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    Chess Blues

    01/01/1992 | Chess 

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    All Music Guide Review

    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

    Chess Blues Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Lollypop Mama
  • Samuels, Clarence
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Lollypop Mama from Chess Blues


  • 2
  • Bilbo Is Dead
  • Tibbs, Andrew
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Bilbo Is Dead from Chess Blues


  • 3
  • Johnson Machine Gun
  • Sunnyland Slim
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Johnson Machine Gun from Chess Blues


  • 4
  • Fly Right, Little Girl
  • Sunnyland Slim
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Fly Right, Little Girl from Chess Blues


  • 5
  • Little Anna Mae
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for Little Anna Mae from Chess Blues


  • 6
  • I Can't Be Satisfied
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for I Can't Be Satisfied from Chess Blues


  • 7
  • My Sweet Lovin' Woman
  • Nighthawk, Robert
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for My Sweet Lovin' Woman from Chess Blues


  • 8
  • I Feel Like Going Home
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for I Feel Like Going Home from Chess Blues


  • 9
  • She Ain't Nowhere
  • Sunnyland Slim
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for She Ain't Nowhere from Chess Blues


  • 10
  • Florida Hurricane
  • Saint Louis Jimmy
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for Florida Hurricane from Chess Blues


  • 11
  • Memory of Sonny Boy
  • Forest City Joe
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Memory of Sonny Boy from Chess Blues


  • 12
  • Tonky Boogie
  • Sykes, Forrest
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Tonky Boogie from Chess Blues


  • 13
  • Cryin' the Blues
  • Rucker, Laura
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Cryin' the Blues from Chess Blues


  • 14
  • My Head Can't Rest Anymore
  • Baby Face Leroy
  • 3:12
  • Sound Clip for My Head Can't Rest Anymore from Chess Blues


  • 15
  • Big Town Playboy
  • Jones, Johnny [1]
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Big Town Playboy from Chess Blues


  • 16
  • Sweet Black Angel
  • Nighthawk, Robert
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Sweet Black Angel from Chess Blues


  • 17
  • Rollin' Stone
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for Rollin' Stone from Chess Blues


  • 18
  • Luedella
  • Rogers, Jimmy
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Luedella from Chess Blues


  • 19
  • Mother Earth
  • Memphis Slim
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Mother Earth from Chess Blues


  • 20
  • Dr. Ross' Boogie
  • Ross, Doctor
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Dr. Ross' Boogie from Chess Blues


  • 21
  • Joliet Blues
  • Shines, Johnny
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Joliet Blues from Chess Blues


  • 22
  • Moanin' at Midnight
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Moanin' at Midnight from Chess Blues


  • 23
  • All Night Long (Alternate Take)
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 3:49
  • Sound Clip for All Night Long (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 24
  • Mr. Commissioner (Alternate Take)
  • Stidham, Arbee
  • 3:14
  • Sound Clip for Mr. Commissioner (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 25
  • Getting Old and Grey
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Getting Old and Grey from Chess Blues


  • 26 (2)
  • Walkin' the Boogie (Alternate Take)
  • Hooker, John Lee
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Walkin' the Boogie (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 27 (2)
  • Juke
  • Little Walter
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for Juke from Chess Blues


  • 28 (2)
  • Conjur Man
  • Memphis Minnie
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Conjur Man from Chess Blues


  • 29 (2)
  • Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone from Chess Blues


  • 30 (2)
  • Broken Heart (Alternate Take)
  • Memphis Minnie
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Broken Heart (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 31 (2)
  • Truckin' Little Woman
  • Nix, Willie
  • 2:40
  • Sound Clip for Truckin' Little Woman from Chess Blues


  • 32 (2)
  • Funeral Hearse at My Door
  • Fuller, Rocky
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for Funeral Hearse at My Door from Chess Blues


  • 33 (2)
  • Hard Time Gettin' Started
  • Boyd, Eddie
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Hard Time Gettin' Started from Chess Blues


  • 34 (2)
  • Don't Need No Horse
  • Little Walter
  • 3:19
  • Sound Clip for Don't Need No Horse from Chess Blues


  • 35 (2)
  • Eight Ball
  • Jenkins, Gus
  • 3:13
  • Sound Clip for Eight Ball from Chess Blues


