" The Rockin' Chair Album "
Chess records 1962 – LP 1469
notes:
Howlin' Wolf is the second album from the Chicago blues singer
/guitarist/harmonicist, Howlin' Wolf. Released in 1962, it is a collection
of twelve Chess singles that they previously released between June,
1957 and December, 1961 .Because of the illustration on its sleeve
(by Don S. Bronstein), the album is often called The Rockin' Chair Album,
a nickname even added to the cover on some reissue pressings of the LP.
credits:
Howlin' Wolf – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
William Johnson – guitar
Freddy Robinson – guitar
Jimmy Rogers – guitar
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers – guitar
Hubert Sumlin – guitar
Jody Williams – guitar
Henry Gray – piano
Johnny Jones – piano
Hosea Lee Kennard – piano
Lafayette Leake – piano
Otis Spann – piano
Willie Dixon – bass
Buddy Guy – bass
Fred Below – drums
Junior Blackman – drums
Sam Lay – drums
S.P. Leary – drums
Sammy Lewis – drums
Earl Phillips – drums
J. T. Brown – saxophone
Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone
Arnold Rogers – tenor saxophone
Production
Ralph Bass – producer, sleeve notes
Ron Malo – engineer
Don Bronstein – cover art, photography
tracklist:
All tracks composed by Willie Dixon; except where indicated
A1 Shake For Me 2:12
A2 The Red Rooster 2:22
A3 You'll Be Mine 2:23
A4 Who's Been Talkin' 2:18
written by Howlin' Wolf
A5 Wang-Dang Doodle 2:18
A6 Little Baby 2:43
B1 Spoonful 2:42
B2 Going Down Slow 3:18
written by St. Louis Jimmy Oden
B3 Down In The Bottom 2:05
B4 Back Door Man 2:45
B5 Howlin' For My Baby 2:28
B6 Tell Me 2:52
written by Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf is the second album from the Chicago blues singer
/guitarist/harmonicist, Howlin' Wolf. Released in 1962, it is a collection
of twelve Chess singles that they previously released between June,
1957 and December, 1961 .Because of the illustration on its sleeve
(by Don S. Bronstein), the album is often called The Rockin' Chair Album,
a nickname even added to the cover on some reissue pressings of the LP.
credits:
Howlin' Wolf – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
William Johnson – guitar
Freddy Robinson – guitar
Jimmy Rogers – guitar
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers – guitar
Hubert Sumlin – guitar
Jody Williams – guitar
Henry Gray – piano
Johnny Jones – piano
Hosea Lee Kennard – piano
Lafayette Leake – piano
Otis Spann – piano
Willie Dixon – bass
Buddy Guy – bass
Fred Below – drums
Junior Blackman – drums
Sam Lay – drums
S.P. Leary – drums
Sammy Lewis – drums
Earl Phillips – drums
J. T. Brown – saxophone
Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone
Arnold Rogers – tenor saxophone
Production
Ralph Bass – producer, sleeve notes
Ron Malo – engineer
Don Bronstein – cover art, photography
tracklist:
All tracks composed by Willie Dixon; except where indicated
A1 Shake For Me 2:12
A2 The Red Rooster 2:22
A3 You'll Be Mine 2:23
A4 Who's Been Talkin' 2:18
written by Howlin' Wolf
A5 Wang-Dang Doodle 2:18
A6 Little Baby 2:43
B1 Spoonful 2:42
B2 Going Down Slow 3:18
written by St. Louis Jimmy Oden
B3 Down In The Bottom 2:05
B4 Back Door Man 2:45
B5 Howlin' For My Baby 2:28
B6 Tell Me 2:52
written by Howlin' Wolf