbee Stidham		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Jody Williams		Guitar
David Hines		Trumpet
Homesick James Williamson		Guitar
Bill Emerson		Organ
Robert Lockwood Jr.		Guitar
The Big Three Trio		Track Performer
Snooky Pryor		Harmonica
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones		Bass
Oliver Alcorn		Tenor Saxophone
Alex Atkins		Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Baby Face Leroy		Track Performer
Carl Banks		Organ
Fontella Bass		Piano
Julien Beasley		Saxophone
Joseph Bell		Bass
Fred Below		Drums
Bo Diddley		Guitar
Johnny Board		Tenor Saxophone
Reggie Boyd		Bass
James Bradford		Bass
John Brim		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
J.T. Brown		Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Howlin' Wolf		Harmonica, Vocals, Track Performer
Eddie "Guitar" Burns		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Bobby Buster		Organ
Little Milton		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Milton Campbell		Guitar, Vocals
Leonard Caston		Organ, Guitar
Charles Chalmers		Saxophone
Fred Clark		Tenor Saxophone
Francis Clay		Drums
Leroy Cooper		Bass
Ernest "Big" Crawford		Bass
Detroit Junior		Track Performer
Paul Drake		Piano
Al Duncan		Drums
Alfred Elkins		Bass
Elgin Evans		Drums
Frank Fields		Bass
Leroy Foster		Bass, Guitar, Drums, Bass Drums, Vocals, Hi Hat
Jarrett Gibson		Tenor Saxophone
Jerome Green		Maracas
Larry Green		Guitar
William K. "Billy" Hadnott		Bass
Donald Hankins		Baritone Saxophone
Pat Hare		Guitar
Henry "Sneaky Joe" Harris		Drums
Hilda Harris		Drums
David Hood		Bass
George Hunter		Drums
Clifton James		Drums
Elmore James		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
St. Louis Jimmy Oden		Vocals
Forest City Joe		Track Performer
Jimmy Johnson		Guitar
Ray Johnson		Guitar
Waldron "Frog" Joseph		Trombone
Hosea Lee Kennard		Piano
Albert King		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Eddie King		Guitar
Ransom Knowling		Bass
Ernest Lane		Piano
Sammy Lawhorn		Guitar
Lafayette Leake		Piano, Track Performer
Albert Lowe		Guitar
Little Mack		Background Vocals
James Madison		Guitar
Jack Meyers		Bass
Gene Miller		Trumpet
Joe Montgomery		Piano
Thiotis Morgan		Drums
Muddy Waters		Guitar, Vocals, Slide Guitar, Track Performer
Bob Neely		Tenor Saxophone
David "Fathead" Newman		Saxophone
Floyd Newman		Saxophone
Willie Nix		Drums, Vocals, Track Performer
Odie Payne		Drums
Lee Otis		Bass
Frank Parker		Drums
Morris Pejoe		Guitar, Track Performer
Earl Phillips		Drums
Milton Rector		Bass
Judge Riley		Drums
Freddie Robinette		Baritone Saxophone
Arnold Rogers		Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy Rogers		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Otis Rush		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Laura Rucker		Vocals, Track Performer
Louis Satterfield		Bass
Bill Settles		Bass
Johnny Shines		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Gerald Sims		Guitar
Robert Sims		Drums
Sunnyland Slim		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith		Drums
Otis Smokey Smothers		Guitar
Otis Spann		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Willie Steel		Drums
Andrew Stephenson		Bass
Charles Stepney		Piano
Wilbur Thompson		Trumpet
Andrew Tibbs		Vocals, Track Performer
Curtis Tillman		Bass
Luther Tucker		Guitar
Aaron Varnell		Saxophone
Percy Walker		Drums
Sam Wallace		Piano
Eddie Ware		Piano
Hal White		Tenor Saxophone
Robert Whitehead		Drums
Robert Whithead		Drums
Sonny Boy Williamson [II]		Harmonica, Vocals, Track Performer
Jimmy Witherspoon		Vocals, Track Performer
Big Jim Wynn		Baritone Saxophone
Black Bob		Piano
Leon Hooper		Drums
Willie Johnson		Guitar
Claude McLin		Tenor Saxophone
Clarence Samuels		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Lawrence Taylor		Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
Jerry Walker		Drums
Dave Young		Tenor Saxophone
Little Joe Blue		Track Performer
Alberta Adams		Vocals, Track Performer
Chick Booth		Drums
Steve Boswell		Drums
J.C. Cole		Guitar
Ollie Crawford		Guitar
Little Sax Crowder		Tenor Saxophone
Roger Dawkins		Drums
Minnie Douglas		Guitar, Vocals
Rocky Fuller		Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer
Andrew Gardner		Alto Saxophone
Al Garvin		Drums
Phillip Gibeaux		Saxophone
George Guy		Guitar, Vocals
Georgia Hinton		Background Vocals
Pee Wee Jackson		Trumpet
Gus Jenkins		Piano, Vocals, Track Performer
Myrtle Jones		Vocals, Track Performer
Tommy Jones		Tenor Saxophone
Rudy Martin		Piano
Fats Morris		Trombone
Dewey Oldham		Organ, Piano
Timothy Overton		Tenor Saxophone
Eugene Pierson		Guitar
Larry Prothe		Trumpet
Joe Bennie Pugh		Harmonica, Vocals
Stovepipe No. 1		Drums
Henry Strong		Harmonica
Forrest Sykes		Piano, Track Performer
Cora Taylor		Vocals
Chuck Thomas		Drums
Red Tyler		Baritone Saxophone
Joe Valery		Vocals
Curtis Walker		Drums
Emery Williams Jr.		Piano, Vocals
John Williams		Guitar
Ernest Lawlars		Guitar
Louis Williams		Tenor Saxophone
Earl Brown		Alto Saxophone
L.C. Hubert		Piano
Paul Gayton		Track Performer
Dave Myers		Guitar
St. Louis Jimmy		Track Performer
Oliver Alborn		Tenor Saxophone
Henry Harris		Drums

Technical Credits
Willie Dixon		Producer
Oliver Sain		Producer
Mary Katherine Aldin		Liner Notes
Leonard Chess		Producer
Phil Chess		Producer
Rick Hall		Producer
Andy McKaie		Producer
Sam Phillips		Producer
Michael Diehl		Contributor
Erick Labson		Remastering
Robert Stoughton		Contributor

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