  • 36 (2)
  • Fast Boogie
  • Little Walter
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Fast Boogie from Chess Blues


  • 37 (2)
  • I'm Mad
  • Mabon, Willie
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for I'm Mad from Chess Blues


  • 38 (2)
  • Ice Cream Man
  • Brim, John
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for Ice Cream Man from Chess Blues


  • 39 (2)
  • Whose Muddy Shoes
  • James, Elmore
  • 3:19
  • Sound Clip for Whose Muddy Shoes from Chess Blues


  • 40 (2)
  • Got to Have It
  • Mabon, Willie
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Got to Have It from Chess Blues


  • 41 (2)
  • I Declare That Ain't Right
  • Gray, Henry
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for I Declare That Ain't Right from Chess Blues


  • 42 (2)
  • Remember
  • Adams, Alberta
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Remember from Chess Blues


  • 43 (2)
  • (Untitled Instrumental)
  • 2:22
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled Instrumental) from Chess Blues


  • 44 (2)
  • Blues With a Feeling
  • Little Walter
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for Blues With a Feeling from Chess Blues


  • 45 (2)
  • (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man from Chess Blues


  • 46 (2)
  • Forty-Four
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:50
  • Sound Clip for Forty-Four from Chess Blues


  • 47 (2)
  • Got to Find My Baby (Alternate Take)
  • Little Walter
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for Got to Find My Baby (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 48 (2)
  • Evil
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for Evil from Chess Blues


  • 49 (2)
  • Reconsider Baby
  • Fulson, Lowell
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for Reconsider Baby from Chess Blues


  • 50 (2)
  • Mama Talk to Your Daughter
  • Lenoir, J.B.
  • 2:19
  • Sound Clip for Mama Talk to Your Daughter from Chess Blues


  • 51 (3)
  • Mellow Down Easy
  • Little Walter
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for Mellow Down Easy from Chess Blues


  • 52 (3)
  • My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble)
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 3:13
  • Sound Clip for My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) from Chess Blues


  • 53 (3)
  • My Baby
  • Little Walter
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for My Baby from Chess Blues


  • 54 (3)
  • You Got to Love Me
  • Arnold, Billy Boy
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for You Got to Love Me from Chess Blues


  • 55 (3)
  • Walking the Blues
  • Dixon, Willie
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Walking the Blues from Chess Blues


  • 56 (3)
  • Don't Start Me to Talkin'
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Don't Start Me to Talkin' from Chess Blues


  • 57 (3)
  • Smokestack Lightning
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for Smokestack Lightning from Chess Blues


  • 58 (3)
  • Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door
  • Dixon, Willie
  • 2:11
  • Sound Clip for Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door from Chess Blues


  • 59 (3)
  • Right to Love You
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Right to Love You from Chess Blues


  • 60 (3)
  • Ain't Nobody's Business
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Ain't Nobody's Business from Chess Blues


  • 61 (3)
  • I'm Leaving You
  • Spann, Otis
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for I'm Leaving You from Chess Blues


  • 62 (3)
  • Break of Day
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Break of Day from Chess Blues


  • 63 (3)
  • Please Don't Go
  • Dixon, Floyd
  • 3:33
  • Sound Clip for Please Don't Go from Chess Blues


  • 64 (3)
  • Keep It to Yourself
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Keep It to Yourself from Chess Blues


  • 65 (3)
  • Walking by Myself
  • Rogers, Jimmy
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Walking by Myself from Chess Blues


  • 66 (3)
  • Got My Mojo Working
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Got My Mojo Working from Chess Blues


  • 67 (3)
  • Fattening Frogs for Snakes (Alternate Take)
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Fattening Frogs for Snakes (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 68 (3)
  • Slow Leake
  • Leake, Lafayette
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Slow Leake from Chess Blues


  • 69 (3)
  • Sitting on Top of the World
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for Sitting on Top of the World from Chess Blues


  • 70 (3)
  • She Don't Know
  • Lenoir, J.B.
  • 2:24
  • Sound Clip for She Don't Know from Chess Blues


  • 71 (3)
  • Your Funeral and My Trial
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 2:30
  • Sound Clip for Your Funeral and My Trial from Chess Blues


  • 72 (3)
  • Key to the Highway
  • Little Walter
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Key to the Highway from Chess Blues


  • 73 (3)
  • Double Trouble (Alternate Take)
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 3:31
  • Sound Clip for Double Trouble (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 74 (3)
  • Come on Home
  • Boyd, Eddie
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Come on Home from Chess Blues


  • 75 (3)
  • Goat (Band Track)
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for Goat (Band Track) from Chess Blues


  • 76 (3)
  • So Many Roads, So Many Trains
  • Rush, Otis
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for So Many Roads, So Many Trains from Chess Blues


  • 77 (4)
  • First Time I Met the Blues
  • Guy, Buddy
  • 2:20
  • Sound Clip for First Time I Met the Blues from Chess Blues


  • 78 (4)
  • Too Poor
  • Detroit Junior
  • 2:17
  • Sound Clip for Too Poor from Chess Blues


  • 79 (4)
  • Blue Shadows
  • Fulson, Lowell
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for Blue Shadows from Chess Blues


  • 80 (4)
  • The Shakedown
  • Glenn, Lloyd
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for The Shakedown from Chess Blues


  • 81 (4)
  • Sun Is Shining (Alternate Take)
  • James, Elmore
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Sun Is Shining (Alternate Take) from Chess Blues


  • 82 (4)
  • Calling on My Darling
  • King, Albert
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for Calling on My Darling from Chess Blues


  • 83 (4)
  • The Red Rooster
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for The Red Rooster from Chess Blues


  • 84 (4)
  • Nine Below Zero
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 3:29
  • Sound Clip for Nine Below Zero from Chess Blues


  • 85 (4)
  • Goin' Down Slow
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 4:04
  • Sound Clip for Goin' Down Slow from Chess Blues


  • 86 (4)
  • Satisfied
  • Little Milton
  • 2:18
  • Sound Clip for Satisfied from Chess Blues


  • 87 (4)
  • Something's Got a Hold on Me
  • James, Etta
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Something's Got a Hold on Me from Chess Blues


  • 88 (4)
  • Wrinkles
  • Big Three Trio
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Wrinkles from Chess Blues


  • 89 (4)
  • Bring It on Home
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [II]
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Bring It on Home from Chess Blues


  • 90 (4)
  • Good Moanin' Blues
  • Horton, Big Walter
  • 4:14
  • Sound Clip for Good Moanin' Blues from Chess Blues


  • 91 (4)
  • Killing Floor
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Killing Floor from Chess Blues


  • 92 (4)
  • What Kind of Man Is That?
  • Taylor, Koko
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for What Kind of Man Is That? from Chess Blues


  • 93 (4)
  • We're Gonna Make It
  • Little Milton
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for We're Gonna Make It from Chess Blues


  • 94 (4)
  • Wang Dang Doodle
  • Taylor, Koko
  • 3:02
  • Sound Clip for Wang Dang Doodle from Chess Blues


  • 95 (4)
  • Dirty Work Goin' On
  • Blue, Little Joe
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Dirty Work Goin' On from Chess Blues


  • 96 (4)
  • One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
  • Hooker, John Lee
  • 3:00
  • Sound Clip for One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer from Chess Blues


  • 97 (4)
  • Jinglin' Baby
  • Burns, Eddie "Guitar"
  • 2:06
  • Sound Clip for Jinglin' Baby from Chess Blues


  • 98 (4)
  • That's Why I Don't Mind
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for That's Why I Don't Mind from Chess Blues


  • 99 (4)
  • Keep It to Myself
  • Guy, Buddy
  • 2:31
  • Sound Clip for Keep It to Myself from Chess Blues


  • 100 (4)
  • Sitting Here Alone
  • Taylor, Hound Dog & the Houserockers
  • 3:45
  • Sound Clip for Sitting Here Alone from Chess Blues


  • 101 (4)
  • I'd Rather Go Blind
  • James, Etta
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for I'd Rather Go Blind from Chess Blues


    • Credits of Chess Blues

    • Leroy Foster
    • Bass, Guitar, Drums, Drums (Bass), Hi Hat, Vocals


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